Nov 15, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AAS 433D - Race, Gender & the Making of Modern Medicine



Same as WMST 433D   and HIST 433D  
Examines the structural development of modern medicine from 1500 to the present, focusing on the construction of marginalized racial and gender identities and their relationship to medical institutions. Topics include plantation medicine, midwifery, alternative healing traditions, the commodification of health, cultural depictions of disease, and reproductive justice.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Students must have completed AAS 101  : Introduction to African American Studies, but this requirement may be waived with the instructor’s permission.