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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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


Same as AAS 433D   and WMST 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 six credits of history courses to enroll in this course.