ANTH 320 - Medical Anthropology

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23DV, 23SS, 23WG

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 100 or ENGL 200 or ANTH 100
Restriction(s): N/A

Corequisite(s): N/A

This course is an examination of healthcare in local, global, and cross-cultural contexts from a biocultural perspective. In this course students will explore the ways in which culture and inequalities create and shape access to healthcare as well as conceptions of health, illness, and the body. Topics will include infectious disease, diet, growth and development, and the impact of poverty and social inequality on health outcomes.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The General Education requirement for Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, & Social Justice is satisfied by ANTH 320. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class, and gender;
analyze the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity; and
apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action.

The General Education requirement for Social Sciences is satisfied by ANTH 320. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

describe major concepts and theories of at least one discipline in the social sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena.

The General Education requirement for World History and Global Awareness is satisfied by ANTH 320. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of a broad outline of world history and/or the development of the distinctive features of at least one civilization or culture in relation to other regions of the world; and
demonstrate an understanding of the structures, systems, and interrelationship among civilizations and cultures within historical and/or contemporary contexts, and their impact on wellbeing and sustainability.

Course-specific SLOs:

Explain how culture shapes the understandings of the body, health, etiologies, and treatments of illness and disease.
Evaluate the impact of social and economic inequalities on access to health care and health outcomes both in the United States and across the globe.
Demonstrate knowledge of the distinctive features of the history, institutions, economy, society, culture, etc., of one non-Western civilization. (GE 6)

Repeatable: No