HIST 389 - History of Pandemics

Units: 3

Studies the transnational history of Covid-19, through a comparison of past pandemics: smallpox, the bubonic plague of 1300s, the Great Dying of the 1500s, and the 1918 influenza pandemic. Also covers the history of public health responses on a comparative national level and globally. Examines how pandemics are reflected in primary sources from diverse transnational settings, as well as international mass media, from newspaper, films, and memes in present.
May not be taken for credit by students who received credit for: HIST 300-21.

Satisfies GE area: DD