American History
American History
01:512:229 History of Medical Ethics (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:229
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
Syllabus: Fall 2023
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Overview of medical ethics in 19th and 20th century United States and the historical milestones that led to our current system of research oversight. Traces history of research with human subjects prior to the establishment of bioethics as a field and examines discussion and practice surrounding human subjects research in late 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, ethical issues in human reproduction, ethics of death and dying, ethics of commodification of medical care.
01:512:230 History of Medicine in Film (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:230
- Academic Credits: 3
Portrayals of medicine and medical care in American film over the past 80 years. What popular films can tell us about the cultural images of physicians, technology, and medicine in American society.
01:512:231 American Jewish History
- Course Code: 01:512:231
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
- Mode of Instruction: Lecture
Syllabus: Fall 2021
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History of the Jews in the New World, beginning in the middle of the 17th century, and then focusing on the United States until the present. Credit not given for both this course and 01:563:231.
01:512:235 Accidents and Disasters in the United States and the World
- Course Code: 01:512:235
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- SAS Core Certified: HST
- Academic Credits: 3
- Mode of Instruction: Lecture
Syllabus: Fall 2024
Syllabus Disclaimer: The information on this syllabus is subject to change. For up-to-date course information, please refer to the syllabus on your course site (Sakai, Canvas, etc.) on the first day of class.
Course Description
This course examines the histories of accidents and disasters in the United States and the world from the 17th to the 21st centuries, with particular emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Although accidents and disasters are often understood as isolated, rare events, they have been continuously important to the history of the United States and the world for the past four centuries. Through efforts to anticipate hazards, develop new tools for risk management, build infrastructures for relief, expand government capacity for disaster response, and remember victims, accidents and disasters have become increasingly central to everyday life in the United States. To study accidents and disasters, we will draw on topics and methods from environmental history, the history of science and technology, and the history of capitalism, as well as political, social, and cultural history. We will explore the material and ecological dimensions of disaster alongside shifting cultural
meanings of catastrophe.
01:512:236 Edison and His Era (3)
- Course Code: 01:512:236
- Academic Credits: 3
Work of Thomas Edison as a vehicle for understanding the transformation of the American economy and culture from 1880-1930.