2024-2025 Course Catalog

ANTH 1899 Medical Anthropology: Health, Illness and Healing Across Cultures

This course introduces students to the ways that medical anthropologists understand disease, illness, suffering, and healing as it occurs in a complex weave of biological, psychological, cultural, environmental, and political-economic processes. Particular emphasis, through case studies, will be placed upon the cultural context in which illnesses and suffering are experienced, narrated, and addressed. The importance of cultural competence in health-related practices (the ability to understand and communicate effectively with people from different cultures) will be emphasized throughout this course.

Credits

3 cr

Offered

Fall, Spring

Notes

Recommended: Eligible for ENGC 1101 and READ 1106

MnTC Goals

5, 8