HISA 147: Medicine Ways of Native Americans

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours

Catalog page 440

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores the medical history of Native Americans. Focuses on traditional Native American medicine and how Western diseases, medical practices, health care, and policies influenced American Indian health. Topics include medicine people, rituals, ceremonies, smallpox, measles, influenza, anomie, accidents, diabetes, suicides, mental illness, and murders.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with ETST 116.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: ETST 116 / HISA 147
Year F W S Su Total
2020-21 38/40 38/40