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ANTHROPOLOGY (L48)  (Dept. Info)Arts & Sciences  (Policies)FL2020

L48 Anthro 3135The Pandemic: Science and Society2.0 Units
Description:The COVID-19 Pandemic has severely impacted life on Earth, and in the USA, in particular. New information is released daily to a public that is often unable to interpret the meaning or significance. How are individuals, groups, businesses, and/or governments interpreting this information? What impact does it all have on our lives? This course will be an immersion into the many intersecting aspects of life in a pandemic. The first section of the course will focus on the virus and illness itself: the scientific classification, possible treatments and vaccines, testing, safety measures, at-risk groups and health outcomes for different groups, and understanding the numbers. This section will incorporate lessons on how to interpret and evaluate scientific information, how the information gets communicated to the public, and how it gets incorporated into policy. The second section will start to integrate connections to society at large, including health disparities, understanding how environmental destruction and agricultural systems are related to disease outbreaks, global connections, racism and COVID-19, and variation in effectiveness of dealing with the virus in different countries. The final section will cover how the pandemic intersects with different aspect of our lives from finance to law, mental health, education, domestic violence, the arts, and on and on. You will hear experts in these areas talk to us about how COVID-19 has changed virtually every aspect of life as we know, how we can mitigate these effects, and what the future looks like. Throughout the course, you will have the opportunity to hone your skills at communicating the information you learn in the class with the public. Note: This course is a Fall Intersession course and it will be included on your FL2020 schedule. No additional tuition will be charged assuming you are enrolled full time. These units will be included in the 21 unit maximum allowed by regular semester tuition.For this intersession course the last day to add the course: 8/19/20; the last day to drop without a "W": 8/21/20; last day to withdraw from course: 8/31/20; the last day to change grade option: 9/4/20. Students may add or drop the course themselves through WebSTAC through 8/17. After this date students should request that the change be made manually in the College of Arts & Sciences (mkaltwasser@wustl.edu).
Attributes:A&S IQSSCArchSSCArtSSCBUIS, SCIENS
Instruction Type:Remote per COVID-19 Grade Options:CPA Fees:
Course Type:HomeSame As:U69 3136Frequency:None / History
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01MTWRF--1:00P-2:50PRemote / LA MilichNo final299912500
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