BIO-195 New and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The intersection of environment, animal health and human healthÂ
Taught by David Campbell, biology, and Shannon Hinsa-Leasure, biology
This course examined the fundamental pathogenesis, etiology and epidemiology of infectious diseases, human, plant, and animal. It examined the geopolitical and social changes those diseases have wrought on human demography, history, economy, and destiny. Course travel took place in South Africa (spring break, to study the ecotone where animal diseases saltate into humans) and Alaska (May 2024, to examine the impact of climate change on the spread of disease). Read more about the course and course travel.
ARH/CHM-195 Sugar, Science, Slavery: Visualizing modernity in the AmericasÂ
Taught by Mark Levandoski, chemistry, and Fredo Rivera, art history
This course examined a global economic system related to the specific commodity of sugar, from its historical roots to its lasting present-day impacts. We explored the science of sugar and technology of sugar production in the expanding colonial world of the Americas, as well as the development of African diasporic art and culture alongside the exploitative economies of sugar. Course travel took place in Louisiana and Cuba (spring break) and Brazil (May 2024). Read more about the course and course travel.
