BIO-195 New and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The intersection of environment, animal health and human health
Taught by David Campbell, biology, and Shannon Hinsa-Leasure, biology
This course will examine the fundamental pathogenesis, etiology and epidemiology of infectious diseases, human, plant, and animal. It will also examine the geopolitical and social changes those diseases have wrought on human demography, history, economy, and destiny. Course travel will take 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).
ARH / CHM 195 Sugar, Science, Slavery: Visualizing modernity in the Americas
Taught by Mark Levandoski, chemistry, and Fredo Rivera, art history
This course examines a global economic system related to the specific commodity of sugar, from its historical roots to its lasting present-day impacts. We will explore 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 will take place in Louisiana and Cuba (spring break) and Brazil (May 2024).
The application for current first year students will open online in mid-September 2023. Questions? Contact Ashley Laux.