Biology
Undergraduate Seminar
M 9-10:50AM
This is an intermediate seminar course focusing on primary literature studying infectious disease in New York City. Selected topics will emphasize transmission ecology and cellular and molecular pathogenesis. The course is organized around presentation and critique of landmark papers in the field. All primary literature to be read study infectious disease in New York City. Discussions will integrate the interplay of laboratory science with New York City organizations and infrastructure throughout history. Students will examine the communities and environments in which residents of New York City experience infectious diseases. Students will also study times of the past, to learn theories and methods of historical analysis, and to discover how different concepts of history shape our understanding of infectious disease, both past and present.
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