BIOL 195 - Topics in Biology

Credits: 3 credits in Fall and Winter, 4 credits in Spring
Planned Offering: Spring 2012

Topics vary with instructor and term. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Topic for Spring 2012:

BIOL 195-01: Learning about the Body: A History of Anatomy and Medical Education (4). An introduction to the history of medicine with a focus on the history of medical education and anatomical study. Students gain insight into the history of medicine through study of anatomy textbooks produced over the past five centuries, and they develop skills in historical research by analyzing the memoir of a 19th-century W&L graduate whose medical education included both apprenticeship and university study. (HU) Gibber. Spring 2012 only.