2006-2007 FOURTH-YEAR COURSE OFFERINGS

FOLK AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SYSTEMS

March 5-30, 2007

• Tuesdays & Thursdays
• 9:30 - 12:00 Noon
• Room C1800

Program Director: David J. Hufford, Ph.D.

Maximum Number of Students: 16

Credits: 2.5

Course Number: HMN 740

Description:

This course will offer students the opportunity to critically examine representative complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) systems found within the United States and some of the ways in which they influence current health care delivery. The premises behind these health systems will be analyzed and compared to the premises of conventional, Western medicine and to one another. Practical applications of this knowledge will also be discussed.

The first three weeks of the course use a combination of lecture, videotape, assigned readings and class discussion to cover basic information, concepts and methods, and to introduce the major varieties of folk and alternative health systems. In the third week students begin their presentations.

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