Molgaard, Craig A.

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University of MontanaScholarWorks at University of MontanaSyllabi Course Syllabi1-2012PUBH 595.50: History and Theory ofEpidemiologyCraig A. MolgaardUniversity of Montana - Missoula, craig.molgaard@umontana.eduLet us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabiThis Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the Course Syllabi at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted forinclusion in Syllabi by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contactscholarworks@mso.umt.edu.Recommended CitationMolgaard, Craig A., "PUBH 595.50: History and Theory of Epidemiology" (2012). Syllabi. 3082.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/syllabi/308201/ 21/2011PUBH 595-History and Theory of EpidemiologyInstructor: Craig A. Molgaard, Ph.D., M.P.H.Professor and Chair School o f Public and Community Health Sciences College o f Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences The University o f MontanaContact Information: Skaggs Building 302 406-243-4445craie. m o 1 gaard @,m so.umt.eduFormat: Online with Blackboard. Course procedures and expectations are those normally used in the online MPH program at the University o f Montana. If questions arise Anna Buckner (anna.buckner@umontana.edip will be the teaching assistant for this class or you can contact Jamie Lockman, the Program Coordinator at 243-2571 or iamie.lockman@mso.umt.edu. For purposes o f assignments and class activities, the week starts on Monday 12:01 a.m. and ends on Sunday at Midnight. Office hours will be established the first week o f the semester, during which time Dr. Molgaard will be available for phone calls or immediate email responses. Outside office hours, he will respond to emailed questions within 48 hours unless prior notice has been given to the class.Blackboard Help: UMOnline has made available an interactive tutorial for using Blackboard as a student. The tutorial and other resources can be found at the following web site:http://www.umt.edu/xls/black.board/Required Texts:1) Cipolla, Carlo. (1992/ Miasmas and Disease -  Public Health and the Environment in the Pre-Industrial Age. Yale University Press. New Haven.2) Cipolla, Carlo. (1979) Faith, Reason, and the Plague: A Tuscan Story o f  the Seventeenth Century. Harvester Press, Brighton, Great Britain.3) Cipolla, Carlo. (1993) Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy 1000-1700. W.W. Norton & Company. New York.4) Johnson, Steven. (2006)The Ghost Map: The Story o f  London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. Riverhead Books. New York.01/21/2011Other readings as assigned will be available on electronic course reserve through Mansfield LibraryCourse Description:This course covers the development and evolution o f epidemiology, the basic science o f public health. Major schools o f epidemiology from the Roman-Greek, Italian and English traditions will be compared and contrasted.Online Format:This course will be delivered over the Internet with support from UMOnline. Readings from the textbooks and discussion questions from the texts and the instructor will form the basis o f weekly class postings on the online discussion board. There will also be two exams given throughout the semester, one at midterm and one near the end o f the semester. The course will conclude with a final term paper.Course Evaluation:Weekly postings to the discussion board will make-up class participation which constitutes 40 percent o f the course grade. Each exam will be worth 15 percent o f the final grade and the final term paper will constitute 30 percent o f the overall grade.Final Term PaperFor the final paper, students will choose one o f the following topics and discuss the important epidemiological concepts that were displayed during that event or within that theory. Additional instructions will be given later on in the semester.Topics1. Egyptian Epidemiological Tradition2. Epidemiology o f Influenza3. The Manchurian Plague4. Small Pox during the Revolutionary War5. Roman Malaria Plague6. Yellow Fever in the U.S.Course ScheduleI. The Roman-Greek Tradition and Theory: Weeks 1-201/21/2011Readings and Concepts:To access the e-reserve materials, go to: http://eres.lih. iimt.edu/eres/defanlt.aspxClick on Course Reserves. You can either search by department, Public Health, or instructor, Molgaard.Click on PU BH 595. 51. The passM>ord is “PU BH 595 ”Click on the Readings fo lder and download the readings fo r  the week.W eek 1Saracci. Introducing the History o f  Epidemiology. (E-reserve material) Hippocrates. On Airs, Water and Places. (E-reserve material)Homer. The Iliad. Book 1: Verses 10-68. (E-reserve material)Week 2Galen. On Food and Diet. Chapters 2 and 5 (Electronic Book available through the Mansfield Library)To connect to this title, make sure you are logged on so that you can access university services. (http ://one stop. umt. edu)Go to http://www.lib.umt.edu/ and search fo r  “On Food and D ie t”. Click on “Galen, on fo o d  and diet [electronic resource] /  M ark Grant. ” Click “Connect to this title online ”,Little, Lester. Plague and the End o f  Antiquity. (E-reserve material)i. Chapter 1: Life and Afterlife o f the First Plague Pandemic. Pgs. 3-32 Chin. Control o f  Communicable Diseases Manual. Section on! Plague. Pgs. 381- 387.(E-reserve material)II. The Early Christian Tradition and Theory: Weeks 3-5Readings and Concepts:McCormick, Michael. Origins o f  the European Economy: Communications and Commerce AD 300-900. Chapters 1, 3, and 4. (E-reserve material)Week 3Chapter 1: The End o f the Ancient World01/21/2011Long-Term Trends in the Late Roman Economy People and Food Population HealthW eek 4Chapter 3: Land River Communications in Late Antiquityi. Routes, Ships, Menii. Land Communications and the closing o f the overland corridorsiii. River Communications and the case o f  the Rhone routeW eek 5Chapter 4: Sea Change in Late Antiquityi. Transport and Commerceii. Public money and private shipsiii. Ports, ships, and cargoesiv. Secular change 1: the flow o f goodsv. Secular change 2: the transformation o f late Roman shippingIII. The Italian Tradition and Theory: Weeks 6-10, Midterm, Week 8Readings and ConceptsCipolla. Before The Industrial Revolution.W eek 6Part I: A static approximation1. Demand2. The Factors o f Production3. Productivity and ProductionWeek 7Part II: Toward a dynamic description4. The Urban Revolution: The Communes5. Population: Trends and Plagues6. Technology7. Enterprise, Credit, and Money8. Production, Incomes, and Consumption9. The Emergence o f  the Modern Age10. The Changing Balance o f Economic Power in $urope01/21/2011Week 8Cipolla. Miasmas and Disease.1. The Health Boards in Italy and Epidemiological Concepts2. ‘Miasmas, Filth, and Rubbish’3. Medical Reports and the Florentine’s Health IS/Tagistrates4. Doctors, Diseases, and People5. ConclusionWeek 9Cipolla. Fighting the Plague in Seventeenth Century Italy. (E-ireserve material) Chapter 1: Theory, Observation, and PolicyW eek 10Cipolla. Faith, Reason, and the Plague.The English Tradition and Theory: Weeks 11-14Readings and Concepts:Johnson. The Ghost Map.Week 111. The Night-Soil Men2. Eyes Sunk, Lips Dark Blue3. The Investigator4. That is to Say, Jo Has Not Yet Died5. All Smell is DiseaseW eek 126. Building the Case7. The Pump Handle8. The Ghost Map9. Broad Street RevisitedWeek 13Rosenberg, Charles. The Cholera Years: The United States in 17832, 1849, and 1866. (E-reserve material)Week 1401/21/2011Howard-Jones. The Scientific Background o f  the International Sanitary Conferences 1851-1938. (E-reserve material)V. Summary and Conclusions: W eek 15VI. Final Exam: Week 16Plagiarism: All students must practice academic honesty. Academic misconduct is subject to an academic penalty by the course instructor and/or a disciplinary sanction by the University. All students need to be familiar with the Student Conduct Code. The Code is available for review online at http://www.uint.edU/SA/VPSA/index.cfm/page/l 3 2 1.Plagiarism is the representing o f another's work as one’s own. It is a particularly intolerable offense in the academic community and is strictly forbidden. Students who plagiarize may fail the course and may be remanded to Academic Court for possible suspension or expulsion. (See UM Student Conduct Code).Students must always be very careful to acknowledge any kind o f borrowing that is included in their work. This means not only borrowed wording but also ideas. Acknowledgment o f whatever is not one's own original work is the proper and honest use o f sources. Failur^ to acknowledge whatever is not one's own original work is plagiarism. (Source: http://www2.umt.edu/catalog/acpolpro.htm)Accommodation: In accordance with University o f M ontana’s mission to provide equal educational opportunities for all students, necessary accommodations for students with disabilities will be made whenever possible. If you require accommodations, please provide written information regarding your disability from the Disability Services as goon as possible so that accommodations can be made.

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