ANTH 1007W: Health, Culture, and Power: An Introduction to Medical Anthropology
An introduction to medical anthropology that explores how experiences of health, illness, and our bodies are shaped by the sociocultural, political, economic, and historical contexts in which we live. Students are encouraged to think in cross-cultural and comparative ways about what it means to be an embodied being, and about how relations of power shape humans’ embodied experience.
- Credits
- 3
- Offered
- Fall 2026
- Campuses
- Storrs
- Gen Ed
- CA2: Social Science, CA4: Diversity & Multicultural, W: Writing Competency, TOI2: Cultural Dimension, TOI3: Div, Equity, Soc Just
- Requirements
- ENGL 1007 or 1010 or 1011.
Fall 2026 sections
Taught by Sarah Willen.
| Section | Type | Meets | Instructor | Campus | Room | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | LEC | 9:30AM - 10:45AM / TuTh | Sarah Willen | Storrs | BCH 404 | 1 of 19 open |
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