History of Medicine

About This Major

A program that focuses on the historical evolution and socio-economic context of medical theories, education, practices, and technologies; and on the history of diseases, therapeutics, patients, and healers. Includes instruction in the concepts and methods of the historiography of medicine; the history of science, medicine, and technology; and of research methods in the history of medicine.

Related CIP Codes

  • 54.0104
  • History and Philosophy of Science and Technology., 30.1501
  • Science, Technology and Society

At a Glance

CIP Code
51.3205
CIP Family
51

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