BSOC 2561

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BSOC 2561
Medicine and Healing in China

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of scholar physicians, and of traditional Chinese medicine in modern China. Inquries into the development of healing practices in relation to both popular and specialist views of the body and disease; health care as organized by individuals, families, communities, and states; the transmission of medical knowledge; and healer-patient relations. Course readings include primary texts in translation as well as secondary materials. (ASIAN-SC, HIST-HAN, HIST-HPE)


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, HA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS, HST-AS)

Program Requirements (ASIAN-SC), (HIST-HAN, HIST-HPE)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA, 2020FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2262, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562, STS 2561

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16213 BSOC 2561   LEC 001

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    • MW

    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16214 BSOC 2561   DIS 201

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    • F

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 16215 BSOC 2561   DIS 202

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    • F

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person