LIN 190 — Global Pandemics
This interdisciplinary course examines major pandemics throughout recorded human history and how they have transformed society, art, and culture. Highlighting literary and cultural representations of global events such as the Black Death and the 1918 influenza pandemic, the course culminates with the last major pandemic of the 20th century, HIV/AIDS, and the first major pandemic of the 21st century, Covid-19.