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Global Epidemics
**Purpose:** This course will examine the development of various epidemic diseases and explore the distinctive, yet interrelated biological, cultural, psychological and geopolitical aspects of disease causation and proliferation.


 * Essential Questions: **
 * What is an epidemic? This definition will be tested and revised throughout the year.
 * What factors (biological, cultural, psychological, geopolitical) determine the development of a particular epidemic? How are these factors interrelated?


 * Additional Framing Questions: **
 * In what ways does a society affect the course of an epidemic disease? In what ways does the course of an epidemic disease affect a society?
 * What are the potential benefits of an epidemic?
 * When does science threaten global politics? When do politics threaten science?