BIOL 336 - Historical and Biological Perspectives on Vaccines

1. Explain, in language appropriate to the audience, the protective immune responses that are elicited by vaccines;
2. Reflect on the development of vaccination practices throughout history and evaluate how these practices have shaped the interaction among human populations and microbes throughout the globe;
3. Analyze and debate sociopolitical factors that have influenced vaccine equity, acceptance, and practices around the globe; and
4. Integrate data from clinical trials to predict the outcome of vaccine implementation as a public policy measure.

1. Demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and
2. Apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue.
4. Apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.
    

1. Use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
2. Describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
3. Identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.