GLHLTH 101CC
The Air Between Us: Illness and Inequality in a Connected World
Eric Green
Description from DukeHub
Tuberculosis has been curable for seventy years and still kills more people than any other infectious disease. Using TB as an anchor case, this course examines how biology, history, politics, and markets together determine who gets sick and who gets cared for. Students study the microbiology, genetics, and epidemiology of disease alongside the behavioral, institutional, and economic forces that shape health outcomes. Six comparative cases anchor team-based analysis. No prerequisites. Open to all majors.
Skills
- data and statisticsAI review: "epidemiology of disease"
AI-resilient: 2 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "team"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "justice"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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