COR 346 CHILDBIRTH

This course explores the topic of childbirth from a personal, biomedical, psychosocial, cultural, and historical perspective. Students will explore their own birth stories and investigate how gender roles, current and historical, affect our understanding of childbirth. Students will also become familiar with the anatomy and mechanics of human reproduction, gestation, and parturition. Other topics include assisted reproductive technology, genetic counseling, and post-partum depression. 

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

Junior or Senior standing

Course Types

Core Interdisciplinary Seminar; Public Health Elective; Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies Elective

Notes

This course is writing intensive. Counts toward Public Health Studies and the Women's/Gender Studies minor.

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