Spring 2027

History of Medicine in South Asia

Explore how South Asian societies have historically understood health and well-being, examining unique conceptions of illness and traditional healing systems like Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.42 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.48 GPA, 73.1% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Describe fundamental aspects of South Asia's long and diverse history of medical knowledge and practice.

  • Explain how healing traditions like Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Sowa Rigpa have been influenced by religious and philosophical beliefs, arguments, and practices.

  • Summarize how ideas about health and healing in South Asia have shaped religion and philosophy in the region.

  • Determine how medicines other than biomedicine express and shape fundamental values about embodied existence and the relationship of body-mind-spirit in South Asia.

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ASIAN/RELIGST 218

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.42 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.48 GPA, 73.1% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.86 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Historical understanding of health and well-being in South Asian societies.
  • South Asian conceptions of illness, physical dysfunction, and healing attempts.
  • History of medical knowledge and practice in South Asia.
  • Influence of health and healing ideas on South Asian religion and philosophy.

Skills

  • Understand traditional South Asian healing systems (Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani) and their concepts of disease pathology and treatment.
  • Explain how healing traditions are influenced by religious and philosophical beliefs, arguments, and practices.
  • Analyze how non-biomedical expressions shape values regarding embodied existence and the body-mind-spirit relationship.

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