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Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics in Popular Culture

MET IS 311

  • Aesthetic Exploration
  • Critical Thinking
  • Scientific Inquiry I

This course is designed to help students use critical thinking about scientific information, including quantitative methods, to evaluate the truth and exaggerations in journalistic and popular media depictions of disease and disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Scientific Inquiry I, Critical Thinking.

FALL 2026 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
O2 Hulbert ARR 12:00 am-12:00 am Students are assigned to class sections of about 20 with a member of the teaching team. Student visa holders must contact their advisor for approval before registering for any online class.

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