SMU epidemiologist Dr. Eric G. Bing offers an undergraduate course focused on international diseases and strategies to combat them. Pandemics! The Science of Disease Spread, Prevention, and Control (APSM/ANTH/MNO 4344), in Spring 2025, will equip SMU students with the essential tools to understand the various factors influencing disease spread and the ways local and global communities can address these challenges effectively.
The interdisciplinary course will offer an interactive, participatory overview of epidemiological principles, using real-world infectious and social pandemics as a backdrop. Through a series of case studies, guest speakers, discussions, and live debates, students will study pandemics, evaluate epidemiological research, and develop evidence-based pandemic response strategies.
To understand and combat pandemics, epidemiologists think outside the box, using insights from diverse academic disciplines. Therefore, students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply, and no background in health is required. The course is a capstone for the Health & Society major.
Participation in the course is by instructor consent only; submit an application to join the course here or learn more on the course flyer.
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