| Date | Topic | Assignment |
| Jan. 8 | Typhoid Mary (Her story) | George Soper on Mary Mallon |
| Jan. 13 | Typhoid Mary (continued) | |
| Jan. 15 | Bacteria | Microbes by the numbers |
| Jan. 20 | Cholera | Snow on Cholera ( part 2 & part 3) |
| Jan. 22 | Tuberculosis | Tuberculosis factsheet |
| Jan. 27 | Bubonic Plague | Wikipedia article |
| Jan. 29 | Bioterror: Ebola and Anthrax | Ebola factsheet |
| Feb. 3 | EXAM #1 (required) | |
| Feb. 5 | Influenza | 1918 Flu |
| Feb. 10 | Smallpox | Vaccinate or not? |
| Feb. 12 | Viruses | none |
| Feb. 17 | Columbian Exchange | Columbian Exchange Wikipedia |
| Feb. 19 | Syphilis | TBA |
| Feb. 24 | Tuskegee Study | TBA |
| Feb. 26 | EXAM #2 (required) | |
| Mar. 3 | (Winter Break) | (no class) |
| Mar. 5 | (Winter Break) | (no class) |
| Mar. 10 | HIV: origin & prevalence | TBA |
| Mar. 12 | HIV: the virus | TBA |
| Mar. 17 | Immunology | TBA |
| Mar. 19 | Immunology (continued) | TBA |
| Mar. 24 | HIV testing | TBA |
| Mar. 26 | EXAM #3 (required) | |
| Mar. 31 | Biology of HIV/AIDS | TBA |
| Apr. 2 | Transmission and Prevention | Sylvia Hackers Commentary |
| Apr. 7 | AIDS in America | Millennial Perspective |
| Apr. 9 | AIDS in America (continued) | TBA |
| Apr. 14 | Treatment | TBA |
| Apr. 16 | AIDS and society | TBA |
| Apr. 21 | EXAM #4 (required) | |
| Apr. 24 | OPTIONAL FINAL EXAM (10:30-12:30) |