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BI 200 - Public Health in a Majority World Country I

Credits: 2

This first part of this two sequence course evaluates the causes of public health issues in developing communities and investigates strategies to address them. Topics covered in this course include an introduction to epidemiology, poverty and diet, environmental health, common diseases, financial security and access to healthcare, and current public health needs. These issues will be examined through the lens of a designated geographic region (i.e., Guatemala, Haiti, etc.) and students will become familiar with the ways in which its history shaped it into the community it is today. Serving alongside community partners, students will develop a public health project specifically tailored to meet the needs of the geographic region of study. This project will then be implemented during the travel portion of PUB 300. This course will meet from the first week in October until the end of the fall semester.

Prerequisite/Corequisite
Prerequisite(s): MA 205 or a comparable statistics/data analysis course and junior or senior standing; Others will beconsidered on a case-by-case basis.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Transition from comprehension to application and analysis of information.
  • Demonstrate an ongoing awareness of social justice issues and how the issues apply to their discipline and related disciplines.
  • Apply concepts from the discipline to relevant issues and policies.
  • Independently retrieve information about concepts related to the discipline using databases.
  • Use and apply quantitative data to interpret formulas, graphs, tables, schematics, and draw inferences from them.
  • Demonstrate written and oral communication skills, especially those used within a discipline.
  • Perform practical skills in one’s discipline such as laboratory and clinical work, art studio.
Notes
Enrollment priority given to students majoring or minoring in Public Health. Students who enroll in BI/PUB 200 must also enroll in BI/PUB 300 the following spring semester. Students who do not enroll in BI/PUB 300 will not be able to participate in the travel portion of the course. The BI/PUB 200/300 sequence is an international travel course and students are responsible for additional associated costs.

Cross-listed
PUB 200: Public Health in a Majority World Country I


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