Global Health (BS)

Current global health crises, challenges; tools for describing health and disease; ecological, cultural, social, historical, political-economic factors; comparative health systems.

Direct investigations of society, ecology, and health in international settings.

Introduces basics of social research design; fosters independent thinking and critical analysis.

Introduces applications of evolutionary biology to medicine. Discusses topics ranging from the evolution of antibiotic resistance to aging, obesity, Alzheimer's disease and cancer using an evolutionary framework to better understand how these diseases/issues came to be, and what can be done to prevent/treat/mitigate these conditions.

Introduces the historical, social, political, economic and interprofessional contexts in which health care professions and the United States health care system evolved.

Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.

Introduces concepts and methods of sociocultural anthropology, with illustrative materials from a variety of communities in a globalizing world. Explores the concept of culture and examines a variety of social, political and economic dimensions of how humans organize their lives.

Basic concepts and methods of statistics, including descriptive statistics, significance tests, estimation, sampling, and correlation.

Concepts and methods of statistics; display and summary of data, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression. Applications to biological sciences.

Descriptive and inferential statistical methods for analysis of social data. Computer applications.

Covers topics of immediate or special interest to a faculty member and students.

Introduces epidemiological concepts and prepares the student to read, comprehend, and report epidemiological research.

Structured practical experience following a contract or plan, supervised by faculty and practitioners.

Covers epidemiologic methods for the control of conditions such as infectious and chronic diseases, mental disorders, community and environmental health hazards, and unintentional injuries. Other topics include quantitative aspects of epidemiology, including data sources, measures of morbidity and mortality, evaluation of association and causality, and study design. A background in basic biology and a basic understanding of the principles of human diseases helpful in succeeding in this course.