Public Health and the Environment

Catalog description

Public Health and the Environment draws content and concepts from the biological sciences and public health administration. You will examine the environmental issues related to active living, food security, housing and health, and social justice. You will also research the relationship between economic, physical, and social environments. In this course, you will develop skills that allow you to study characteristics of the environment that may influence public health. You will apply these lessons to the study of public health research, focusing on current and future problems in a public health proposal. This course fulfills a general education Natural and Physical Science lecture requirement. This is an approved Colorado gtPathways course.