Global Public Health

Catalog description

This course is one of the core components of the public health graduate program and is appropriate for any students intending to fulfill degree requirements. It is also appropriate as an elective for students of medicine or other related fields. This course provides as introductory survey of global health, with the primary aim to engage and inspire students about the opportunities and challenges of global health. Using the lens of health equity, it provides an overview of many current issues in global public health and frameworks to address them. Interested students can follow this course with more specific in-depth courses in areas such as research methods, global health policy, program planning, human rights and others.