Geography of Health/GIS Mapping: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

This course offers a critical geographic perspective to human health issues, examining disease distributions, how changing relationships between people and their environments (natural, built, and social environments) influence health, and different approaches to the study of health in geography. It also examines how GIS is used throughout the health care industry and public health. Covers environmental health, disease surveillance, and health services research. Students critically review current literature and gain hands-on experience with GIS software. Prerequisites: PHLT 1306 and PHLT 2325 .