☀️ Summer 2021 Global Health Course Spotlights ☀️
Entomology 205: Our Planet, Our Health (3 credits)
Format: Online-Asynchronous (June 14 – Aug 08)
Audience: This course is a required core course for the Global Health Major, and an optional elective course for the Certificate in Global Health. This course is a great option for students primarily interested in the major and a comprehensive introduction to the intersections between human health and global change. Students will learn about topics that range from infectious diseases to mental health to health equity within the context of the urgent threats to the sustainability of our natural systems. By the end of the class students will have a systems-level understanding of the way global health acts to prevent disease, promote health, and assure the conditions necessary for humans to thrive.
Nutritional Science 203: Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)
Format: Online with Synchronous Discussion Sections (June 14 – July 11)
Audience: This course is a required core course for the Certificate in Global Health, and an optional core course for the Global Health Major. This course is a great option for students primarily interested in the certificate and exploring determinants of health and health equity that affect populations in Wisconsin and around the world. This course covers trends in health and disease globally, and the important interconnections among health and agriculture, nutrition, poverty, culture, education, policy, health systems and more, using the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as a framework. It also features multidisciplinary speakers dedicated to improving health through their unique training, exposing students to a variety of career opportunities related to global health.
Agriculture and Applied Economics 352: Global Health: Economics, Natural Systems, and Policy (4 credits)
Format: Online-Synchronous (May 24 – July 11)
Audience: This course is an optional core course for the Global Health Major, and an elective course for the Certificate in Global Health. This course is a great option for students interested in the major or certificate and using economic and social science reasoning to describe global health challenges, understand the causes and consequences of health discrepancies, evaluate health and environmental policies, and appreciate the interconnectedness of planetary health and economic outcomes. Sample course topics include the global economic burden of poor health, environmental health and justice, resource scarcity, and climate change.
🍂 Fall 2021 Global Health Course Spotlights 🍂
Entomology 205: Our Planet, Our Health (3 credits)
Format: Hybrid (Online and In-person)
Audience: This course is a required core course for the Global Health Major, and an optional elective course for the Certificate in Global Health. This course is a great option for students primarily interested in the major and a comprehensive introduction to the intersections between human health and global change. Students will learn about topics that range from infectious diseases to mental health to health equity within the context of the urgent threats to the sustainability of our natural systems. By the end of the class students will have a systems-level understanding of the way global health acts to prevent disease, promote health, and assure the conditions necessary for humans to thrive.
Nutritional Science 203: Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)
Format: In-person
Audience: This course is a required core course for the Certificate in Global Health, and an optional core course for the Global Health Major. This course is a great option for students primarily interested in the certificate and exploring determinants of health and health equity that affect populations in Wisconsin and around the world. This course covers trends in health and disease globally, and the important interconnections among health and agriculture, nutrition, poverty, culture, education, policy, health systems and more, using the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as a framework. It also features multidisciplinary speakers dedicated to improving health through their unique training, exposing students to a variety of career opportunities related to global health
Plant Pathology 311: Global Food Security (3 credits)
Format: In-person
Audience: This course is an optional core course for the Global Health Major, and an elective course for the Certificate in Global Health. This course is a great option for students interested in the major or certificate that want to explore the social justice of food inequality and how domestic policies affect global food production. The course offers a deep dive into the drivers of food insecurity, including food availability due to crop production as well as distribution and accessibility worldwide. Students will examine possible solutions to food insecurity, including the ethics of genetically modified crops.
Agriculture and Applied Economics 352: Global Health: Economics, Natural Systems, and Policy (4 credits)
Format: In-person
Audience: This course is an optional core course for the Global Health Major, and an elective course for the Certificate in Global Health. This course is a great option for students interested in the major or certificate and using economic and social science reasoning to describe global health challenges, understand the causes and consequences of health discrepancies, evaluate health and environmental policies, and appreciate the interconnectedness of planetary health and economic outcomes. Sample course topics include the global economic burden of poor health, environmental health and justice, resource scarcity, and climate change.
Information on requirements and advising can be found on the guide pages for the Global Health Major and Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health. The certificate website is also a great resource for students where up-to-date information can be found on field experience programs for summer 2021 and beyond.