None
Sequential SST
On Campus
Theme: Global Health and Inequality
What to expect:
- Explore the disparities in the global burden of communicable and chronic diseases between low, middle and high-income countries.
- Work with case studies and applied practice evaluations from local and global partners doing real-world global health work.
- Engage with a local agency that works with immigrants, refugees, and/or low-income populations to learn about how health can be impacted from a wide variety of organizations.
- Benefit from coaching, mentoring and networking for careers in global public health.
Upcoming Terms & Trip Leaders
every Spring
- Spring Semester 2024-25 – Amanda Borden
- Spring Semester 2025-26 (every spring) – Amanda Borden
Destination Course Specifics
This on-campus practicum introduces students to current and emerging issues in global public health, and the critical links between public health and social and economic development. Case studies and applied practice evaluations in the course will work directly with local and global partners doing real-world global health work. Students will engage with a local agency that works with immigrants, refugees, and/or low-income populations to learn about how health can be impacted from a wide variety of organizations.
Additional Courses to Complete SST theme
- GLST 241: Course pending (3 credit hours on campus)
- GLST 251: Cultural Perspectives: Health Promotion in Diverse Communities (3 credit hours, local)
- GLST 300: Global Issues, Healthy Cities (3 credit hours on campus)
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