AFST 450 - Global Health

Credits: 4

This course is designed to explore the impact of globalization on health while examining the relationships between culture and health promotion/disease prevention issues globally. Students will analyze the cultural, social, economic, political and environmental factors that impact health and development in Non-Western contexts. A multi-disciplinary perspective entailing but not limited to, history, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and public health will be offered by way of reading assignments, didactic instruction, class discussions, and course assignments.