Biology 102 - Science in the Real World: An Introduction to Public Health

An explicitly multidisciplinary introduction to the challenges, data , tools, and frameworks surrounding global health in the 21st century. Open to students of all majors, this course examines the biological, environmental, social, and political factors that dictate healthspans and lifespans at local, national, regional, and global scales. Students also explore the ways in which notions of health and disease are constructed, and the extent to which these definitions vary over time and culture. Most of the work in this course is done by small interdisciplinary groups. Enrollment limited to 40. Instructor permission required. (E)