School of Pub Hlth & Hlth Sci 150 - Great Challenges/SPHHS
Fall
2025
01
4.00
Megan Patton-Lopez
M W 4:00PM 4:50PM
UMass Amherst
67923
Integ. Learning Center N151
mpattonlopez@umass.edu
This course is designed to give students an overview of the field of public health and health sciences. We will examine the history and philosophy of public health and basic epidemiology before exploring some of the many challenges faced by communities and public health and health sciences professionals across the world. (Gen. Ed. SB, DU)
Students who have taken PubHlth 200 are NOT eligible for this course.
A specific number of seats have been reserved for departments and if you are unable to enroll and wish to be placed on a waitlist for this course, please submit a request on https://tinyurl.com/pubhlthwaitlist.
Departments with seats reserved are - Public Health, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Speech Language and Hearing Science and for students in Exploratory track in the School of Public Health & Health Sciences.
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.