School of Pub Hlth & Hlth Sci 150 - Great Challenges/SPHHS

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Megan Patton-Lopez

M W 4:00PM 4:50PM

UMass Amherst
51241
Thompson Hall room 104
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)

Open to School of Public Health and Health Science (SPHHS) students. Students who have taken PubHlth 200 are NOT eligible for this course.
Enrollment caps for the following departments are:
PubHlth: 85
Kin :75
Nutrition: 40
Speech, Language & Hearing: 45
Exploratory track: 25

Students who wish to be placed on a waiting list for this course, please submit a request on https://tinyurl.com/pubhlthwaitlist

Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.