First Year Seminar 191PHHS14 - FYS-U-Thrive: SPHHS

This seminar will support your transition to college and introduce you to a topic in public health and health sciences. The first six weeks will provide foundational skills for students to thrive at UMass. The last seven weeks will focus on exploring a public health and health sciences topic.

First-year (R1ST) Course subtitle: Reimagining Healthcare

Course description: This course will examine the social determinants of health and how they are directly associated with health disparities seen especially in racialized and minoritized communities. We will closely examine how oppressive systems operate both within and beyond the medical system, profoundly impacting people and continuing to foster mistrust today.
Students will actively participate in critical thinking exercises to develop solutions aimed at advancing health equity through a range of activities. This includes exploring how to redirect healthcare away from traditional brick-and-mortar practices, break down silos, and enhance healthcare accessibility for all. Students will also engage with topics related to healing justice, drawing from African and Indigenous knowledge and wisdom practices, and tapping into the transformative power of their imagination as a critical source for developing cutting-edge innovations in healthcare. As a result of this class, students will gain a greater understanding of how to promote health equity and community health by employing strategies focused on social justice, including asset building and participatory approaches to address health disparities effectively.

See the SPHHS FYS Course Guide for a complete list of section subtitles and descriptions:
https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/academics/first-year-semin…