School of Pub Hlth & Hlth Sci 150 - Great Challenges/SPHHS
Spring
2026
01
4.00
Megan Patton-Lopez
M W 2:30PM 3:45PM
UMass Amherst
83507
Hasbrouck Lab Add room 20
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 If the class and the Spire waitlist are full and/or you are unable to self-enroll in this course (for another reason), please complete this waitlist link: https://tinyurl.com/PHWaitlist-Core
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
If the class and the Spire waitlist are full and/or you are unable to self-enroll in this course (for another reason), please complete this waitlist link: https://tinyurl.com/PHWaitlist-Core
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.