School of Pub Hlth & Hlth Sci 150 - Great Challenges/SPHHS
Spring
2026
02
4.00
Carissa Lange
M W F 12:20PM 1:10PM
UMass Amherst
83524
Emerson Room 140
cllange@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 first-year students. This course is only open to first year undergraduate students admitted for Fall 2025 or Spring 2026