2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

HS 335 Global Health Equity and Justice

This course provides an in-depth examination of health equity and social justice issues in global health. Students will analyze how historical, socioeconomic, political, and environmental factors perpetuate health disparities worldwide. Topics include the impacts of poverty, gender inequality, climate change, human rights violations, and globalization on population health outcomes. Through case studies and scholarly literature from multiple disciplines, students will critically assess global governance, foreign aid, humanitarian interventions, and other strategies aimed at achieving health equity. This course emphasizes interdisciplinary perspectives and builds on foundations introduced in Introduction to Global Health. Prerequisites: HS 200 (HS majors only), HS 230. Must be HS major or Global Health minor.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

HS 200 (HS majors only), HS 230. Must be HS major or Global Health minor.