BIOL 344 - Biology and Global Health

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 4
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 3
A consideration of current biological issues in the field of Global Health. This course will address biological factors that affect morbidity and mortality in low- and lower middle-income countries. Topics will include issues in environmental health in developing countries, including water quality, sanitation, air quality and food safety. The course will also examine the effects of large-scale ecological change on human health, including urbanization, deforestation and climate change.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 117 and BIOL 119.
Offered: Every summer