ANTH 313 - Global Health Issues

2018-2019 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course examines the effects of globalization on the health of people around the globe and relates disparities in the spread of preventable diseases and access to basic health services to the growing inequality between rich and poor nations. The course draws from contemporary global health research to explore issues such as, the spread of infectious and chronic disease, food and water insecurity, environmental health, and the effects of violence and war on global health. The theoretical perspective used to analyze these issues draws on the work of critical medical anthropology, ecosocial epidemiology, applied anthropology, and public health.

Prerequisite(s): ANTH 100 or ANTH 101 or ANTH 202.
Offered: Every spring