NS 2600

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NS 2600
Introduction to Global Health

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Explore contemporary topics, issues, and controversies in the field of global health through several different perspectives. This course will first introduce the global burden of disease, and then engage students in examining complex social, economic, political, environmental, and biological factors that structure the origins and consequences of global health problems, as well as potential solutions. The three core modules of this course focus on HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, and water/sanitation and hygiene.


Permission Note Enrollment limited to: first-years and sophomores. Juniors completing the Global Health Minor must contact DNS Student Services to discuss permissions prior to pre-enrollment.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

  • Analyze global health topics, issues and controversies from multiple perspectives.
  • Express basic knowledge about global health current events, world geography, demographics, poverty, and health disparities.
  • Work in teams to evaluate a global health intervention using tools of program theory and create an effective oral presentation.

Distribution Category (CA-HE, D-HE) (D-AG)

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7823 NS 2600   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Centeno Tablante, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    After Global and Public Health Sciences (GPHS) students, priority is given to first year and sophomore students. If you are unable to enroll in the course, please add yourself to the waitlist in Student Center. Please contact DNS Student Services dnsstudentservices@cornell.edu with any questions.