Students will explore and discuss environmental factors that affect human and ecosystem health. Topics will include toxic chemicals, environmental health regulation, toxic metals, occupational health, and environmental health epidemiology.

An in-depth study of selected themes or issues in public health. Course content will vary. Topics may include but are not limited to infectious diseases, epidemiology, risk assessment, or public health practice.

Introduces students to concepts of health and disease, highlighting the public health context of prevention and control. Students will participate in several research projects, examining the distribution and risk factors of specific diseases.

Students who successfully complete this course will understand how food safety is regulated, understand the nature of food borne illnesses, learn how to develop a professional food safety plan, learn how to conduct risk based inspections, and understand how food safety is related to public health.

Students who successfully complete this course will master foundational principles of environmental public health risk assessment. Case studies will focus on health risks arising in soil, air, and water.

This course introduces students to the issues that impact global health. Students will identify disease patterns, explore how culture affects illness and health, and learn about health systems, policy development, and other activities designed to improve well-being. Students will also use epidemiology, demography, sociology, anthropology, and behavioral change communications (i.e. skills) throughout the course.

The primary role of the Community Health Worker is to serve as a link between a community, its health, and social service systems. Students will learn the fundamentals of how to improve access to and delivery of health services and build capacity for individuals, families, and communities to promote their own health and well-being.

The Public Health Ethics course includes the following topics: Evolution of bioethics in public health; Ethical theories and principles; International Instruments dealing with public health ethics; Universal Declaration of Bio-Ethics and Human Rights; Judgmentalism and contextualizing healthcare equity among communities, Ethics among special groups as research participants; Informed consent; Publication ethics; and Practical applications of ethics.

Intended for students from all majors to provide a broad overview of population level health. The course provides a historical context of public health and overview of population and community health problems and factors, the health care and community and public health systems, and health disparities. Course may include field trips, guest speakers, and a community health service learning experience.

This class explores the non-medical factors that influence health – the social determinants of health. This course  emphasizes gender, class, race, and settler-colonialism as social-constructs, and how these relate to societal position and health outcomes. We learn how social determinants drive health inequities and explore how major social forces are interrelated.