Geography, the Environment, and Human Health
GPHY 336
3 Units
In-person
3
one-way Exclusions
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Course Description
Examines the relationship between human health and built, physical, and social environments. Focus is influence of local environmental conditions on population health outcomes within the North American urban context. Policy and programming options for improving local conditions are explored.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize and explain the connections between human health, determinants of health, and place.
- Interpret and explain health disparities as they relate to place and local environmental conditions.
- Evaluate the potential health impacts of the built environments they encounter everyday.
- Predict how local environmental conditions may contribute to population health disparities.
- Review academic and non-academic literature, conduct field observations, and communicate in written, oral, and virtual formats with greater ease and confidence.