HST 340 Global Public Health
This course examines the emergent field of global public health through the disciplinary lenses of science and technology studies. Throughout the course, students examine the global dimensions in current local and national practices of public health and discuss the impact of developments in science and technology on the development of disease surveillance, prevention, and response programs. Students will read and learn to analyze critically a variety of sources, such as academic texts and scientific papers, news media coverage of global health in action, and policy drafts and reports.