PH 270 - Investigating Disease Outbreaks and Epidemics

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-3B; Social Justice
The social, cultural and historical impact of epidemics from a humanities perspective. Applications of epidemiology to public health practice and our society. Study of the ethical and social context of epidemiology, through great works of literature and selected historical narratives.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3B - Arts and Humanities (Humanities), Overlay - Social Justice
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Critically evaluate the role and relevance of epidemiology as a tool to address public health problems.
Understand the historical and social context of epidemiology through literature and film.
Classify the most commonly used epidemiologic study designs through conceptual and narrative perspectives.
Demonstrate understanding of how basic epidemiological calculations describe a public health problem.
Critique the ethical issues surrounding epidemiology practice.

GE-3B. Humanities Learning Outcomes

Evaluate the impact of the humanities on your life.
Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the humanities.
Describe the ways that diverse identities influence experiences in the humanities.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.