Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course explores contemporary human health problems around the world, focusing on economic, political, historical, sociocultural, and environmental factors that underlie disparities. Global health analyzes the causes and consequences of the unequal burden of disease and disability, including infectious disease, climate change, women's health, and food insecurity. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, this course introduces major concepts, principles, and research methodology in global health.