Bio 150-Public Health and Disease
Syllabus
The health of human populations around the world has improved dramatically over the past 150 years due to improvements in nutrition, water treatment and sanitation, worker and transportation safety, infectious disease prevention and treatment, as well as other medical innovations. This course will explore the science behind global public health successes and current challenges through case studies and evaluation of proposed public health policies.
| Lecture Topics (Chapters) | |
| Week 1 | What is Public Health? (1,2,3) |
| Week 2 | How is Public Health Studied? (4-8) Quiz 1 |
| Week 3 | Group Research Projects |
| Week 4 | Group 9-Old Infectious Diseases(9) Annotated Bibliography Due |
| Week 5 | Group 1-New (Emerging) Infectious Diseases (10) |
| Week 6 | Group 8-Chronic & Genetic Diseases (11-12) |
| Week 7 | M=Catch up and Review; W=Issue Exam 1 |
| Week 8 | Group 6-Tobacco & Other Drugs, Mental Health (15, 19) |
| Week 9 | Group 5-Obesity (16) |
| Week 10 | Group 10-Maternal & Child Health |
| Week 11 | M=Issue Exam 2 Group 4-Injuries, Hazards, Solid Waste (17, 20, 23) |
| Week 12+ | Group 2-Clean Air, Water & Food (21, 22, 24, 25) |
| Week 13 | Group 3-Medical Systems(26-28) |
| Week 14 | Group 7-Aging, Emergencies, the Future (29-31) |
| Week 15 | Issue Exam 3 |