BIOL 225 Perspectives in International Health
This course provides an overview to pressing health care problems and opportunities worldwide by utilizing a multi-disciplinary approach to international health. Using case reports and first-source knowledge, students will explore how research findings inform public policy and practice through the roles of governments, non-governmental organizations, and Christian relief organizations, all through the lens of a Christian worldview. The impact of poverty and major communicable and non-communicable diseases will be introduced and developed, and the influence of socioeconomic, geographic, and demographic factors on the burden of disease will be studied. Solutions and the necessary skill sets for various careers in international health will be considered.