MERR 41 is online, asynchronous this Summer Session 2 (July 29 - August 30, 2024) and enrollment is open to all UCSC students.
Merrill 41 is a 5-unit course that fulfills GE: PE-H,
offered in the summer and winter terms. In this seminar, we shine light
on past and emerging health events to gain better understanding of
pandemics and epidemics around the world. Students share generative
thought and insights from case studies and conceptualize preventive
approaches to future pandemics from global, public and planetary health
perspectives.
This
is a valuable course for those interested in: global and community
health, public health, environmental health, medicine, epidemiology,
biology, international policy, public service and administration, health
structures and systems, health equity, social justice, bioethics,
sociology, social science research, professional health fields, etc.
- Search "Planetary Health" in the Course Title Keyword.