GEOG 3206
Health, Environment, and Society
Explores the nexus between geography and human health, including climate change impacts on disease, mental and physical health, and inequity; relationships between colonization, modernization, identity, ideologies, and the environment; population health and health behaviour; social determinants of global health inequality and possibilities for change.
Topics
- nexus between geography and human health
- mental and physical health
- inequity
- relationships between colonization
- modernization
- identity
- ideologies
- the environment
- population health and health behaviour
- social determinants of global health inequality and possibilities for change
Course catalogue
2026
Readings
- Elliot pgs 1-22, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” & “Half-Breed: A Racial Biography in Five Parts” Fall Break: Oct 26th-30th
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing. Lectures three hours a week.