Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health

4 credits

This course will explore the intersection of oppressions based on social identities such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, and citizenship status. This course will introduce the framework of intersectionality, with an emphasis on its use within the field of public health and explore and analyze how race and ethnicity are socially constructed and intersect with identities to influence health behavior and outcomes. Prerequisites: PH 40 or FMPH 40 and sophomore standing. Renumbered from FMPH 191. Students can’t receive credit for PH 157 if they have already completed FMPH 191 subtitled “Race, Intersectionality, and Public Health.”