OUR PLANET, OUR HEALTH

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use a local to global perspective to assess the historical, current and future trends in human health and well-being Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the use of planetary boundaries to measure Earth system sustainability and the potential impacts of instability in these systems on global health and human well being Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe current primary global health challenges, their distribution, and prevention strategies Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze global health disparities through a social justice and human rights lens Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate a basic understanding of contemporary issues, problems, and controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective that recognizes the complex relationships between social, economic, political, and environmental systems. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze ecological perspectives on the connections among human health and well being, animal health, and ecosystem health Audience: Undergraduate 7. Assess and reflect on the successes and failures of global health interventions and become familiar with current events and current literature that describes these efforts Audience: Undergraduate 8. Reflect on personal goals, objectives, and role as a global citizen and future professional or researcher Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use a local to global perspective to assess the historical, current and future trends in human health and well-being Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the use of planetary boundaries to measure Earth system sustainability and the potential impacts of instability in these systems on global health and human well being Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe current primary global health challenges, their distribution, and prevention strategies Audience: Undergraduate 4. Analyze global health disparities through a social justice and human rights lens Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate a basic understanding of contemporary issues, problems, and controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective that recognizes the complex relationships between social, economic, political, and environmental systems. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze ecological perspectives on the connections among human health and well being, animal health, and ecosystem health Audience: Undergraduate 7. Assess and reflect on the successes and failures of global health interventions and become familiar with current events and current literature that describes these efforts Audience: Undergraduate 8. Reflect on personal goals, objectives, and role as a global citizen and future professional or researcher Audience: Undergraduate