NS 2060

Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course provides foundational knowledge about community-engaged and experiential learning as it relates to global and public health and creates a dynamic classroom environment and community of learners to develop the essential orientations and skills required for success in the experiential learning and future careers in global and public health.

Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 NS 1600, NS 2600. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Enrollment limited to: GPHS majors.

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Outcomes REF-FA25

• Describe the concepts, rationales, expectations, and ethics of community-engaged and experiential learning as they relate to global and public health.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the available experiential opportunities for GPHS majors and the associated expectations, requirements, and learning objectives.
• Appreciate the value of a professional, reflexive, culturally-sensitive, and civic-minded orientation to their proposed community engagement.
• Appreciate the value of effective and appropriate inter-personal skills for managing diverse situations that arise in community and organizational settings related to global and public health.
• Have the ability to identify and critically analyze ethical dilemmas in global and public health research and practice.
• Appreciate the value of practicing regular reflection as part of responsible professional practice.

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