NS 4630

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NS 4630
Global Health, Development, and Policy Issues in Tanzania

Course information provided by the 2015-2016 Catalog.

Engages Global Health minors, IARD majors, and Tanzanian medical students in problembased learning in a cross-cultural small group context in Tanzania. Develop and justify policy recommendations to address a current issue related to global health, nutrition, food safety, or agriculture. Students will work in assigned teams of three to four, designed to mix Cornell and Tanzanian students.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: NS 4620.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: students in the Global Health and IARD Summer Session and Internship Program in Tanzania.

Outcomes

  • Gain cross-cultural competence.
  • Gain broad knowledge about global health and development issues in Tanzania.
  • Learn how to use tools to analyze a policy issue, including stakeholder analysis, problem trees, and policy criteria.
  • Gain in-depth knowledge about a health dilemma relevant to Tanzania.
  • Work in a cross-cultural team to research a health policy dilemma of their own choosing, and to develop, negotiate, write and present their ideas as a policy case study.

When Offered Summer.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Summer Special Session 2. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1419 NS 4630   FLD 800

    • MTWRFS Moshi, Tanzania
    • May 28 - Jul 23, 2016

    • Langwick, S

      Moseley, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Taught in Moshi, Tanzania. This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/courses/courses.php?v=2511.

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