Courses
For additional information, please see past course syllabi. Both courses are typically taught during fall semester in person. For more information on courses I'm currently teaching, please feel free to reach me through the Contact section.
Development Theory and Practice in Latin America and Africa
AFS 6305
Graduate course, 3 credits. Prerequisites: None.
This course provides a critical introduction to development; it serves as the foundation course for the Master’s in Sustainable Development Practice (SDP) and is a required course for the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Development Practice. Both conceptual and practical issues are addressed in relation to each course topic with a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on the inter-relationship among approaches, comparing Latin American and African contexts.
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Global Public Health and Development I
PHC6764
Graduate course, 3 credits. Prerequisites: None.
This course was initially developed as one of two health courses for the Master’s in Development Practice (MDP) program, and currently serves as the core health course for that program and a concentration core course for the PhD in Public Health, One Health concentration. It is appropriate for graduate students interested in an introduction to the interaction between environmental, economic, and social processes with global public health threats. This course will cover fundamental public health and anthropologic principles, methods, and study designs. Case studies will be used to demonstrate how development practitioners can incorporate the use of these methods to investigate patterns of disease, patterns of culture, risk factors, broad causes, and the need for integrated interventions to reduce risk of disease and death. The case studies will also illustrate major global health challenges, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child morbidity and mortality, as well as cultural sensitivity and appropriate communication in public health practice and research.
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