102A. Framework Program Seminar. (.5 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: Must be accepted into the Framework Program. Concurrent enrollment in GLOBL HLTH 101A. Restrictions: Intended for 1st year UCSF med and dental students, 1st and 2nd year UCSF nursing students and pharmacy students, and UC Berkeley 1st and 2nd year MPH students and DrPH students. Seminar 4 hours.
C. Stewart
This seminar course is required for students accepted into the NIH/Fogarty International Center-funded Framework Program in Global Health. The seminars will address team-based problem solving for major global health problems. The seminar continues in the spring quarter as GLOBL HLTH 102B.
102B. Framework Program Seminar. (.5 units) § Sp. Prerequisites: Must be accepted into the Framework Program. Concurrent enrollment in GLOBL HLTH 101B. Restrictions: Intended for 1st year UCSF med and dental students, 1st and 2nd year UCSF nursing students and pharmacy students, and UC Berkeley 1st and 2nd year MPH students and DrPH students. Seminar 4 hours.
C. Stewart
This seminar course is required for students accepted into the NIH/Fogarty International Center-funded Framework Program in Global Health. The seminars will address team-based problem solving for major global health problems. The seminar continues from the winter quarter GLOBL HLTH 102A.
103. Global Health Pathway to Discovery Project Development. (2 units) § Su. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: Global Health Pathway students and Sandwich students (visiting scholars from international institutions).
Seminar 6 hours.
C. Stewart, M. Dandu
This is a required course for the Global Health Pathways (previously Areas of Concentration) for medical students; others may attend with permission of the instructor. The course format will be brief talks (30 minutes) by various faculty followed by student-faculty joint seminars focusing on Pathway project proposals and associated content areas.
201A. Principles of Global Health. (3 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in GLOBL HLTH 201B and 203A. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Program
A. Levi, G. Rutherford
This course introduces the principles of global health by examining different health systems and health metrics with particular emphasis on low and middle income countries. Content will cover demographics, population growth, maternal and child health, health effect of climate and environment, poverty and health equity, health governance and key institutions, research, development and philanthropy.
201B. Cultural, Economic & Social Determinants of Health. (3 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in GLOBL HLTH 201A and 203A. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Program.
J. Kahn, V. Adams
This course will focus on economic and socio-cultural influences in the causal pathway to illness. Lecture topics will cover economic burden of ill health, the effects of disease on economic productivity, metrics of the burden of disease, and the interrelations between ethnography and health policy. The course will also examine health care delivery systems and qualitative methods of health measurement.
201C. Global Health Sciences Research Methods I. (4 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: This program is restricted to students in the GHS MS degree program. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 6 hours.
K. Page
Will cover: research study design, measures of disease occurrence and disease association, the different sources of error in observational research, a conceptual approach to multivariable analysis, principles of biostatistics, with special emphasis on means, proportion, regression coefficients and contingency tables. Also covered: analytic statistics and epidemiologic research methods, allowing the students to conceive and develop their own research project in the latter half of the quarter.
202A. Communicable Diseases of Global Importance. (3 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Degree Program.
P. Rosenthal
This course covers global communicable diseases, including the biology, history, epidemiology, and economics of key infections. We will focus on HIV infection, malaria, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases of international importance. Through lectures, seminars, and independent study, students will learn about the basic principles of infection and immunity, disease epidemiology and pathogenesis, and varied aspects of the treatment and control of leading infections.
202B. Non Communicable Diseases of Global Importance. (3 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: nONE. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Degree Program.
J. Seward, S. Tache
The content of this course covers chronic diseases of global health importance such as the emergence of diabetes, changes in cancer patterns, respiratory disease, oral health, and the consequences of urbanization and westernization. In addition, the course will emphasize maternal and child health, mental health, nutrition, injuries, humanitarian emergencies, and consequences of environmental degradation and climate change.
203A. Global Health Practice Seminar. (2 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in GLOBL HLTH 201A and 201B. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Program. Seminar 6 hours.
M. Sutphen, N. Daniels
This seminar course will emphasis the application of learned material from 201A and 201B to actual case studies. Emphasis will be placed on historical, cultural and geographic aspects of health and illness in different areas of the world. In addition, each student will develop and critique their field work proposals that will be implemented in the spring quarter.
203B. Global Health Practice Seminar. (2 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: GLOBL HLTH 201A, 201B, 203A. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Degree course. Seminar 6 hours.
M. Sutphen, N. Daniels
This seminar course will emphasize the application of learned material from GHS 201 and 202 lecture/seminar to actual case studies. Emphasis will be placed on historical, cultural and geographic aspects of health and illness in different areas of the world. In addition, each student will develop and finalize their field work proposals that will be implemented in the spring quarter. This work product comprises the Qualifying Examination for advancement to MS candidacy.
203C. Global Health Practice Seminar. (3 units) § Su. Prerequisites: Successful completion of GHS 201A, 201B, 202A, 202B, 203A, and 203B. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Program.
M. Sutphen, N. Daniels
This year-long seminar provides a case-based approach to learning about global health interventions on topics complementary to the required course material. The seminar is devoted primarily to the successful completion of the capstone project, an analysis and presentation of student’s summer quarter fieldwork. This seminar will focus on developing specific skill sets essential to qualities of leadership in addition to topical sessions of current interest conducted by prominent guest lecturers.
204. Global Health Sciences Fieldwork. (6 units) § Sp. Prerequisites: GHS 201A, GHS 201B, GHS 202A, GHS 202B, GHS 203A, GHS 203B. Restrictions: Must be enrolled in the MS GHS degree program. Field Work 18 hours.
J. Ziegler
The capstone project requires students to spend the spring quarter on a field project that has been developed over the 1st 2 quarters of study. The field project is a scholarly inquiry in a selected subject relevant to global health such as a survey, engagement in an ongoing research project, transfer of technology, or qualitative study of attitudes and behaviors. The field project enables students to gain hands-on experience in the application of global health principles learned in the course.
205. Policy and Development in Global Health. (3 units) § Su. Prerequisites: Successful completion of GHS 201A, 201B, 202A, 202B, 203A, and 203B. Restrictions: Enrollment in Global Health Sciences Masters Program.
S. Morin, S. Macfarlane
This course will introduce policy and development in the context of global health. Students will examine the structure and function of evidence-based policy planning and implementation using selected case studies. Learning the skills of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation, students will examine global health development interventions ranging from disease control to eradication to health promotion. Use of guest lecturers will acquaint the students with field experiences and practical outcomes.
294. Independent Study. (1-4 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: This program is restricted to students in the Global Health Sciences MS degree program.
J. Ziegler
This independent study course will involve in-depth study in a chosen field of global health importance that will result in a grant submission, publication or research paper. The student will submit an outline of goals and objectives that must be approved by the Program Director and the Faculty Advisor.
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