Climate Change, Human and Planetary Health
Provides tools to identify and address real-world global environmental health issues stemming from climate change, habitat destruction, food insecurity, and urban design.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Recognize unique environmental public health challenges posed by climate change.
Define the planetary boundaries and describe their links to human health.
Define and Understand the Planetary Health framework and principles for systems-based approaches to risk management and health promotion.
Learn and apply a Health in All Policies strategy to demonstrate the value of more comprehensive, cross-sector disease prevention programs.
Critically analyze the linkages between physical and ecological conditions with human health and well-being, as well as exposure pathways through which impacts occur.
Develop and exhibit effective risk and/or science communication strategies related to environmental health.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Prerequisites
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- Graduate/professional standing
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.81 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.89 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).
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Topics
- Climate change, habitat destruction, disease spillover events, food insecurity, and urban design.
- Planetary boundaries and their links to human health.
- Planetary Health framework and systems-based approaches to risk management and health promotion.
- Health in All Policies strategy and cross-sector disease prevention programs.
Skills
- Recognizing unique environmental public health challenges posed by climate change.
- Defining planetary boundaries and describing their links to human health.
- Understanding the Planetary Health framework and principles for systems-based approaches to risk management and health promotion.
- Applying a Health in All Policies strategy to demonstrate the value of cross-sector disease prevention programs.
- Analyzing linkages between physical and ecological conditions with human health and well-being, including exposure pathways.
- Developing and exhibiting effective risk and science communication strategies related to environmental health.
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