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INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND GLOBAL SOCIETY

HISTSCI/MEDHIST/POPHLTH 553
Course Description

Major problems in international health from 1750 to the present. Focus on disease epidemiology and ecology; political economy of health; migration; quarantine; race, ethnicity, and health care; international health research; cross-cultural healing; mental and maternal health; growth of international health organizations.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.63

7.02% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

2.2% from Historical

A Rate
72.15%

96.8% from Historical

Class Size
79

9.86% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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