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HLTH 410 Environment and Health Units: 3.00
This seminar course provides advanced review of the major theoretical and epistemological approaches to the study of environment and health. Students will be exposed to academic literature across several disciplines that engage with the environment-health nexus. The course is designed to provide a strong foundation for students interested in continuing into graduate level studies or public advocacy roles in population health promotion and related fields, with competencies in concepts and practices pertaining to ecohealth, social prescribing, therapeutic landscapes, One health, planetary health, and other current paradigms.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Seminar, 12 Online Activity, 72 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Level 4 or above and registration in a HLTH Major or Joint Honours, or KINE Plan.
Exclusion HLTH 497/3.0 (Topic Title: Environment and Health - Winter 2022, Fall 2022).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and explain key theses and arguments that exist in the various theoretical or epistemological traditions reviewed in the course.
- Use the theoretical and epistemological approaches to interrogate priority environmental health inequities.
- Identify and describe connections between environment and health in a critical and respectful way.
- Communicate effectively and collaboratively.
- Critique and question the implications of current health promotion practices and assumptions.