This course is an introduction to health and disease from a geographical perspective. It provides an introduction to globalization; global health; epidemiology; the immune system; major pandemics of the 20th and 21st centuries; and, global attempts to confront current and future pandemics. Connections are made to medicine, nursing, public health, and related fields. Fulfills the Global Dynamics requirement of Gen Ed.

This course focuses on worldwide pandemics of infectious diseases, and the pathogens responsible for them. We will look at how and where these diseases develop, as well as how our immune system protects/doesn’t protect us. In addition, we will investigate the role that globalization has played in enabling the diffusion of past, present and emerging diseases. Meets UK Core requirement for Global Dynamics.