| New course | 400/500 course |
| First term offered : Fall 2013 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| ANTH 463/563 | The Social Roots of Health and Disease | 4 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Health in Society |
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Catalog Description: This is an exploration and analysis of the social and historical contexts of the current infectious disease pandemics (HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria) and growing rates of chronic diseases. The course makes the critical connections between poverty and health and examines the impact of current international policy on health and health services in low income and least developed countries. The course also explores themes of health, illness, and access to healthcare through their complex intersections with culture-specific issues of gender, ethnicity, and class in the developing world. |
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Course Goal and Objectives: Course Goals and Objectives Upon successful completion of The Social Roots of Health and Disease, students will have: 1. Clearly defined the scope and broad global epidemiological patterns of the current major infectious and chronic diseases in low-income countries. 2. Identified the causes of the causes that is, the economic, social, cultural, and historical forces that have contributed to widespread vulnerability to these and other illnesses and the manner in which many of these forces continue to serve as obstacles to disease-prevention, treatment, and elimination. 3. Recognized and explored the critical intersections between health and gender, ethnicity, class, and development. 4. Critically examined major policies formulated by the current international public health and financial institutions and their intersections with public health. 5. Refined their academic/professional writing skills through the synthesis of readings, discussions, and current scholarship to formulate a detailed country case study across the course of the term. 6. Develop the practical skills necessary to complete a polished, professional presentation (creating graphs, charts and PowerPoint slides) and advanced their oral communication skills through class discussions and the development of a conference-style professional presentation. 7. After consultation with the instructor, graduate students will also complete a second project that integrates their research interests and experience with the themes of the class. Their presentation of their work will be integrated into the course schedule at an appropriate point. |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): ¿ Provides effective learning opportunities grounded in the current global health environment and supported by theoretical knowledge and historical precedent that will contribute to the mission of Western Oregon University to prepare students for a fulfilling life in global society. ¿ This course will provide an upper division elective for students in anthropology and other majors, especially nursing, gerontology, and pre-med. ¿ Provides graduate credit opportunity. ¿ Provides a writing intensive course. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: Standard classroom technology. |
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Brief Course outline: See enclosed syllabus |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Robin Smith | Approved | January 18 2013 |
| 2 - Division | Mark Henkels | Approved | January 30 2013 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mark Henkels | Approved | January 31 2013 |
| 5 - Graduate Committee | Kimberly Jensen | Approved | February 21 2013 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | February 19 2013 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Keller Coker | Approved | February 21 2013 |
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Comments: The course justification above states "Provides a writing intensive course." But this does not look to me like it has been through the WIC, and there is no proposed W on the course number. In going through the syllabus it doesn't look like many of the W standards are in place (I don't see peer review or informal writing). So my approval is for the course without W status, unless WIC approval has been granted. |
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| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 23 2013 |
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Comments: Remove "This is" from the first sentence of catalog description. |
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| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 25 2013 |
| Sylllabus The Social Roots of Health and Disease.docx | Download |