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CHS 486 - Transcultural Awareness in Public Health

(3 units) CO10
This course considers issues of human diversity broadly defined to include race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and ability. Through an interdisciplinary social science lens, students will explore the contours of difference and the dynamics of diversity, privilege, and oppression in domestic and global contexts in public health.

Maximum units a student may earn: 3

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. drawing on examples from domestic and global contexts, apply knowledge of the historical and contemporary dynamics of privilege and oppression in society.
2. evaluate the effects of variation between one’s own value and belief system and belief systems of other persons, particularly as these have implications for delivery of health care.
3. drawing on examples from domestic and global contexts, apply knowledge of the historical and contemporary dynamics of privilege and oppression in society.


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