Courses
SOCI-201 SQ Prin of Epidemiology (3)
This is an introductory level course that is especially suitable for those interested in careers across the health sciences, such as nursing, pharmacy, or pre-med students. This course introduces students to basic techniques and methods for exploring the emergence of health and diseases, morbidity, mortality, injuries, and disability across different populations. A primary objective for epidemiologists is to contain the spread of diseases and other threats to public health. Students therefore explore a variety of methods, study designs, and forms of quantitative analysis with this essential goal in mind. In addition, given the range of social, biological, and genetic variables with which epidemiologists work, students encounter an intriguing diversity of tools, hypotheses, and dynamic conceptual models.
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Attributes: SQ YLIB
FallPUBH-205 Nutrition & Comm Health (3)
This course introduces students to the field of nutrition as an essential component of public and community health. Students consider the importance of nutrition as a contributor to current and local public health challenges. Theories of health behavior are applied to address healthy eating and equity issues. Students develop their skills in the areas of program planning, development, and assessment. Students are also exposed to ecological and systems frameworks for health and nutrition promotion within specific community contexts. Examples of nutrition and community health programs, such as school settings or elder care settings, are reviewed and analyzed.
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VariableANTH-238 P5 Global Health (3)
This course explores key elements of global health including tropical diseases, emerging infectious diseases, chronic disease transitions, environmental health threats, healthcare access, healthcare policy and administration, and cultural dimensions of health in diverse social environments and international political contexts. Questioning the distinction between “international” and “global” health, this course emphasizes both disagreements and commonalities in promoting health among diverse, under-resourced, and challenging populations.
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Attributes: P5 YLIB
FallSOCI-344 Soc Determ Hlth & Healthcr (3)
A basic premise of this course is that health needs and health outcomes at the individual, community, and population levels depend significantly on the social, economic, and environmental conditions under which people live and work. Students examine the critical connections between health outcomes and a range of factors such as poverty, illiteracy, health literacy, malnutrition, inadequate housing, and low-paid, unstable employment. A basic aim of this course is to consider such factors in relation to the incidence of infectious and chronic diseases with the goal of developing effective prevention strategies to promote healthy individuals and communities. Students in this course thus consider (a) how social, economic, and environmental conditions contribute to the spread of disease, (b) how societies contribute to the perpetuation of these conditions, and (c) what strategies and policies have proven effective in alleviating morbidity and mortality for populations living under these conditions.
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Attributes: YLIB
VariablePUBH-410 Comm Hlth Service Learning (3)
This course places students in actual public health settings. The goal is for students to learn directly from real work experiences and to apply basic public health principles and theories to examples of problem solving in a real world setting. A significant portion of class time will be spent on site in a public health setting.
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Attributes: YLIB
SpringPUBH-490 Internship (3)
The experiential learning component is essential for all Public Health students. An internship will place students in a public health setting for the purpose of working alongside public health professionals to experience the work environment, institutional context, and mix of everyday issues and challenges presented by careers in public health. It is expected that internships will involve a range of assignments and activities, including working with data (e.g., surveillance reports), reporting protocols (e.g., morbidity/mortality reports), and standards of professional conduct.
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Attributes: YLIB
Fall, Spring & SummerPUBH-496 Independent Study (1 TO 6)
This course allows students to analyze a specific area or sub-field within public health in greater depth. Students must propose a topic and method of study approved by the department chair, which results in a substantive research paper as agreed upon between student and instructor. Requires completion of the Independent Study Authorization form.
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Fall, Spring & Summer
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Public HealthSUST-2150 Surviving Climate Change (3)
This course introduces students to the science of climate change and climate adaptation and mitigation actions occurring around the world. Students explore the social and political implications of climate change, and examine its impact on daily life by reviewing current scientific data relating to vulnerabilities of particular regions. Topics include methods, strategies, and technologies that address climate change, using case studies of adaptive and mitigative programs throughout the world. Special emphasis is placed on enabling students to engage directly in collaborative activities to help inform the St. John Fisher community about the climate crisis.
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Attributes: CCE YLIB
Fall
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: Freshman, SeniorISPR-2300 Intro to Int’l Studies (3)
This course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of International Studies. We will consider such topics as world history and the origins of modern cultural, political and economic globalization, the evolution of international relations and diplomacy, modern global conflict and cooperation, security concerns, economic and human development, and so on. Students will become familiar with key concepts in international / global studies,
Attributes: DEI YLIB
and learn to analyze contemporary events and issues from multiple perspectives.
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: SeniorISPR-2320 Human Migra in the Mod Era (3)
This course will examine the global phenomenon of human migration in the modern era, from immigration to the United States and other countries in the Americas in the nineteenth century do current trends in legal and illegal global migration, refugee crises and related global issues in the twenty-first century. Why do people chose to migrate across international borders? Why and how do sovereign nation states seek to control the movement of peoples? What are the potential social, economic, and political ramifications of both emigration and immigration? The overarching goal of the course is to provide students with essential fundamental knowledge of historical and contemporary human migration so that they will be able to consider and discuss such questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and develop a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the topic.
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Attributes: DEI YLIB
Fall
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: FreshmanSOCI-2323 Multicltr Ident & Conflict (3)
This course explores how the members of societies, cultures, and nations navigate the diversity of their identities, understand the goals of equity, and engage with one another for full inclusion. These three spheres – society, culture, and nation – are the principle arenas in which a diversity of communities compete for recognition, respect, resources, and power. Students explore how debates and conflicts over diversity, equity, and inclusion take shape in each of these arenas and how the lives of everyone are impacted by the consequences of these debates and conflicts.
Attributes: DEI YLIB
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: Freshman, SeniorITDY-2385 Culture & Inclusion (3)
This course is designed to enhance cross-cultural understanding, relationships, and engagement among all cultures within your community, school, and workplace. Students will be introduced to an analytical framework through which they can explore, recognize, and honor the influence of cultural background on patterns of human behavior. The tools presented foster personal reflection on the impact of culture. Rather than describing selected cultural groups, this class cultivates knowledge, dialogue, and interaction. This course is designed to enhance student cultural competence, facilitate bridge building, and encourage engagement in diversity, inclusion, and global work. Students will: Explore the changing demographics of our communities, become familiar with core, secondary, and organizational dimensions of diversity, participate in powerful self-reflection and identification exercises (both individually and in groups), and understand and be able to articulate opportunities for inclusion in all areas of the work of their chosen profession.
Attributes: DEI YLIB
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: Freshman, Senior
AMST-2140 Immigration Stories (3)
In this class, we explore immigration narratives, and we imagine walking in the footsteps of different immigrants over time: What does it mean to become a citizen? What is it like to live in America as an undocumented worker? Why do different groups want to come to America? What ties bind people to their homelands? We begin by examining the history of U.S. immigration policies; learning facts about the citizenship process; and discussing contemporary immigration issues (such as the “Muslim ban” and border wall disputes). After becoming acquainted with facts, policies, and issues, we then examine personal meanings and interpretations of citizenship through autobiography, fiction, film, documentaries, and speakers (with a focus on 20th/21st century texts). Our discussions include close reading and primary source analysis, as well as broader examination of the literature in its historical and cultural contexts. You will facilitate a Book Club, write short essays, and practice communicating effectively with diverse audiences. By the end of the course, you should have clear knowledge of the broad history of U.S. immigration policy, understanding of what it takes to gain citizenship as an immigrant, and insight about who has been encouraged/prohibited over the course of U.S. history (and why).
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Attributes: CCE YLIB
Fall
Restrictions: Excluding: -Class: Senior