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GPHY 336 Geography, the Environment, and Human Health Units: 3.00
Examines the relationship between human health and built, physical, and social environments. Focus is influence of local environmental conditions on population health outcomes within the North American urban context. Policy and programming options for improving local conditions are explored.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 24 Individual Instruction, 24 Online Activity, 36 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 3 or above and [3.0 units from BIOL 243/3.0; CHEE 209/3.5; CISC 171/3.0; COMM 162/3.0; ECON 250/3.0; GPHY 240/3.0; GPHY 247/3.0; KNPE 251/3.0; NURS 323/3.0; POLS 285/3.0; POLS 385/3.0*; PSYC 202/3.0; SOCY 211/3.0; STAM 200/3.0; STAT 161/3.0; STAT 263/3.0]) or permission of the Department.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize and explain the connections between human health, determinants of health, and place.
- Interpret and explain health disparities as they relate to place and local environmental conditions.
- Evaluate the potential health impacts of the built environments they encounter everyday.
- Predict how local environmental conditions may contribute to population health disparities.
- Review academic and non-academic literature, conduct field observations, and communicate in written, oral, and virtual formats with greater ease and confidence.