Teaching global public health in the undergraduate liberal arts: a survey of 50 colleges.

ABSTRACT: Undergraduate public health and global health studies are usually found at universities with graduate programs in the disciplines. Following the experience of teaching a short course in global health within the liberal arts, we reviewed global and public health offerings at 50 liberal arts colleges for the 2009-2010 academic year. Forty-two percent had a track, concentration, or program, and 30% had global or public health student organizations. All colleges listed at least one course in the fields, with the highest number in the social sciences. However, many colleges had not coordinated them into a theme. Values of a liberal arts education are found in the study of global and public health: social responsibility, critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and knowledge of the wider world. We

SUBMITTER: Hill DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3391034 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature