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255S. Global Health Capstone Seminar. Capstone Course for students in Global Health Certificate. Group analysis of
a current global health problem/issue. Project involves background research, data acquisition, analysis, writing, and
presentation of a substantial research paper/report at an advanced level. Consent of program director required.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
279S. Special Topics in Ethics. 3 units. C-L: see Study of Ethics 280S
280. Special Topics in Global Health. Topics vary depending on semester and section. Topics may include: global health
ethics, field methods, health technologies, rapid needs assessment, and global health policies. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
280S. Special Topics in Global Health. Topics vary depending on semester and section. Topics may include: global
health ethics, field methods, health technologies, rapid needs assessment, and global health policies. Instructor: Staff.
3 units.
284. Global Health Supply, Organization and Financing. 3 units. C-L: see Economics 284; also C-L: Public Policy
Studies 284
310. Global Health Challenges. Course introduces major global health problems and social, behavioral, economic,
biomedical and environmental determinants of health in resource limited settings. Topics include communicable
diseases i.e. HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and common childhood diseases; chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes,
cardiovascular disease and mental health; and determinants of health associated with these diseases, such as poverty,
gender imbalance, culture, poor environmental sanitation, malnutrition, tobacco use, and climate change. Other topics
may include health promotion, reproductive health, maternal and child health, and disaster preparedness. Instructor:
Woods. 3 units.
320. Research Methods in Global Health Science I. Course introduces principles of epidemiology, including disease
frequency measures; measures of association; observational, experimental, and quasi-experimental study designs;
validity -- confounding, selection bias, measurement error; reliability. Course interweaves introductory biostatistics for
continuous and categorical variables. Course has a data analysis lab section in which students walk through a guided
data analysis on a provided data set, such as Demographic and Health Surveys. Instructor: Pence. 4 units.
321. Research Methods in Global Health Science II. Course introduces range of methods appropriate for GH research
and covers advantages/disadvantages of each. Refine skills in study design & regression analysis. Gain understanding
of qualitative research methods. Skills include ability to review & understand procedures for validating linear/logistic
regression models & survival models. Modules include review of statistics for psychosocial research incl. structural
models, outcomes & cost effectiveness, econometric methods & concepts, and demography (incl. intro to GIS). Presents
qualitative survey design, semi-structured interviews, ethnography & role of culture in conducting GH research, incl.
concepts of disease, health, wellness & illness. Instructor: Read. 3 units.
330. Bioethics. Course presents overview of practical and theoretical approaches to bioethics from a range of
perspectives, including humanities, law, philosophy, medicine and science. Students apply various resources,
terminology and frameworks to case studies, preparing them for their own research. Course includes IRB and
responsible conduct of research. Instructor: McKinney and Sreenivasan. 3 units.
340. Health Systems and Health Policy. Course examines health policy issues and determinants of public health, with
focus on the impact of poverty and inequalities on public health metrics. Examine health care systems in the context
of their structure, financing, values, ethics, and culture. Examine global health governance, diplomacy, and the interplay
of global health and security in a variety of contexts. Instructor: Mohanan. 3 units.
Graduate Studies
Graduate Studies (GS)
300. Colloquium on the Academic Profession. This course is designed to explore faculty roles and responsibilities at
various types of colleges and universities. It will bring together faculty from schools in the Triad and Triangle area to
discuss such topics as: how teaching is evaluated and weighed at different institutions; what counts as service; what are
different schools looking for in new faculty appointments; how can you maintain a research career in a school whose
priorities are undergraduate teaching; what makes a good mentor; departmental politics. The course is restricted to
Preparing Future Faculty Fellows and will meet monthly on the campuses of Durham Technical Community College,
Duke, Elon College, Guilford College, and Meredith College. Instructor: James. 1 unit.
301. Instructional Uses of Technology. This course is designed to provide graduate students across disciplines with
opportunities to develop confidence and competence with current, pedagogically effective uses of technology in the
university classroom. Topics include introduction to using technology in teaching; creating course web pages; effective
in-class presentations; communication and interactivity tools, and electronically transmitted documents (digital
dissertations.) Completion of this course includes development of an electronic teaching portfolio. Instructor: Crumley.
1 unit.
302. Introduction to College Teaching. Classroom teaching skills, like research and writing skills, require time and effort
to learn and develop. In this six-part workshop series, you will learn principles and strategies for effective college
teaching. Topics include: (1) Planning and designing an effective course, (2) Reflecting on beliefs about students and
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