HSCI 3000 - Trends in Health Equity

(3) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102, ITEC 1001, (SOCI 1101 or PSYC 1102), POLS 1101, HSCI 2000
This foundational course will engage students in the roots of historic and current racism and how it generates different health related outcomes for underrepresented minorities. We will cite multiple factors that lead to health disparities ranging from personal identities and their influence, to examples of systemic oppression and their culpability, to the profound effect of implicit bias on health care. We will also evaluate and discuss plausible solutions using research and appropriate health promotion theories/frameworks.