Subject: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Course Number: 170.14
Course Title: Climate Justice, Environment, Health & Professional Activism
Min units: 2
Max units: 2.5
School: Medicine
Department: Obstetrics, Gynecology And Reproductive Science
Course Description: Students will learn from leaders in the field how climate change and environmental toxins disproportionately affect low income, communities of color, children and pregnant people, exacerbating health inequities. Topics will include prenatal environmental health, impacts of hazards throughout the lifespan, health effects of policy, and provider environmental activism. Students will gain knowledge of climate change and how environmental hazards disproportionately affect marginalized populations.
Prerequisites: none
Restrictions: none
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Discussion, Student - Lecture, Student - Project
Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Winter
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No