NS 4631

NS 4631

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

Students enrolled in this course will complete a nine-week intensive health and development policy research project based in the Zambian context. Students will work with a Cornell peer and a local organization in Lusaka to complete and present a research paper on a global health and development topic of relevance to Zambia. This course will include collaborative and cross-cultural virtual learning, facilitated critical reflection, and professional skill development.

When Offered Summer.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: students formally accepted into the Global Health Summer Program in Lusaka, Zambia.
Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: NS 2600, NS 4620.

Distribution Category (CA-HE)
Course Attribute (CU-CEL, CU-ITL)

Outcomes
  • Describe a public health issue through engagement in practice, policy, or research.
  • Examine and explain the key characteristics and interests of their host organization, hospital, institution, or research project, and how they relate to public health issue they have described and analyzed.
  • Analyze a public health issue integrating academic knowledge and experiential learning.
  • Document and explain how the applied experience advanced academic, professional, and personal learning goals.
  • Demonstrate the capacity to critically reflect on their own values, ethics, assumptions and actions in the context of cultures, collaborations and institutions.
  • Demonstrate the capacity to collaborate across differences (e.g. cultural, social, personal, economic, values, religious).

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  1664 NS 4631   FLD 801

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Lusaka, Zambia. Students enrolled in this course will complete an eight-week intensive health and development policy research project based in the Zambian context. Students will work with a Cornell peer and a local organization in Lusaka to complete and present a research paper on a global health and development topic of relevance to Zambia. This course will include collaborative and cross-cultural learning, facilitated critical reflection, and professional skill development. Enrollment limited to students formally accepted into the Global Health Summer Program in Lusaka, Zambia. Prerequisites: NS 2600, NS 4620.