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PUBLIC HEALTH STUDIES |
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280.101 (S)
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INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH (3) Alexander Limit 125 An overview of the major concepts and themes in Public Health utilizing the social and natural science disciplines in populations world-wide. |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 4:30-6:20 pm
5:45pm |
280.111 (S)
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URBAN HEALTH AND ADVOCACY (1) Goodyear Limit 50 S/U Only This course will introduce students to topics concerning urban health, with special emphasis on Baltimore City. The course will host speakers from JHSPH and the community. Emphasis will be on the role of socio-economic factors associated with health, including discussion-based course and attendance required. Course added 12/21/07 |
Sec. 01 |
W 5:30-7:00pm
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280.305 (S)
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CORPORATIONS AND THE PUBLIC’S HEALTH (3) Rutkow Limit 20 Priority Jrs. & Srs. This course examines the impact, both positive and negative, that corporations can have on public health domestically and internationally. The role of regulation, social movements, and globalization will be considered.
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
MW 1:30-2:45 |
280.340 (S) |
FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH POLICY & MANAGEMENT (3) Steinwachs/Burton Limit 175; Lab Limit 25 30 per section. Through lectures and small group discussions, students will develop a framework for analyzing health care policy problems and gain familiarity with current issues including managed care, Medicare and the uninsured.
Lab 07 added 01/23/08 |
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Lab 02
Lab 03
Lab 04
Lab 05
Lab 06
Lab 07 |
MW 3:30-4:20 3-3:50
M 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
M 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
M 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
W 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
W 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
W 4:30-5:20 4-4:50
M 4:30-5:20 |
280.350 (S) |
FUNDAMENTALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (3) Feinleib/Arnold Juniors and Seniors, PHS only, or Perm. Req’d. Limit 125 An introduction to principles and methods for investigating infectious and noninfectious disease within human populations contributing to an understanding of etiologic factors, modes of transmission and pathogenesis. |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 1:30-2:45 |
280.375 (S) |
CULTURAL FACTORS IN PUBLIC HEALTH (3) LaVeist Limit 75 This course covers influence of culture on health policy, management and practice. Also, provides background in disparities in health in the US. Guest speakers include healthcare providers, managers, and policy-makers. |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10:30-11:45 |
280.499 (W) |
HONORS IN PUBLIC HEALTH Gebo |
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140.106 (H,S) |
HISTORY OF MODERN MEDICINE (3) Marks Limit 20 per section
Note: Graduate students should register for ME 150.702, School of Medicine.
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology Sec. 03 added 10/26/07 |
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MW 10-10:50
F 10-10:50
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DISCUSSING VIOLENCE AND GUERILLA MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA: ASSESSMENT AND LESSONS FROM PAST EXPERIENCES (3) Acha Limit 30 The aim of the course is to provide students with analytical and methodological tools to examine violence and political conflicts in Latin America, tracing differences between the Andean Region, Southern Cone and Central America. It also discusses issues of representation in written texts, documentaries and films.
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10:30-11:45 |
180.280 (S) |
POPULATION ECONOMICS (3) Boggess Limit 80 Prereg. 180.101-102
Cross-listed with Economics |
Sec. 01 |
M 3-5:30pm |
230.307 (S) |
SOCIOLOGY OF LATIN AMERICA (3) Von der Heydt Limit 30
Cross-listed with Latin American Studies, Sociology, and Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10:30-11:45 |
270.308 (N) |
POPULATION AND COMMUNITY
ECOLOGY(3) SzlaveczLimit
30 12 This course explores the distribution and abundance of
organisms and their interactions. Topics include dynamics
and regulation of populations, population interactions (competition,
predation, mutualism, parasitism, herbivory), biodiversity, organization
of equilibrium and non-equilibrium communities, energy flow and
nutrient cycles in ecosystems. Field trip included.
Cross-listed with Earth & Planetary Science |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 1:30-2:45 |
191.317 (S) |
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS (3) Gould Limit 35 This course will introduce the major theories informing the study of international organizations and institutions in political science, and then focus on the major international organizations, from the League of Nations to the WTO. For each organization, we will consider not only how the organization works and what it does, but also the conceptual puzzles raised by its activities.
Cross-listed with Poltical Science |
Sec. 01
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MWF 12-1:20 10-10:50 |
100.322 (H,S)
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THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (3)
Shell-Weiss Limit 12
Cross listed with History, Sociology, and Africana Studies |
Sec. 01 |
W 1:30-4 |
070.328 (H,S)
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THE CONCEPT OF THE PATIENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY (3) Meyers Limit 25 Cross-listed with Anthropology and History of Science & Technology
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 10:30-11:45 |
070.334 (H,S)
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN ARMED CONFLICT (3) Reynolds Limit 50 25
Cross-listed with Anthropology |
Sec. 01 |
W 1:30-4 |
230.341 (S) |
MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY (3) Smith Limit 15 30 per section
Cross-listed with Sociology |
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MW 1:30-2:20
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F 12-12:50
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020.347 (N) |
AIDS (3) Schroer Limit 60 AIDS is the world’s deadliest infectious disease. This course will cover the biology of the infectious agent that causes AIDS, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the effects of HIV on the immune system, the search for an HIV vaccine, and the pharmacology of the anti-viral agents that are used to suppress HIV infection. Because HIV drugs cannot cure HIV-infected individuals, we will also study the long-term consequences of HIV infection including opportunistic infections and the HIV related cancers Kaposi’s sarcoma and lymphoma.
Cross-listed with Biology |
Sec. 01 |
TTh 1:30-2:50 |
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TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION IN LATIN AMERICA (3) Rojas-Perez Limit 30 This course uses the cases of Peru, Chile and Guatemala to examine critically the origins, experience and impact of truth commissions for achieving reconciliation and peace in Latin American post-war settings.
Dean’s Teaching Fellowship Course
Cross-listed with Anthropology and Latin American Studies |
Sec. 01 |
M 1:30-4 |
140.358 (H,S)
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INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY (3) Shulman Limit 20 Course traces the influence of plants, animals, microorganisms, climate, and geography in shaping human history, as well as the human influence on the natural world. With a focus on North America since the period of European settlement, major topics include the Columbian Exchange, the market revolution in agriculture, American epidemics, industrialization, the origins of conservation, the environmental movement, energy use, and the globalization of America's environmental footprint.
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology |
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TTh 10:30-11:45 |
270.360 (N) |
CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE & POLICY (3) Waugh Limit 60 30 This course will investigate the policy and scientific debate over global warming. It will review the current state of scientific knowledge about climate change, examine the potential impacts and implications of climate change, explore our options for responding to climate change, and discuss the present political debate over global warming. Cross-listed with Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Sec. 01 |
MW 1:30-2:45 TTh 3-4:15 |
140.374 (H,S) |
SANITIZING CULTURE: HYGIENE & SANITIZATION IN 20th CENTURY EAST ASIA (3) Son Limit 20
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology |
Sec. 01 |
W 1:30-4 |
140.436 (H,S)
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COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE (3) Fissell/Packard Limit 8 The seminar will examine various forms of knowledge production and use within European colonial settings in different parts of the globe.
Cross-listed with History of Science & Technology |
Sec. 01 |
T 1:30-4 |
362.385 (H,S)
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COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION (3) Furr-Holden Limit 20 Cross-listed with Africana Studies Course canceled 11/12/07
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M 1:30-5:50pm
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180.390 (S)
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HEALTH ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (3) Gersovitz Limit 20 Prereq: 180.301 Benefits of good health and its costs. Health demand and supply in poor countries. Welfare economics of Public Health.
Cross-listed with Economics |
Sec. 01 |
T 3-5:30pm |
280.502 |
INTERNSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH Goodyear |
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280.506 |
RESEARCH –JUNIORS |
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280.508 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PUBLIC HEALTH Goodyear Limited to Public Health Option students or Perm. Req'd. (See Dr. James Goodyear) |
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280.512 |
RESEARCH IN PUBLIC HEALTH Gebo Limited to Public Health Option students or Perm. Req'd. (See Dr. Gebo) |
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280.520 |
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE Goodyear/Gwinn S/U only – Perm. Req’d |
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