This course will examine the socioeconomic factors that affect the proliferation and treatment of endemic diseases in South Africa. This course will also study examples from other Southern African countries to give students insight into how region...
This course will focus on and provide insight into health and healthcare within community settings in South Africa. The socio-economic landscape of South Africa will be introduced, in order to provide a backdrop for how healthcare is delivered within...
This course examines a number of key issues, debates and policy responses to social issues affecting the UK today, but viewed within in an international, comparative context. The course consists of lectures, course-related trips, and a community...
This course examines the impact of the Black Death (1348-1350) on Italy, with particular attention to the demographic, social, economic, intellectual, legal, and gender consequences of this terrible pandemic. Beginning with an introduction to the...
Since ancient Roman times up to Early Modern Italy, gender determined an individual’s life and career as much as social class or economic status. Career options for men lay in the public domain, where personal networks were as important as education...
This course will examine the various ways law constructs race and racial identity in the Netherlands, the United States, and Europe. We will build on the term “law” in the title by drawing on sources from history, sociology, and anthropology as well...
Social entrepreneurship is one of the most high-impact and sustainable innovations for solving society’s most difficult challenges in Europe and across the globe. Social Entrepreneurs have won Nobel Peace Prizes, radicalised health care systems...
IN/SO 395 is a two-fold course. It is an internship course which guides and supervises students during their internship in a Moroccan organization; it is also a Social Action Seminar which introduces students to the multifaceted environment of...
The internship is designed to offer students firsthand experience and involvement in Austrian non-profit-organizations and charities, enabling them to broaden their understanding of European society and non-profit culture. The accompanying weekly...
Experience has shown that people are more successful in achieving their goals when they cooperate with each other, working together, and learning from each other. In this course, students will be able to identify significant challenges and...