HE/SO/GE 332 - The Impact of Globalization on African Health and Development

This course will break down the complex concept of globalization into cultural, social, economic, political, and environmental processes that operate at multiple scales. In particular, it will provide students with the opportunity to interrogate what each of these processes mean for human health and development across space, in different places, over time, and at multiple scales.
Using a series of case studies this course will encourage students to ask (and answer) the following questions: How do we think, as a global community, about globalization in a way that commits humanity to positive impacts rather than negative ones (specifically with respect to health and development)? How do we put a priority on human health over economic wealth (and why should we do this)? How do we support developing countries through globalization? How do we minimize exploitation as a result of globalization?