Course ID
042518
Course Description
This course is designed to provide students an overview of the historic policies and court decisions that have led to modern day health disparities, as well as current practices that perpetuate these disparities. It will cover topics including the social and political determinants of health; health harming legal doctrines; racial and gender discrimination and implicit bias in healthcare; poverty and environmental justice as social determinants of health; the intersection between immigration policy and health; and reproductive healthcare. This course is a seminar, giving students the opportunity to work on research and writing skills. Each student will write a substantial research paper concerning health, law, and inequity on a topic selected by the student with instructor approval. Several times during the semester, students will also have the opportunity to write short reaction papers to learn to critically assess another's research, analysis, and argument, and then apply those learnings to their own writing.
Min Units
2
Max Units
2
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F
Career
Law
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Seminar
Optional Component
No