HLAD 390 - Poverty, Human Rights and Health [GEGA]
This interdisciplinary course examines connections between poverty, human rights and health, focusing on how social/political structures and public polices affect human well being. Prerequisite for HLAD 391L5 /PLSC 391L5 , experiential learning through a class trip to a developing country to meet community organizers and policy specialists working on poverty and health issues. Cross-Listed with PLSC 390
Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation
Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class - Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Poverty is a central, if not the central, global problem of our time: it is connected to, or underlies, multiple problems and issues such as pandemics, regime instability, civil strife, terrorism and war. This course addresses the extent and causes of global economic inequality as well as the effects of profound poverty on health, human rights, human development and the quality of individual life. It explores the patterns of social, political and economic domination that sustain poverty and limit the opportunities of the very poor. Particular attention is devoted to the role of international economic institutions, multinational corporations and the advanced industrial nations, including the United States, in shaping the politics and economic development of countries and peoples in the global South. The course will also introduce students to international standards of human rights and the institutions and organizations that seek to protect those rights.
Keywords: Political Science , Global Awareness (GEGA) , health , administration
Equivalent Courses: PLSC 390
Winter 2025 Course Sections
Fall 2024 Course Sections
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