Allegheny College

Thank you for joining us for the 2015 Summer Institute on Curriculum and Course Development in Undergraduate Global Health

 

Participants had the opportunity to:

 

• Develop a novel global health course, modify an existing course,  or develop a module to add more explicit global health content into existing disciplinary courses.

• Gain tools to strengthen their institutions’ curricular programming in global health.

• Engage faculty from a variety of disciplines and institutions and explore collaborations both at the course and curricular level.

 

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COSTS COVERED FOR ACCEPTED PARTICIPANTS

 

• Registration fees, meals, and lodging will be covered for accepted participant

• Travel costs will be covered by participants. 

 

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS SUMMER INSTITUTE?

 

Participants may come from any disciplinary background, and from a variety of stages in their academic career.  Faculty, staff, and administrators who are interested in the role of global public health as a rich learning tool to prepare undergraduate students for complex, highly inter-connected and globalized world as both professionals and educated citizens are encouraged to attend. 

 

 

WHY UNDERGRADUATE GLOBAL HEALTH

 

The LEAP (Liberal Education & America's Promise) National Leadership Council recommends an undergraduate education that intentionally fosters, across multiple fields of study, wide-ranging knowledge of science, cultures, and society; high-level intellectual and practical skills; an active commitment to personal and social responsibility; and the demonstrated ability to apply learning to complex problems and challenges (Albertine, 2007, AAC&U).  Global health issues - those that are both domestic and focused internationally - is a field which embodies these educational ideals.  Moreover, the need to train more students - both as professionals and educated citizens - in the field of global and public health is more vital now than ever to help our undergraduate students meet the health and sustainability challenges of our complex globalized society.