Brown University courses

...main functions and deficiency syndromes of each. While public health is the study of population health and how disease can be prevented and life prolonged... Learn about: English Language, Public Health...

...how to collaborate with others, rather than spent listening to lectures. The first week will be the most information-dense. In-class time will be spent...

...In this class, you will learn and apply foundational scientific, biomedical, computer science, and mathematics concepts that underpin these disciplines...

...VISIT PROGRAM PAGE INFORMATION SESSIONS LEARN HOW TO APPLY Course Description This course aims to provide a solid foundation into the domestic perspectives... Learn about: Child health, Public Health...

...renowned for his work in this field for > 25 years. Approximately 40 million Americans smoke or use tobacco daily, leading to more than 480,000 attributable deaths a... Learn about: Public Health, Team Training...

...their understanding of how systems of privilege and oppression impact global health. We will arm students with a strong foundational knowledge of relevant terminology... Learn about: Public Health...

...SESSIONS LEARN HOW TO APPLY Course Description Introduction to the new field of Contemplative Studies focusing on identifying methods human beings have found...

...music as a meditative tool, a mystical philosophy, a communal exercise, a ritual performance, and...

...societal relationships occasioned by the emergence of capitalism. These societal transformations have touched every aspect of human life, it is also...

...including brief lectures, groupwork, media clips, and discussions. Outside of class, we will explore the sociological imagination through short readings...

...race and class have influenced the practice of medicine. Thinking sociologically about the intersections of these and the practice of medicine... Learn about: Medical Research, Medical training...

...media), while practicing your English skills (using sources as varied as newspapers, scholarly texts, and hip-hop lyrics), then this is certainly the course for... Learn about: English Language...

...where members of the community are seen as the experts and are actively involved in all stages of program development and implementation. As a result...

...to the atomic bomb, to antiretroviral drugs, the social landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries has been shaped by technological, medical, and scientific advancements...

...This course will engage students in exploring issues of privilege and oppression and will highlight the importance of an intersectional approach as...

...With educational access and opportunity correlated with life outcomes, there is a lot to lose for individuals, families, and society when students receive subpar schooling...

...and take field trips to a number of nationally renowned social enterprises. The course will include group projects, debates, and presentation components...

...of the Department of Homeland Security Disaster Coastal Hazard and Resilience Education Project for the last ten years. She developed and managed curriculum...

...hip hop artists have produced an immense array of material on foundational social and political topics, national and global. In this course we will focus...

...for students to gain a more basic understanding of different social justice topics and to also understand modern theories of social change. Through course readings... Learn about: Social Change, English Language...