Problems Without Passports Summer 2012
BISC 499: Challenges in Global Health at Oxford University
BISC 499 Challenges in Global Health will again be taught by a distinguished group of physicians and faculty at Oxford University in Great Britain over a 3-week period in the summer of 2012. The goal of this course is to address current challenges faced by health professionals in delivering consistent health care to all populations worldwide. The student participants will focus on five major areas, each of which will introduce a number of associated 21-century issues:
• Challenges in Global Health addresses the major public health challenges in developing countries and their remedies
• Health Policy and public health examines the major principles of public health and the effect of different cultures on its implementation
• Tropical Medicine reviews the more common tropical infectious disease and how they are treated in areas with limited resources
• Vaccinology explores the difficulties in making and distributing vaccines in the third world
• International development and health aims to look at the broader issues and challenges to health in those countries struggling with modernization in a global economy.
This course was taught for the first time during the summer of 2011. This charter class enrolled 13 students. Some of their Oxford blogs can be found:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/global-health-oxford
Program Requirements
Students must be on a pre-health track with an overall 3.0 minimum USC gpa. Students must also be enrolled for classes at USC in the Fall 2012.
Nuts & Bolts
Tentative Course Dates: July 15- August 5, 2012. These dates may shift as we are currently working to secure housing in Oxford.
Costs: Again costs are tentative until we have a housing contract. However, costs should be similar to those from summer 2011 which can be found at:
http://dornsife.usc.edu/bisc-499/
Exceptional funding for all Presidential/Trustee scholars can be applied to the cost of this course as can SURF funding (for Dornsife majors).
Syllabus 2011: Again, see above link! The lecture topics and side trips from 2011 will be similar for 2012.
Class Size: A maximum of 20 students will be admitted to this course for 2012.
Application
To request an application, please contact Judy Haw at judyhaw@usc.edu.
Application Calendar
Friday, October 21 -- Program Q&A: 2:30 – 4:00 PM in VKC 102
Friday, November 4 -- Applications Due to Pre-Health Office Located FIG 107
Nov 7-11 -- Interviews
Monday, November 21 -- Decisions Announced
Additional questions: Email Judy Haw at judyhaw@usc.edu.
