Time Schedule:
Angelina Snodgrass Godoy
SIS 490
Seattle Campus
Content varies from quarter to quarter.
Class description
Title: Health as a Human Right
This course will explore the concept and application of health as a human right from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is designed for advanced undergraduates and presumes some prior familiarity with the concept of human rights, though no previous coursework is required. While the course may attract students with specific interests in the health professions, no biomedical background is required and the approach will focus on human rights perspectives rooted in the social sciences rather than on biomedical ones.
Student learning goals
Awareness of global inequalities and their manifestations in health
General method of instruction
discussion seminar
Recommended preparation
prior coursework in international human rights
Class assignments and grading
Students will be graded on participation in class discussions and will write a research paper.
Partiicpation 50%, Research paper 50%
