NS 4630 - Global Health, Development, and Policy Issues in Tanzania

(CU-CEL)

Summer. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: NS 4620. Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: Students in the Global Health and IARD Summer Session and Internship Program in Tanzania.

J. Moseley.

Engages Global Health minors, IARD majors, and Tanzanian medical students in problem-based learning in a cross-cultural small group context in Tanzania. Develop and justify policy recommendations to address a current issue related to global health, nutrition, food safety, or agriculture. Students will work in assigned teams of three to four, designed to mix Cornell and Tanzanian students.

Outcome 1: Gain cross-cultural competence.

Outcome 2: Gain broad knowledge about global health and development issues in Tanzania.

Outcome 3: Learn how to use tools to analyze a policy issue, including stakeholder analysis, problem trees, and policy criteria.

Outcome 4: Gain in-depth knowledge about a health dilemma relevant to Tanzania.

Outcome 5: Work in a cross-cultural team to research a health policy dilemma of their own choosing, and to develop, negotiate, write and present their ideas as a policy case study.

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