GEOG322-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Geography of Health

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

The course provides an introduction to the concepts and applications of health geography through exploration of spatial patterns of human disease and health-care services. The course is organised into the following sections: health and the physical environment, health inequalities, geography of health systems and service provision, and global health challenges.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

30 points of 200-level Geography, or
HLTH201 and HLTH202, or
in special cases with approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator

Angela Curl

Lecturer

Malcolm Campbell

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Gatrell, Anthony C. , Elliott, Susan J; Geographies of health : an introduction ; 2nd ed; Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Gray, Alastair; World health and disease ; 2nd ed; Open University Press, 2001.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,668.00

International fee $7,575.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

All GEOG322 Occurrences

  • GEOG322-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018