Spring 2018 - HSCI 403 D100
Health and the Built Environment (3)
Class Number: 11330
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Thu, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Michal Fedeles
fedeles@sfu.ca
Office: BLU 11402
Office Hours: By appointment
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Prerequisites:
60 units including HSCI 330.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Relationships between the physical environment in which people live and their health and well being. How the built environment affects physical activity, obesity, exposure to pathogens and toxins, health status, mental health, and risk of illness and injury. How urban form, physical infrastructure, and landscape and building design can promote health. Students with credit for HSCI 309 may not complete this course for credit
COURSE DETAILS:
Students and the instructor co-create learning in this course and are jointly accountable for outcomes that are intended to be both rich in meaning and directly applicable to life contexts. Learning takes place in the classroom and in the community. Classes comprise short lectures, presentations, discussions, debates, dialogue, experiential activities and projects in which each student is an authentic contributor and through which the class demonstrates progressively higher levels of learning. In lieu of an exam, students apply their original thinking in team projects that promote healthy living in the built environment.
NOTE: There will be NO CLASS on January 4, 2018 or February 15, 2018.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
The goal of this interdisciplinary course is to advance students’ understanding of, and appreciation for, the effects of the built (in contrast to natural) environment on individual and community health, and to advance students’ capacity to reflect such environmental considerations in public health.
Grading
- Participatory learning 20%
- Reflection paper 10%
- Quizzes (1 in-class, 1 take-home) 30%
- Applied project (proposal, presentation, paper) 40%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
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REQUIRED READING:
Dannenberg, A.L., Frumkin, H., & Jackson, R.J. (Eds.) (2011). Making Healthy Places: Designing and building for health, well-being, and sustainability. Washington, DC: Island Press.
ISBN: 978-1597267274
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS