Spring 2024 - HSCI 431 D100
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic (3)
Class Number: 4432
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 8 – Apr 12, 2024: Tue, 11:30 a.m.–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
William Small
wsmall@sfu.ca
1 778 782-3474
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Prerequisites:
60 units including either HSCI 212 or 230 (or 330), with a minimum grade of C-.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A multidisciplinary and international focus on the transmission, impact, prevention, and human aspects of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
COURSE DETAILS:
PRE-REQUISTES: 60 units including either HSCI 212 or 230 (or 330), with a minimum grade of C-.
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of critical global health issues related to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Topics covered include an introduction to HIV virology, immunology, origins, natural history, and epidemiology as well as the critical review of major challenges and current developments in HIV prevention, treatment, and care through a lens that considers the complex interplay between individual, social, and structural factors contributing to HIV globally.
OVERALL GOAL: This course will provide students with substantive interdisciplinary knowledge regarding the social and structural production of HIV risk globally and the public health interventions that aim to mediate HIV vulnerability within and across diverse global populations.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Comprehend and understand HIV virology, immunology, origin of disease, natural history, and epidemiology
- To be able to describe components of current HIV prevention, treatment, and care initiatives
- To understand how complex, intersecting inequities contribute to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic
- To be able to critically review, interpret, and summarize peer-reviewed literature in HIV/AIDS
TEACHING FORMAT: Each weekly 3-hour class will include combinations of lectures, guest lectures, group discussions and activities, and multi-media presentations. Active student participation is expected.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
CORE COMPETENCIES: This course addresses the following core competencies for undergraduate students: Core Concepts in Population and Public Health [Primary], Strategies for Preventing Disease and Promoting Health [reinforcing], Systems and Critical Thinking [reinforcing], and Infectious Disease Mechanisms [reinforcing].
Grading
- Assignments 50%
- Presentation 15%
- Participation 20%
- Quizzes 15%
REQUIREMENTS:
EXPECTATIONS/IMPORTANT NOTES: The instructor may make changes to the syllabus if necessary, within Faculty/University regulations.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
There is no textbook for this course. Required and recommended readings will be listed on the course syllabus and available online through the SFU library.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
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