HEHI 201
Found Human Eng & Pub Hlth Inn
Humanitarian Engineering and Public Health Innovation · Division of University Interdisciplinary Programs · 3 credits
Description
This is a multidisciplinary course that covers fundamentals of designing solutions for health challenges faced by disadvantaged populations. It introduces tools for identifying humanitarian and/or development needs and designing practical, scalable, and sustainable solutions and interventions. The course is offered to students from all majors. Students will be exposed to health and health system challenges in addition to design fundamentals including participatory needs assessment, formal multidisciplinary design processes, and relevant technologies and tools with real world applications and case studies. Open to students in advanced standing (second and third year for three years program and third and fourth year for four years program).