This course provides a comprehensive survey of geographic topics and approaches in medical sciences, including: human ecology of diseases, research methods, geospatial techniques, landscape epidemiology, weather and climate, pollution issues, urban health, administration and planning, etc.
What you will learn:
-Basic concepts, principles, and methods that are widely used in medical geography studies;
-A variety of real-world applications that involve both medical and geographic sciences;
-Hands-experiences of using GIS to study medical issues.
-Precursor to upper division medical geography courses and a must for Medical Geography major track.