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Course syllabus - Global Health and Sustainable Development
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
FHA084
Valid from
Spring semester 2027
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Main area(s)
Science of Public Health
Organisation
Department of Health Sciences, Innovation and Design
Ratified
2021-01-25
Revised
2025-12-09
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Social Science Perspectives on Global Public Health (1st ed.).
URL: Link
Compendiums
The Sustainable Development Goals Report
URL: Link
World health statistics 2024: monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals
URL: Link
Articles
Levelling up: Global examples of reducing health inequalities
URL: Link
Swedens engagement in global health: a historical review
URL: Link
Web Addresses
Global Burden of Disease
URL: Link
The Global Health Observatory
URL: Link
Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. A/RES/70/1
URL: Link
Reference Literature
Other materials
More literature (e.g. articles, web sources or text from book chapters) of maximum 200 pages can be added. Further information will be provided during the start of the course and on Canvas.
Objectives
The purpose of the course is for the student to basic knowledge of global health and sustainable development linked to equal opportunities. Further, the objective is for the student to acquire knowledge of relevant steering documents that have significance for global health and sustainable development.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students shall be able to:
- account for central concepts and theories in global health and sustainable development
- explain equal opportunity from different perspectives such as gender, socio-economics and ethnicity, nationally and globally
- relate the occurrence of infectious and non-infectious diseases to social, economic and ecological dimensions from a national and global perspective
- account for different actors and arenas of relevance to global health and sustainable development
- account for global steering documents of significance to health and sustainable development
- reflect on current societal challenges for health from a national and global perspective
- discuss ethical approaches linked to sustainable development for health, from a global perspective
Course content
- Concepts and theories in global health and sustainable development
- Ethical approaches
- Sustainable development from a global health perspective
- Determinants of health
- Inequality based on different demographic groups
- Infectious and non-infectious diseases
- Global steering documents
Specific requirements
45 ECTS credits with a major in public health sciences, caring sciences, medical sciences, physiotherapy, political sciences, psychology, sociology or an equivalent academic field. In addition, English course 6 or English level 2 or A TOEFL test result with a minimum score 575 and a TWE score of at least 4.5 (PBT) or 90 with a TWE score of at least 20 (iBT), or an IELTS test result with an overall band score of at least 6.5 and no band score below 5.5, or equivalent, are required.
Examination
INL1, Written assignment, 4.5 credits, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM1, Seminar, 3 credits, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For a Pass grade on the course as a whole, a G on INL1 and a G on SEM1 are required.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.
Grade
Two-grade scale