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HSCI 130 · Instructor

Foundations of Health Science

People, institutions, landmark studies, and the substantive domains of modern public health.

Course documents

Syllabus and lesson plans

HSCI 130 · Word document

Course Syllabus

The full student-facing syllabus: calendar description, goals and objectives, the flipped-classroom format, assessment scheme, grading, the week-by-week schedule, and all course policies.

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Lesson plans & slides

Each week below carries its own ready-to-teach lesson plan (Word) and slide deck (PowerPoint), so you can grab just the session you are teaching, plus separate midterm and final session plans.

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At a glance

Weekly plan

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Week 1

Lesson 1: Conceptualizing Health Illness and Disease

Milestone 1: Topic Lock + Definitions Memo
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Week 2

Lesson 2: Rise of Public Health and Modern Surveillance

Milestone 2: Public-Health History & Surveillance Timeline
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Week 3

Lesson 3: Infectious Disease Sanitation and Hygiene

Milestone 3: Causal-Pathway Audit (Infectious Lens)
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Week 4

Lesson 4: Nutrition Physical Activity and Sleep

Milestone 4: Evidence-Strength Audit (Lifestyle Pillars)
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Week 5

Lesson 5: Sexual and Reproductive Health

Milestone 5: Stratified-Reasoning Audit (Sex, Gender, SRH)
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Week 6

Lesson 6: Human Development and the Life Course

Milestone 6: Life-Course Risk Map
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Week 7

Midterm examination

Covers Lessons 1–6 · capstone studio
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Week 8

Lesson 7: Genetics Genomics and Health

Milestone 7: Effect-Size Audit (Genetic & Genomic)
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Week 9

Lesson 8: Health Behaviors Mental Health and Social Influence

Milestone 8: Behavioural & Mental-Health Pathways
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Week 10

Lesson 9: Environmental Health Indoor Built and Natural

Milestone 9: Environmental Exposures Audit
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Week 11

Lesson 10: Occupational Health and Worker Safety

Milestone 10: Concentrated-Exposure Audit (Occupational)
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Week 12

Lesson 11: Social Economic and Political Determinants

Milestone 11: Inequities & Determinants Audit
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Week 13

Lesson 12: Disability Diversity and Integrating Foundations

Final: FINAL: Integrated Health Topic Biography + Op-Ed
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Exam period

Final examination

Covers Lessons 7–12 · final project + peer review due
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How the term runs. Students complete each lesson module and its walkthrough before class. The weekly three-hour session reviews the key ideas, runs an applied exercise, and gives studio time for that week's term-project milestone. The midterm follows the first six lessons; the final follows the second six. The term project is worth 60% of the grade, the midterm 15%, the final 20%, and in-class participation 5%. Each week below links its own Plan (a Word lesson plan with the full facilitator script and answer keys) and Slides (the ready-to-teach PowerPoint). Prefer a single file? The complete guide collects all twelve plans in one document.