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Credit courses offered by the DGPH

The Department of Global and Public Health offers courses focused on population health for both undergraduate and graduate students. Courses taught by DGPH faculty members are also listed.

GPHL 200. Foundations in Population and Global Health.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Global & Public Health (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2026
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Description

Exploration of global policies, politics, industry and institutions and their neo-colonial underpinnings, and their influence on current global health theory, research and practice, with a special focus on the health of Indigenous peoples in Canada and other racialized groups. The environmental and social determinants of health and health inequities, with attention to women and children’s health, communicable and non-communicable disease, and the complexities of disasters and humanitarian crises. Global health governance,systems, and innovations and social entrepreneurship in health.

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- GPHL 200 sample syllabus

GPHL 201. Population and Global Health Ethics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Global & Public Health (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2026
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Description

An introduction to the concepts of ethics and equity, in a broad range of applications, including power, privilege and positionality. Exploration of foundations of ethics as they apply to population and global health practice. Concepts of human rights, anti-racism, ethics and equity, informed by an understanding of the legacy of colonization, as they pertain to a wide array of global health issues.
  • Prerequisite: GPHL 200

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- GPHL 201 sample syllabusÌý-ÌýFor this year only, email studentaffairsofficer.dgph [at] mcgill.ca to waive the prerequisite.

GPHL 591. Special Topics in Global and Population Health 1

Credits: 3
Offered by: Global & Public Health (Faculty of Medicine & Hlth Sci)
Terms offered: Summer 2026, Fall 2026, Winter 2027
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Description

Selected topics in global and population health.

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- Confronting Medical Colonialism

Course information not available.
- PPHS 511 sample syllabus

PPHS 613. The Practice of Global Health.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2027
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Description

Introduction to core competencies in the practice of global health, including historical, colonial roots of global health, project planning and implementation, equitable and ethical conduct, building partnerships, working within interdisciplinary teams, effective communication and personal-social skills.

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- PPHS 613 sample syllabus

For a list of courses on global health-related topics offered throughout the University, visit the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ Global Health Programs course listing.

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