Academics
**This program is pending approval for Summer 2026.**
ENVR 610H: Global Environmental Health Equity and Sustainability (3 credits)
Professor Courtney Woods, UNC Department of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor Kim Ramsey-White, UNC Department of Leadership and Public Health Practice
Students will travel to Salvador, Bahia Brazil and learn about environmental health issues impacting Brazilian populations and their parallels to environmental issues in the US, the social, economic and political factors/structures that contribute to these issues and examples of leadership in public health and adjacent fields that serve as models for improving community and population health.
PHLP 600H: Leadership Through Language and Cultural Immersion (2 credits)
Professor Courtney Woods, UNC Department of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor Kim Ramsey-White, UNC Department of Leadership and Public Health Practice
Students will learn about and practice leadership principles related to public health practice in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Throughout the course they will meet important leaders in public health and adjacent fields that serve as role models for improving community and population health. Students will also learn about environmental health issues impacting Brazilian populations and their parallels to environmental issues in the US, the social, economic and political factors/structures that contribute to these issues.
Program Learning Objectives:
At the end of the program, students will be able to
- Develop a global consciousness/ethic and cultural humility by engaging with diverse interest holders in an international setting
- Describe social, economic and/or political determinants that affect specific global environmental health issues
- Compare environmental regulations and environmental health outcomes across countries
- Apply mixed methods to understand a global environmental health issue
