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This seminar explores global health from the perspective of multiple disciplines and from a number of geographic scales from the local to the global. Collectively students will examine major global health determinants, challenges, programs and policies. Students will analyze past, current and emerging global health priorities with a focus on emerging infectious diseases, chronic disease burden in both the developed and developing worlds, health systems across the world, major global health initiatives, and health inequity with associated challenges such as poverty and conflict. This course will contain a heavy focus on case studies and experiential learning, including field trips and service learning activities. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course.