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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

The Syllabus

  • Welcome to Social Inequality in Global Pandemics
  • Introduce Yourself
  • Code of Conduct

  • Lecture 1 overview: COVID health inequity
  • Social Inequality in the Pandemic Era
  • Social Determinants of Health under Pandemics
  • Meet Dr. Richardson
  • Health Inequity: Background
  • Health Inequity: Pandemic Patterns
  • Dr. Richardson on COVID-19 & the Opioid Crisis
  • Lecture 1 check-in
  • Bonus Material (optional): Pandemic Case Studies

  • Lecture 2 overview
  • Mental health under COVID-19
  • Generationalism and Ageism: Foundations
  • COVID-19 Ageism with Dr. Martin-Matthews
  • Lecture 2 check-in

  • Module Overview
  • Unpacking Racism
  • Dr. Amanda Cheong on Anti-Asian acts and discourses during COVID-19
  • Suggested readings and podcasts
  • North America's history of Asian Exclusion
  • Useful theoretical tools: Theories of the nation-state
  • Lecture 3 check-in

  • Lecture 4 overview: COVID and the environment
  • Dr. Lyon on coronavirus and the natural environment
  • The scope of the climate crisis
  • Discussion
  • Professor Ono on the relationship between COVID and climate change
  • Relevant readings and podcasts
  • Professor Ono: A post-COVID future
  • Wrap up: COVID and the Environment

  • Overview of the week
  • Introduction with Dr. Lyon
  • Suggested Readings on COVID-19 and employment trends
  • Dr. Ross on Marginalized workers in pandemic times: Spotlight on Sex Work
  • Dr. Ross on Historicizing Sex Work
  • Sex work & COVID: Possibilities and Perils
  • Key take-aways

  • Wrapping Up the Course
  • Course Exit Survey

  • About Us
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