This course will be the culmination for the students within the Global Public Health BS degree as they prepare for their future careers and/or progression on to graduate school. A focus will be on integrating their prior learning and preparing them for life after graduation. A key element of the course will be to develop a public health project proposal and presentation that builds on the experiential learning they have done in their earlier Experiential Learning Opportunities (e.g., Co-op, internship, study abroad, supervised research), the classroom learning they have done in HLTH 330 Health Needs Assessment & Program Evaluation, and the research deliverables produced in the NUTR 560 Health and Nutrition Research Foundations course. Within this course the students will create a proposal for an evidenced-based public health project that includes a description of the issue to be addressed and why an intervention is needed; an overview of the planned intervention; the proposed program resource needs (funding plan, personnel, equipment, facilities, etc.); an implementation plan and timeline; and any educational materials to be utilized, along with a description of how the program will be assessed and evaluated for effectiveness.

This course is an upper division course on a topic of special interest that is not part of a formal curriculum. The course design may differ by topic or faculty member but will include prerequisites, contact hours, and examination/assessment procedures. The level of study is appropriate for students in their final two years of study.