Undergraduate Programs

Spring Term Schedule

Spring 2026

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
PHLT 101-01 Intro to Public Health Amina Alio TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM
Discussion of history and definitions of public health and emerging themes: Public Health Disparities (health and wealth; social justice); Issues in Public Health (lead poisoning; tobacco; obesity; emergency; clean water/air; injury; health systems/reform); and Global Health Issues (globalization and development; maternal and child health). Location (TR 9:40AM - 10:55AM)
PHLT 103-01 Concepts of Epidemiology Zahira Quinones TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Fundamental concepts underlying health-related information and health policy. Basic methodological principles used to describe disease occurrence in populations and identify causes of disease. Location (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
PHLT 201W-01 Environmental Health David Rich TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM
This course covers the basic principles used to evaluate the potential human health risk of exposure to environmental contaminants in air, water, and food. Pre-requisites: BIOL 110/112; CHEM 131; PHLT 103 or permission of instructor. Location (TR 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
PHLT 206-1 Global Politics of Gender and Health Rachel O'Donnell MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This interdisciplinary course is an introduction to critical concepts and approaches used to investigate the intersections of gender, health, and illness, particularly in the context of individual lives both locally and transnationally. Special attention will be paid to the historical and contemporary development of medical knowledge and practice, including debates on the roles of health-care consumers and practitioners, as well as global linkages among the health industry, international trade, and health sector reform in the developing world. Emerging issues around the politics of global health include clinical research studies, bodily modification practices, and reproductive justice movements. This is a writing-intensive course and may be counted toward the University of Rochester’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSW) major, minor, or cluster. Location (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
PHLT 215W-01 Public Health Anthropology Tali Ziv TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
Using a critical lens, this course examines how forms of social organization create global health for some groups and poor health for other groups. Pre-requisites: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101. Location (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
PHLT 216-01 Peers in Action Ann Marie White TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
This course explores the emergence of peer support as a force within public health systems. Students will examine the historical, philosophical, political, and ethical foundations of peer aid, compare roles and responsibilities peers undertake in healthcare and community settings, and critically evaluate how peer support challenges traditional models of care, both domestically and internationally. We will examine the social contexts giving rise to peer movements that sought to increase phenomenological understanding - or the impacts of lived experience - within care settings such as behavioral health. Through case studies, field experiences in healthcare and social services settings, ethnographic readings, and in-class active learning exercises, students will investigate how identity, mutuality, and lived experience shape peer relationships and recovery as transformative ingredients in systems of care. The course also covers certification and policies, current evidence, system implementation, and inter-professional collaboration of peer support models to advance community capacity for health and wellness. Location (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
PHLT 227-01 Music, Ethnography & HIV/AIDS Jennifer Kyker TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM
Addressing the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in the United States, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Haiti, and elsewhere, this uniquely interdisciplinary course will incorporate insights from the fields of public health, medical anthropology, and ethnomusicology. Studying the HIV/AIDS epidemic through the lens of musical expression, we will ask how individuals and communities affected by HIV/AIDS have mobilized musical sound in response to the disease. Topics addressed within the class will include musical representations of HIV/AIDS within queer communities; the use of music in public health campaigns to raise awareness about the disease; and the mobilization of musical performance within grassroots support groups for individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. Location (TR 11:05AM - 12:20PM)
PHLT 230-01 Public Health Law and Policy Molly McNulty MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM
The course introduces the legal and social justice frameworks for urgent public health issues, such as vaccinations, tobacco regulation and gun control. Location (MW 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
PHLT 234W-01 Maternal Child Health Policy and Advocacy Molly McNulty TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Students will learn how government funds, organizes and delivers health care, broadly defined, to mothers, children, and adolescents; as well as legal and policy writing skills relevant to political and legal advocacy. The course will include rudimentary instruction in researching the law, as well as the components of a policy brief. Location (TR 2:00PM - 3:15PM)
PHLT 265-01 Global Health Tali Ziv MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This course uses social theories to frame current issues in global health. Readings include critiques of development and ethnographic methods. Pre-requisite: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101. Location (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
PHLT 265W-01 Global Health Tali Ziv MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM
This course uses social theories to frame current issues in global health. Readings include critiques of development and ethnographic methods. Pre-requisite: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101. Location (MW 10:25AM - 11:40AM)
PHLT 389-01 Public Health Honors Seminar Richard Dees 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Students accepted in the Public Health Research Honors program must successfully complete a total of 3 credit hours of Public Health Honors Seminar (PHLT 389) over and above the credit hours required for the public health major. Students in the PHLT Research Honors program will complete: 1 credit hour in PHLT 389 for the junior year (preferably in spring of junior year), 1 credit hour of PHLT 389 fall semester of the senior year, and 1 credit hour for PHLT 389 the spring semester of senior year. PHLT 389 is in addition to PHLT 393. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-02 Supervised Teaching Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-03 Supervised Teaching Ann Marie White 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-04 Supervised Teaching Amina Alio 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-07 Supervised Teaching – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-08 Supervised Teaching Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-09 Supervised Teaching – 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 390-12 Supervised Teaching Zahira Quinones 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course offers undergraduate students a structured, credit-bearing opportunity to gain experience in supervised teaching within a college-level classroom setting. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, students assist in course delivery, lead discussions or labs, support instructional design, and participate in pedagogical reflection. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 393-05 Senior Project Edwin VanWijngaarden 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Under the guidance of a faculty advisor, Seniors identify a topic, develop a project plan, conduct substantive work, and present their findings or creations in a final written report, portfolio, performance, or presentation. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 393H-11 Public Health Research Honors Richard Dees 7:00PM - 7:00PM
Under the guidance of a faculty advisor, Seniors identify a topic, develop a project plan, conduct substantive work, and present their findings or creations in a final written report, portfolio, performance, or presentation. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 394C-01 Washington Semester Internship Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed through the Internship Registration form ( https://secure1.rochester.edu/registrar/forms/internship-registration-form.php) Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 394D-01 Health Dept Internship Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed through the Internship Registration form ( https://secure1.rochester.edu/registrar/forms/internship-registration-form.php) Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 394E-01 Emergency Medicine Internship Nancy Wood TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed through the Internship Registration form ( https://secure1.rochester.edu/registrar/forms/internship-registration-form.php) Location (TR 12:30PM - 1:45PM)
PHLT 394G-01 Service Learning Internship Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This is a mentored experience under the supervision of a UR faculty member. *This course requires a special application. For the fall semester, the application is due by the end of July.* Students must use UR Student to register for PHLT 394G; this course is not an independent study (I.S.) course. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)
PHLT 397W-01 Community Engaged Internship Ann Marie White W 3:25PM - 4:40PM
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location (W 3:25PM - 4:40PM)
PHLT 399-01 Washington Semester Molly McNulty 7:00PM - 7:00PM
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Location ( 7:00PM - 7:00PM)

Number	Title	Instructor	Time
Monday and Wednesday
PHLT 206-1 Global Politics of Gender and Health Rachel O'Donnell
This interdisciplinary course is an introduction to critical concepts and approaches used to investigate the intersections of gender, health, and illness, particularly in the context of individual lives both locally and transnationally. Special attention will be paid to the historical and contemporary development of medical knowledge and practice, including debates on the roles of health-care consumers and practitioners, as well as global linkages among the health industry, international trade, and health sector reform in the developing world. Emerging issues around the politics of global health include clinical research studies, bodily modification practices, and reproductive justice movements. This is a writing-intensive course and may be counted toward the University of Rochester’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies (GSW) major, minor, or cluster.
PHLT 265-01 Global Health Tali Ziv
This course uses social theories to frame current issues in global health. Readings include critiques of development and ethnographic methods. Pre-requisite: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101.
PHLT 265W-01 Global Health Tali Ziv
This course uses social theories to frame current issues in global health. Readings include critiques of development and ethnographic methods. Pre-requisite: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101.
PHLT 230-01 Public Health Law and Policy Molly McNulty
The course introduces the legal and social justice frameworks for urgent public health issues, such as vaccinations, tobacco regulation and gun control.
Tuesday and Thursday
PHLT 101-01 Intro to Public Health Amina Alio
Discussion of history and definitions of public health and emerging themes: Public Health Disparities (health and wealth; social justice); Issues in Public Health (lead poisoning; tobacco; obesity; emergency; clean water/air; injury; health systems/reform); and Global Health Issues (globalization and development; maternal and child health).
PHLT 215W-01 Public Health Anthropology Tali Ziv
Using a critical lens, this course examines how forms of social organization create global health for some groups and poor health for other groups. Pre-requisites: PHLT 101 or ANTH 101.
PHLT 227-01 Music, Ethnography & HIV/AIDS Jennifer Kyker
Addressing the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in the United States, United Kingdom, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Haiti, and elsewhere, this uniquely interdisciplinary course will incorporate insights from the fields of public health, medical anthropology, and ethnomusicology. Studying the HIV/AIDS epidemic through the lens of musical expression, we will ask how individuals and communities affected by HIV/AIDS have mobilized musical sound in response to the disease. Topics addressed within the class will include musical representations of HIV/AIDS within queer communities; the use of music in public health campaigns to raise awareness about the disease; and the mobilization of musical performance within grassroots support groups for individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
PHLT 103-01 Concepts of Epidemiology Zahira Quinones
Fundamental concepts underlying health-related information and health policy. Basic methodological principles used to describe disease occurrence in populations and identify causes of disease.
PHLT 394E-01 Emergency Medicine Internship Nancy Wood
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department. Registration for Independent Study courses needs to be completed through the Internship Registration form ( https://secure1.rochester.edu/registrar/forms/internship-registration-form.php)
PHLT 216-01 Peers in Action Ann Marie White
This course explores the emergence of peer support as a force within public health systems. Students will examine the historical, philosophical, political, and ethical foundations of peer aid, compare roles and responsibilities peers undertake in healthcare and community settings, and critically evaluate how peer support challenges traditional models of care, both domestically and internationally. We will examine the social contexts giving rise to peer movements that sought to increase phenomenological understanding - or the impacts of lived experience - within care settings such as behavioral health. Through case studies, field experiences in healthcare and social services settings, ethnographic readings, and in-class active learning exercises, students will investigate how identity, mutuality, and lived experience shape peer relationships and recovery as transformative ingredients in systems of care. The course also covers certification and policies, current evidence, system implementation, and inter-professional collaboration of peer support models to advance community capacity for health and wellness.
PHLT 234W-01 Maternal Child Health Policy and Advocacy Molly McNulty
Students will learn how government funds, organizes and delivers health care, broadly defined, to mothers, children, and adolescents; as well as legal and policy writing skills relevant to political and legal advocacy. The course will include rudimentary instruction in researching the law, as well as the components of a policy brief.
PHLT 201W-01 Environmental Health David Rich
This course covers the basic principles used to evaluate the potential human health risk of exposure to environmental contaminants in air, water, and food. Pre-requisites: BIOL 110/112; CHEM 131; PHLT 103 or permission of instructor.
Wednesday
PHLT 397W-01 Community Engaged Internship Ann Marie White
This course provides undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue in-depth, independent exploration of a topic not regularly offered in the curriculum, under the supervision of a faculty member in the form of independent study, practicum, internship or research. The objectives and content are determined in consultation between students and full-time members of the teaching faculty. Responsibilities and expectations vary by course and department.