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Article: Intentionality and Integration in Undergraduate Global Public Health Education
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- Peer Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Association of American Colleges and Universities Fall 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Public health is capturing the energy and imagination of undergraduate students across the country, and University of Virginia (UVa) faculty, like many other faculties in both small colleges and large universities, are responding with innovative new courses and academic programs. As a relatively young academic field that dates back only to the early twentieth century in the United States, the study of public health illustrates the strengths and value of an undergraduate Uberai education that features integrative learning, which draws on diverse academic perspectives from across the curriculum, and intentionality in learning, which embeds studentdirected problem solving and experiential ...