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HLTH 420Health and the Built Environment

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Public Health Sciences
Cross-listed
PLAN 432, GEOG 432

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course will focus on current issues at the intersection of health, planning, and the built and natural environments. Students will learn the history and evolution of both public health and urban planning professions and academic disciplines and gain an appreciation of the theories and methods used in each. Students will also learn about specific health and planning issues (e.g., air pollution, physical activity, injury, mental health) as well as how better health and health equity can be built into future cities. Students will enhance interdisciplinary collaboration skills by working with classmates across faculties on multiple activities.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
    • ERS253 - Communities and Sustainability (0.50)
    • GEOG325 - Geographies of Health (0.50)
    • GSJ260 - Social Determinants of Health (0.50)
    • HLTH260 - Social Determinants of Health (0.50)
    • PLAN233 - Social Planning and Community Development (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00173770 / 10Th 08:30–11:20
LEC 701822911 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

75% liked it25% easy25% useful

From 4 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • The course content is simple, straightforward, and even somewhat interesting. The entire class' marks and feedback on the 3 reflections were so far off...Reflections asking very specific course content questions, asking to draw on specific literature, and then critiqued for not thinking out of the box or being analytical. Red flag that a simple reflection has an average of low 70s. Don't take the course if you don't have to

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Winter 2022

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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