UNDERGRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE


July 14 - 15, 2008
Crystal City, VA

 Call for Application - Deadline: February 27, 20 0 8
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Background

In 2006, APTR invited the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to partner in order to develop "Public Health and Liberal Education," a curriculum and faculty development project. Through a national call for participation, sixty-three colleges and universities were invited to design and teach undergraduate courses that engage students with the world's major questions through the lens of public health. During the summer of 2007, faculty members from thirty-nine selected institutions attended the intensive two-day workshop and focused their time and efforts on one of three core courses:

  • Public Health 101
  • Epidemiology 101
  • Global Health 101


The Educated Citizen and Public Health:
An Undergraduate Curriculum Development Institute

To take advantage of the momentum and success of "Public Health and Liberal Education," APTR, again in partnership with AAC&U, is announcing a second phase of the Educated Citizen and Public Health Initiative. In phase two, faculty and administrative teams from as many as 48 colleges and universities (both those with public health schools and programs and those without them) will gather for an intensive, two-day institute.

During the institute, teams will:

  • Develop undergraduate curricula in public health. Curricula will include core courses, electives (based on institutional and faculty strengths and interests), and experiential learning opportunities. Such curricula may take the form of majors, minors, certificate programs, etc.
  • Build collaborative capacity between public health educators and practitioners and faculty members teaching in the arts and sciences.
  • Serve as national models for efforts to bridge liberal education and profession/pre-professional education.
  • Create curricula models that link public health, liberal learning, and education for civic/social responsibility.
All accredited colleges and universities are eligible to apply. Institutions will affiliated schools or programs in public health will be selected from one pool; institutions without affiliated schools or programs in public health will be selected from a separate pool.

Note: All activities pending final funding approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement.