PHCG 2130 Global Public Health Law
This course will examine the critical role of law in creating and implementing social policy and achieving (or at least seeking) social justice. Through the lens of current global trends, it will study the ways in which laws and regulations operate to promote and protect--as well as impede--both individual and public health at the local, national, and international levels. Specific topics may include the following: global differences in the definition of health care as a human right, expanded trace in agricultural products, domestic threats to public health, anthropogenic organic compounds, and the integrity of resources of the global commons. This course is designed to instill the policy-makers of tomorrow with the active skill set necessary to grapple with new public health challenges as they arise.
Course overview
- Department
- Schiller Institute
- School
- Boston College
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Requirements fulfilled
- Environmental Studies: Concentration — Environmental Health: One Nursing Course (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Environmental Studies: Concentration — Environmental Health: One Social Science Course (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.45 / 5 · Good
- Instructor rating
- 3.82 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | David Wirth | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 44 of 48 |
| Fall 2025 | Mary Ann Chirba | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 44 of 48 |
| Fall 2024 | David Wirth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 of 48 |
| Fall 2024 | Mary Ann Chirba | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 of 48 |
| Fall 2023 | David Wirth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 of 43 |
| Fall 2023 | Mary Ann Chirba | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 of 43 |
| Fall 2022 | David Wirth | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 38 of 45 |
| Fall 2022 | Mary Ann Chirba | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 38 of 45 |
| Fall 2021 | David Wirth | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 33 of 56 |
| Fall 2021 | Mary Ann Chirba | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 33 of 56 |