COM HLT 132
Health, Disease, and Health Services in Latin America
Description: Lecture, four hours. Introduction to health, disease, and health services in Latin America, with emphasis on epidemiology, health administration, medical anthropology, and nutrition. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2024 - Grade breakdown: 40% midterm paper 40% final exam 10% attendance 10% presentation on midterm paper I found the class and content really interesting as someone who has taken previous courses about Latin America. I think giving us the space to explore Latin American countries and focus on the demographic and health issues and healthcare was a great part of the class. However, I found the structure of the class a bit unfair. The exam holding 40% of our grade meant an emphasis on testing. However, the exam's longest portion was an essay worth 24% of the entire exam which was broken up into parts that called for multiple pages of writing and a longer focus on the essay. However, the multiple choice took less time and held a larger portion of the points. We were also told it would be a lot of matching & multiple choice. However, the "matching" section was more fill in the blank without options or a wordbank and it held almost the same amount of weight as the essay portion. I think it would have been more fair to separate the essay to a separate assignment and hold a larger weight than the exam with multiple choices/"fill in the blank" portions. It also felt unhelpful that the exam was focused on small details that didn't focus on our understanding of the actual content. The explanation of the exam felt unfair as it was stated our understanding would be tested, not our ability to memorize small details and population numbers within different Latin American countries. We were also told that the slides wouldn't be much help or give us much direction and the exam was focused on lecture rather than the slides, but it was difficult since each session was 3 hours long and the lectures went unrecorded. We also were not given permission to take pictures or record which made it difficult to review lecture content.
Fall 2024 - Grade breakdown: 40% midterm paper 40% final exam 10% attendance 10% presentation on midterm paper I found the class and content really interesting as someone who has taken previous courses about Latin America. I think giving us the space to explore Latin American countries and focus on the demographic and health issues and healthcare was a great part of the class. However, I found the structure of the class a bit unfair. The exam holding 40% of our grade meant an emphasis on testing. However, the exam's longest portion was an essay worth 24% of the entire exam which was broken up into parts that called for multiple pages of writing and a longer focus on the essay. However, the multiple choice took less time and held a larger portion of the points. We were also told it would be a lot of matching & multiple choice. However, the "matching" section was more fill in the blank without options or a wordbank and it held almost the same amount of weight as the essay portion. I think it would have been more fair to separate the essay to a separate assignment and hold a larger weight than the exam with multiple choices/"fill in the blank" portions. It also felt unhelpful that the exam was focused on small details that didn't focus on our understanding of the actual content. The explanation of the exam felt unfair as it was stated our understanding would be tested, not our ability to memorize small details and population numbers within different Latin American countries. We were also told that the slides wouldn't be much help or give us much direction and the exam was focused on lecture rather than the slides, but it was difficult since each session was 3 hours long and the lectures went unrecorded. We also were not given permission to take pictures or record which made it difficult to review lecture content.
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