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Understanding Health Disparities through History, Culture and Policy

Dates 

May 14 - 30, 2025


Costs

Program fee: $4,500 (includes $500 non-refundable deposit)

*Includes housing, some meals and several excursions. Program fee is preliminary and will not increase.

Deposit Deadline:  Dec. 1, 2024

Submit your deposit here.

Program fee does not include roundtrip airfare, tuition or the study abroad fee.

Airfare Varies

For flexibility, students book their own flight. Program leaders will share their flight itinerary with the class and students often fly as a group on the international leg of the trip. 

Study Abroad Application $150.00 Fee to the Education Abroad Office for administrative preparation.
Tuition Varies Students should check with the Bursar’s Office to see how much this 3-credit hour course will charge them in tuition.
International Insurance $35.36 Fee that the Education Abroad office adds to each students bill who studies abroad.  The policy provides medical and mental health coverage, but it is NOT trip interruption insurance.

The Class

Taught by: Bridget Miller, Ph.D., Charlotte Galloway, Ph.D., Health Promotion, Education and Behavior 

Pre-requisites: There is no prerequisite for this course. 

Course attributes: Honors BTC or Social Science and Carolina Core GSS


Travel to Cape Town and Johannesburg to study health disparities across diverse populations preventing accessible healthcare in South Africa. Through visits to African health hubs, students will learn to explain and reduce inequalities a health care system. This course has a strong focus on public health but is open to all students. 


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