This course is delivered through an intensive 3-week hybrid module combining classroom lectures, seminar discussions, and field learning experiences to facilitate an immersive introduction to public health and epidemiology. Students learn undergraduate principles of epidemiology through the lens of justice and reconciliation in the US urban context. This course allows students to learn the foundational concepts of social and behavioral health, environmental health, health systems and global health policy, and epidemiology and statistical reasoning.

This course provides the theological framework for the spiritual formation curriculum for Baltimore Urban Studies. Students will learn from diverse cultural perspectives as they investigate the foundational beliefs of discipleship and Christian formation. This course gives focused attention on the implications of Christian formation in an urban context, the relationship between the Church and culture, and how theology informs, guides and facilitates personal transformation and community reconciliation. A component of this course delves into equipping students to cultivate contemplative practices that will help them deepen their personal relationship with Christ.