GLPH 171 Social and Physical Determinants of Health and Disease Winter 2025 (On-Campus), Summer 2025 (Online) Year 1 3 units Available On-Campus Course Online Course This course will use an evidence based approach to address the impact of social and environmental exposures and circumstances on health at both an individual and population level. It will focus on how the contexts of peoples’ lives affect their health, methods for describing and measuring these effects, and the role of medical practice in creating and maintaining health. Students will develop an understanding of and methods for critically evaluating scientific literature and becoming community advocates for health. Note: The Blended offering of this course is only available to students registered in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program. Exclusions HLTH 101/3.0; GPHY 339/3.0