AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath SIusually offered: falltypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional
Examines the epidemiology and determinants of diseases and the public health practice among continental African peoples and African-derived populations in the Americas and elsewhere in the African Diaspora. Emphasizes such epidemic diseases as malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis, smallpox, the current AIDS pandemic, obesity, and cancer. The course also aims to critically address the breadth of factors behind these pandemics, such as socioeconomic, political, health system, behavioral, and genetic. A cross-cutting theme throughout the course is the entrenched health disparities in society.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 68% | 6.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 100% · F 0%
Common patterns: MR (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Richard Wamai (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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