MSCI 5403 — Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Experience
2 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fallNo campus, no room neededTraditional
Provides a comprehensive, experiential opportunity led by a multidisciplinary team. Employs hands-on practical skills training essential to all medical or allied health professionals. Covers dentistry (the first aid management of dental abscess and fractured, intruded, or avulsed teeth in the austere or wilderness environment), tropical medicine, environmental heat and cold exposure, mental health, and expedition planning.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 93% | 1.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 33% | 20.0 |
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 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: async (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- sarah Spelsberg (57% of students) · reviews
- Joshua Merson (43% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (MSCI course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All MSCI courses · Plan it at numap.app