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Academic Health Center Shared (AHS) Courses

Academic Unit: Pre-Health Student Resource

AHS 1101 - Orientation to Health Careers
(1 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: AHS 1102
This course is for students who are exploring health careers. Students will have the opportunity to assess their work values and interests, to learn about the academic and experiential requirements from over 20+ guest speakers of health professional programs. By the end of the course, students will integrate new found self-awareness and health career knowledge into a comprehensive career action plan that best meets their career interests.
AHS 1102 - Orientation to Health Careers (computer based, Completely Online)
(1 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: AHS 1101 (starting 24-MAY-04)
This course is for students who are exploring health careers. Students will have the opportunity to assess their work values and interests, to learn about the academic and experiential requirements of many health professional programs. By the end of the course, students will integrate new found self-awareness and health career knowledge into a comprehensive career action plan that best meets their career interests.
AHS 1104 - Experiences in Health (Primarily Online)
(2 cr; Prereq-Enrolled in the Health Professions Pathways Program; AHS 1101, AHS 1102 or AHS 1600.; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
AHS 1104 Experiences in Health is a two (2) credit course, offered in-person. Classes will be in the classroom every third week, and the other class days will be spent in an experiential learning opportunity in one of our health science schools. Locations will be provided on Canvas. This course is designed for students enrolled in the Health Professions Pathways program. This course will involve hands-on experiential learning in collaboration with many of our health science programs at the University. Including experiences in Dentistry, Medical Lab Science, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine. This course is designed for those interested in exploring a variety of health professions, learning about the different roles of a healthcare team, as well as the attributes and qualities of inter-professional teams in healthcare. The course will also cover materials related to professional development and preparation for a health professional program.
AHS 1611 - The Future Physician: Medicine in the 21st Century
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 1600 until 05-SEP-23
Multi-disciplinary field of medicine. Challenges shaping work of health professionals in health care field. History of medicine/health. Global health issues/health care. Roles of physicians, team members, patient.
AHS 1612 - The Future Physician - Life & Work of a Physician
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 1601 until 17-JAN-23
The Life and Work of a Physician, this course features specialists who share their passion for their specialty, as well as their own personal journey into medicine and their specialty.
AHS 1613 - Experiences in Health Care and Public Health
(2 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 1602 until 17-JAN-23
An ideal course for students interested in any health profession career. This is a service-learning course, and students will find and participate in 35 hours of volunteering in a setting relevant to their future health career. Throughout the course students will reflect on their volunteer experiences. This is an asynchronous, online course with weekly assignments and discussions. Over the first half of the semester students explore concepts related to interprofessional collaborative team approaches in healthcare. During the second half of the semester, students compile the individual components that will be part of their application to the health profession program they are pursuing.
AHS 2301 - Orientation to Research and Clinical Research
(1 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 2300 until 05-SEP-23
This course introduces Health Profession Pathways pre-health undergraduates to research and clinical research. Research is a very broad field; as such, it is critical for students to explore and develop a baseline of their research interests before entering a research lab. The research exploration and application process can be daunting, therefore this course will focus on the overarching aspects of research in order to support students on their journey to becoming future researchers. This course will also focus on the differences between bench research and clinical research.
AHS 2707 - Global Health Challenges for Future Health Professionals
(2 cr; A-F only; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
This is a two-credit course designed for students who have an interest in learning more about global health careers, including the issues and the challenges and opportunities health professionals face as they work in global health. Every year this course is designed a little differently ? to respond to current events in global health. We have focused on topics including: pandemic flu, natural and man made disasters, social determinants of health, immigration and other topics.
AHS 3001 - Health and Medicine in India in a Social and Cultural Context [GP]
(3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Students are required to attend two pre-orientations, travel to India on the global seminar, and complete a project and presentation upon their return to the United States.
AHS 3002 - Global Health in Thailand - Humans, Elephants, and Disease [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Global Health in Thailand is a Global Seminar that travels to Chiang Mai, Thailand to examine the relationship between human, animal, and environmental health through the One Health approach. The course travels to Thailand over winter break and then meets for the first half of Spring semester. For more information, see the Learning Abroad Center website.
AHS 3003 - Sustainable Approaches to Health in France [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
A wide range of factors influences health status in a country including politics, economics, culture, history and the systems that provide structure and process in country. As the global world developed the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, we have seen an increase in innovative strategies by countries to meet the 2030 goals, with France emerging as a leader in their efforts. The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are framed by five categories: planet, people, prosperity, peace, and partnership. France has made some innovative efforts to move the needle in each of these categories. For example, France is leading the way with food security, having introduced a new international strategy for food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture in October 2019. From public health and healthcare systems to food safety and security, the extensive challenges require collaboration, coordination, and an interprofessional approach to be successful. According to writer Kim Ann Zimmerman, ?The culture and underlying values in France are distinctly different from the US. The French believe in egalite, which means equality, and is part of the country's motto: "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite." Many say they place a higher importance on equality than liberty and fraternity, the other two words in the motto.? We will explore how France?s history, culture, and underlying values affect health, health disparities and systems that influence health, healthcare and SDGs
AHS 3004 - Health in the Andes- Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems [GP]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 1901 until 17-JAN-23
During the first half of the spring semester at the University of Minnesota, students will learn about the challenges and opportunities of addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Ecuador while comparing and contrasting with the US and/or Minnesota. Students will work in teams who will be tasked to focus on a perspective of a Sustainable Development Goal throughout the semester. Students will also learn very basic Spanish words and phrases in preparation for time in Ecuador. Through taking and learning about the Intercultural Development Inventory and cultural development and reflection activities including Observe, Describe, Interpret, and Evaluate (ODIE), students will learn more about their own cultures while preparing to openly experience cultures in Ecuador. During their time abroad, students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge learned in the early spring semester to observations and experiences in Ecuador. The teams will ask questions during site visits from their assigned SDG perspective in preparation for their final project on SDG?s in Ecuador. Site visits will include a visit to Colonial Quito and the Mitad del Mundo City Museum. Students will visit an urban and rural health center, the CINCA Agroecological Center, the San Clemente Pukyu Pamba project featuring an indigenous community where they will share a meal with the community. Students will also participate in an indigenous healing ceremony. Finally students will visit Pambilino, a Bosque Escuela, located in the northwest of Ecuador near the community of Mashpi, a nature reserve of the Choco rainforest that has a 4 hectare permaculture farm in the North Occidental of Ecuador, nestled within the tropical foothills of Ecuador. They work to teach sustainable agroforestry techniques to those that want to learn on the Bosque-escuela. Upon returning to Minnesota, the students will participate in re-entry activities, present their final project, and have a final class
AHS 3401 - Writing a Personal Statement for a Health Program
(1 cr; Prereq-Junior or Senior status. Students must have a competitive GPA, and be within one year of submitting their application for a health professional degree program. ; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 2400 until 17-JAN-23
AHS 3401 will keep you on track to write a compelling and unique personal statement. This course is designed for students who will be applying to a health professional degree program (i.e. medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, etc.).
AHS 4393 - Directed Study (independent study)
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instructor consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was AHS 4300 until 21-JAN-20
Students participating in a directed study will carry out an independent project under supervision of an instructor from the Pre-Health Student Resource Center. Registering for directed study allows you to get credit for conducting research or independent studies that match with your interest as a future health professional. You should discuss your interest with an instructor prior to completing your directed study contract http://z.umn.edu/directed_activity
AHS 5100 - HIV Drug Discovery
(3 cr; Prereq-One year of organic chemistry, [CHEM 2301 and 2302] or equivalent, [one semester of biochemistry], [BIOC 3021 or equivalent]; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Basic virology, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology of HIV chemotherapy. General process of drug discovery, including target selection/validation, in vitro assay development, computer-aided inhibitor design strategies/drug-like properties. Major classes of FDA-approved anti-HIV drugs. Intellectual properties, FDA regulatory issues, successful antiviral discovery story.

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