Courses Taught by Alexa Eisenberg

HBHEQ672: Professional Development In Hbheq - 1

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 1.5 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Alexa Eisenberg (Residential);
  • Offered Every Fall
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advisory Prerequisites: None
  • Description: This course supports you in thinking critically and intentionally about the purpose, vision, and values that guide your professional journey in public health. Class activities, discussions, and assignments will help you understand the ethical foundations of public health; plan for the HBHE curricular requirements; prepare for your summer internship and APEx projects; build professional relationships; and explore professional development resources.
  • Learning Objectives: Articulate the purpose, vision, and values that guide your professional goals; Understand the ethical foundations of public health; Reflect on positionality and professional identity; Consider and begin to develop professional relationships; Set goals for the MPH and create a program completion plan; Prepare for your summer internship and APEx requirements.

HBHEQ673: Professional Development In Hbheq - 2

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 1.5 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Alexa Eisenberg (Residential);
  • Offered Every Fall
  • Prerequisites: HBHEQ672
  • Advisory Prerequisites: HBHEQ672
  • Description: This course supports you in completing the HBHEQ program and navigating career opportunities. The course will provide a structure for integrating and disseminating lessons from your internship, writing the ILE Culminating Essay, and developing materials and skills necessary to advance your job search or other professional development goals.
  • Learning Objectives: Integrate and disseminate lessons from your internship experience; Develop and demonstrate visual, written, and verbal communication skills; Build community and learn from peers and alumni; Explore the array of professional directions your HBHEQ degree can take you; Build confidence and skills in developing professional relationships; Plan your job search and take steps toward career development goals.

HBHEQ679: Historical Roots of Health Inequities

  • Graduate level
  • Residential
  • Fall term(s) for residential students;
  • 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
  • Instructor(s): Alexa Eisenberg (Residential);
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Advisory Prerequisites: None
  • Description: This 3-credit course offers an examination of U.S. health inequities from a historical lens and discussion of present-day issues. Through the readings, discussions, and assignments in this class, students will better understand historical policies, events, and movements that have led to health inequities and connect those to contemporary issues in the United States and within the field of public health. The course takes an intersectional perspective to examine health inequities, with a focus on inequities related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class.
  • Learning Objectives: (Note, these are from the CEPH Foundational Learning Objectives) 1. Explain public health history, philosophy and values 4. List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program 10. Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities