PUBH X933 - Gun violence in the United States
Description
Patricia Jewett, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
This course is designed to give students an overview over gun violence in the United States. Topics covered will include different forms of gun violence in the United States (homicides, suicides, unintentional shootings, mass shootings, non-fatal gun violence), disparities with regard to what populations are most affected by these different forms of gun violence, firearm safety, US gun culture, and nationwide debates relating to gun rights, firearms safety, and gun control. Students will be assigned readings and discuss them in class and in smaller groups, and will be challenged to think about potential interventions and solutions to reduce gun violence in the United States and what the barriers are to these solutions.
This non-credit course meets with the academic course PubH 7200-104 as part of the 2025 Public Health Institute.
Enrollment for this course opens on February 27, 2025.
Additional information can be found on the Public Health Institute website.
Objectives
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain various forms of gun violence in the United States and its trends over the past two decades.
- Understand disparities in which population groups are most affected by what form of gun violence in the United States.
- Understand how US gun culture has changed in the past 40+ years.
- Discuss firearm safety approaches and evidence-based interventions to prevent firearm injury.
- Explain positions around gun rights, firearm safety practices, and gun control.
Registration & Cancellation
The registration fee for this course is $595. You will receive an email letter outlining program logistics two weeks prior to the start of the course.
Requests for refunds will be honored in full if a written cancellation request is received prior to the course start date. An administration fee of $50 will be charged to all refund requests received after the first day of class. The University of Minnesota School of Public Health (SPH) reserves the right to cancel any course. In the event of a course cancellation, registrants will receive a full refund of the program registration fee. SPH is not responsible for refund of travel or other costs incurred by registrants.
SPH will provide a certificate of attendance verifying 1.5 CEUs (15 contact hours) offered for this program. This course is eligible for 15 CPH recertification credits.
All courses are approved for CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
Contact & Questions
Email phi@umn.edu.