This project aims to develop a course that uses innovation techniques from the technology industry to generate intensive problem-solving experiences that result in transformational learning experiences. Students will participant in a Hackathon and complete an Innovation Time Off project geared toward public health issues (e.g., obesity, health care access). The course covers classic and new Social Psychological phenomenon applied to public health nutrition issues. After taking the course, students should be able to summarize key phenomena and generate insights about a particular nutrition problem of interest.
Instructor: Keri Carvalho
Spring semester course.