SCIENCE 2P03 - Impactful Initiatives in Health

3 unit(s)

The IMPACT (Interdisciplinary, Mentorship, Practice, Applied, Community, Transformative) initiative collaboratively engages undergraduate and graduate students from various Faculties, McMaster alumni, healthcare partners, and real community clients to understand and address challenges experienced by people living with disabilities associated with the conditions of arthritis, cerebral palsy, dementia, expressive aphasia, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and visual impairment related to diabetes. Students will learn and mobilize their applied and conceptual knowledge of science to collaboratively create customized devices that help real community clients with activities critical to their health to improve their quality of life.
Lectures/tutorials (three hours); one term
Prerequisite(s): Grade 12 Biology U or BIOLOGY 1P03; and registration in Level II or above of any Arts & Science program, the Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences program, or any program in the Faculty of Science; or permission of the instructor
Antirequisite(s): SCIENCE 1P03
Students will be required to participate in collaborative interdisciplinary design reviews (minimum of four hours) outside of lecture/tutorial time.