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Sleep and Public Health
Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Start Date
Thursday, May 29, 2025
End Date
Friday, May 30, 2025
Th, F, 1:00 - 4:50pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Considers the ways in which healthy sleep is essential to the maintenance of health more broadly and the prevalence, in our 24-hour society, of chronic insufficient sleep and sleep disorders.
Provides a foundation of knowledge concerning the basics of sleep, how sleep changes across the lifespan, how it is measured, its links to physical and mental health, important sociodemographic sleep disparities, and implications for public health and policy.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify how sleep and circadian rhythms change across the lifespan.
- Explain how sleep is related to physical and mental health, and how sociodemographic disparities in sleep may drive other health disparities.
- Identify the different approaches to sleep measurement and when each might be most appropriate.
- Describe public policy implications of links between sleep and health.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 15% Participation
- 30% Quizzes
- 30% Reflection
- 25% In-class Exercises