Course Overview

Course Title: Traditional Medicine and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Principal SDG: SDG3 Good Health and Well-being

Additional SDGs: SDG1 No Poverty / SDG2 Zero Hunger / SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth / SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities / SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production / SDG15 Life on Land

Credit(s): 2 credits

Course Description:

The course “Traditional Medicine and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals” will enable participants to learn through online lectures, discussion, and then collaborate to complete  the project connecting traditional herbs to SDGs. The course aim to encourage students from different cultural backgrounds collaborate to explore the strategy for human renewable development, especially from traditional medicine. Chinese and international students will attend series of online lectures by the instructor that cover UN SDGs, basic knowledge of traditional medicine and research progresses as well as philosophic thinking of medical science. Students will be divided into groups. Each group will choose a medicinal plant from a given list, create a group e-poster and discuss the connection of this medicinal plant to the principal of the SDG of the project: SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being. Under the guidance of the teacher, students will explore how this medicinal plant may address additional SDGs and global issues. Some examples of additional SDGs would be, but are not limited to, SDG 1, SDG 8, SDG 10, and SDG 15. Students will need to explain why and how the additional SDG(s) can be addressed.

What skills will students get?

1. Traditional medicine information searching
2. Inter-cultural communicative competence
3. E-poster making
4. English speaking and writing
5. Oral presentation

Mode of Teaching

• Lectures and discussion
• Project-based learning
• Group presentation

Grading

1. Attendance: 30%;
2. E-poster: 40
3. Group presentation: 20%;
4. Final reflection: 10%

Course-specific Restrictions

NA.

Class Schedule

Instructors

Peng Chongsheng

Dr. Peng is a full-time teacher in School of Pharmacy, SJTU. He is involved in general education, mainly teaching undergraduate students the course “Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Culture”

Rachel A. Ankeny

Professor Rachel A. Ankeny is an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar whose areas of expertise cross three fields: history/philosophy of science, bioethics and science policy, and food studies. She is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the College of Social Science and International Studies (Philosophy) at the University of Exeter (UK). Rachel has a BA in Liberal Arts (Philosophy/Maths, St John's College, Santa Fe, NM), and MA degrees in Philosophy and in Bioethics, and a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science (all from the University of Pittsburgh, PA). she was director and lecturer/senior lecturer in the Unit for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney from 2000. In 2006 she graduated with the degree of Master of Arts in Gastronomy (University of Adelaide) after completing a dissertation on celebratory food habits among Italo-Australian and Italian-American immigrants. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Online Learning (Higher Education) from the University of Adelaide.After then, she joined in the University of Adelaide. 

Zul Kamal

Dr Zul Kamal is a senior lecturer in Department of Pharmacy, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal, KP, Pakistan n (December 7, 2009 till now).He is now Teaching at undergraduate (Pharm-D), Diploma (Category-B) and Graduate (MPhil) level; involved in various curricular, co-curricular and research supervision activities.Dr Kamal’s research focus on natural medicine, specially traditional medicine in South Asia, such as Ayurveda, Unani, etc..

Course Contact

Peng Chongsheng: cspeng@sjtu.edu.cn