Global Health Minor
The College of Arts and Sciences administers an undergraduate minor in global health, overseen by the global health program director and a faculty advisory committee.
To earn a minor, students must complete a total of 24 graded credits from approved courses, at least 12 of which must be at the upper-division level, as well as a 400-level field experience or internship, to be arranged in consultation with a faculty advisor from an affiliated program.
The courses that satisfy the minor are distributed as follows: two core courses and four elective courses. Core and elective courses applied to the minor must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C– or better.
Students seeking to qualify for a minor should, as early as possible, consult the global health program director as well as advisors in the Tykeson College & Career Advising unit. Developing the plan for elective courses with the advisors’ help ensures that the courses selected satisfy the minor requirements and may be completed in a timely fashion.
No later than two terms before graduation, the student must notify the advisors in the Tykeson College & Career Advising unit of intent to graduate for verification of the global health minor coursework and transcript evaluation. The student must also indicate the global health minor on the application for graduation. Students must complete major requirements for an undergraduate degree in another department or school of the university.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| GLBL 340 | Global Health and Development | 4 |
| 400-level course providing field experience (preferably from the student’s home department) | 4 | |
| Electives | ||
| Two approved natural science courses from list below | 8 | |
| Two approved social science or humanities courses from list below | 8 | |
| Total Credits | 24 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Science Courses | ||
| ANTH 175 | Evolutionary Medicine | 4 |
| ANTH 220 | Introduction to Nutritional Anthropology | 4 |
| ANTH 362 | Human Biological Variation | 4 |
| ANTH 369 | Human Growth and Development | 4 |
| ANTH 376 | Genomics and Anthropology | 4 |
| ANTH 459 | Advanced Evolutionary Medicine | 4 |
| BI 121 | Introduction to Human Physiology | 4 |
| BI 122 | Introduction to Human Genetics | 4 |
| BI 123 | Biology of Cancer | 4 |
| BI 140 | Science, Policy, and Biology | 4 |
| BI 309 | Tropical Diseases in Africa | 4 |
| BI 353 | Sensory Physiology | 4 |
| BI 358 | Investigations in Medical Physiology | 4 |
| BI 360 | Neurobiology | 4 |
| BI 423 | Human Molecular Genetics | 4 |
| BI 426 | Genetics of Cancer | 4 |
| BI 461 | Systems Neuroscience | 4 |
| BI 472 | Community Ecology | 4 |
| ENVS 202 | Introduction to Environmental Studies: Natural Sciences | 4 |
| HPHY 105 | Principles of Nutrition | 4 |
| HPHY 211 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HPHY 212 | Scientific Investigation in Physiology | 4 |
| HPHY 422 | Physiology of Obesity | 4 |
| PSY 301 | Scientific Thinking in Psychology | 4 |
| PSY 302 | Statistical Methods in Psychology | 4 |
| PSY 303 | Research Methods in Psychology: [Topic] | 4 |
| PSY 309 | Psychopathology | 4 |
| PSY 399 | Special Studies: [Topic] (Global Child Development) | 1-5 |
| PSY 459 | Cultural Psychology | 4 |
| PSY 472 | Psychology of Trauma | 4 |
| Social Science or Humanities Courses | ||
| ANTH 413 | Culture and Psychology | 4 |
| ANTH 420 | Culture, Illness, and Healing | 4 |
| EC 443 | Health Economics | 4 |
| EC 490 | Economic Growth and Development | 4 |
| ENVS 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic] | 1-5 |
| GLBL 415 | The Global Story of Race | 4 |
| GLBL 435 | Global Perspectives on Disability | 2 |
| GEOG 142 | Human Geography | 4 |
| GEOG 181 | Our Digital Earth | 4 |
| GEOG 341 | Population and Environment | 4 |
| GEOG 481 | GIScience I | 4 |
| GEOG 490 | GIScience: [Topic] | 4 |
| HC 231H | Social Science Inquiry: [Topic] (Epidemics and Epistemologies) | 4 |
| HC 232H | Honors College Social Science (Disease and Public Health in the Modern World) | 4 |
| HC 431H | Honors College Social Science Colloquium: [Topic] | 4 |
| HUM 240 | Medical Humanities | 4 |
| GLBL 425 | Global Food Security | 4 |
| GLBL 463 | Population Displacement and Global Health | 4 |
| GLBL 465 | Global Reproductive Health | 4 |
| GLBL 467 | Global Mental Health | 4 |
| PHIL 220 | Food Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 307 | Social and Political Philosophy | 4 |
| PHIL 309 | Global Justice | 4 |
| PHIL 335 | Medical Ethics | 4 |
| PHIL 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic] (Clinical Ethics) | 1-5 |
| PPPM 202 | Healthy Communities | 4 |
| PPPM 370 | Global Sustainable Development and Policy | 4 |
| PPPM 407 | Seminar: [Topic] (Hazard Mitigation) | 1-5 |
| PPPM 407 | Seminar: [Topic] (Public Health) | 1-5 |
| PSY 407 | Seminar: [Topic] | 1-5 |
| PSY 366 | Culture and Mental Health | 4 |
| SOC 311 | Research Methods | 4 |
| SOC 312 | Statistical Analysis in Sociology | 4 |
| SOC 399 | Special Studies: [Topic] (Sociology of Health and Medicine) | 1-5 |
| SOC 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic] (Science and Society) | 1-5 |
| SOC 410 | Experimental Course: [Topic] (Sex and Gender in China) | 1-5 |
| WGS 221 | Bodies and Power | 4 |
| WGS 331 | Science, Technology, and Gender | 4 |
| WGS 421 | Bodies and Embodiment | 4 |
| WGS 407 | Seminar: [Topic] (Gender and Bodies) | 1-5 |
Deviations from the requirements listed must be approved by a global health advisor.
Restrictions
- 24 Credits are required for the minor, with a minimum of 12 upper division credits
- A maximum of 12 credits in a single department (including major department) will count towards the Global Health minor. No more than 3 courses with the same subject heading.
- Twenty credits for the minor must be taken in residence
- All courses taken for the minor must be taken for a letter grade, with the exception of the Field Work Experience requirement
- Courses applying to the minor must be passed with a C- or above
No more than three courses (12 credits) from a single department (courses with the same subject code) may count toward the minor.