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Global Health, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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The area of global health has become a critical field of study across and within diverse disciplines, because of the cross-border and cross-national implications of health-related risks for national security, commerce, transportation, and healthcare delivery itself. In collaboration with the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, the minor in global health is designed to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to explore and discuss the implications with an interdisciplinary lens. The minor is comprised of five courses: one foundation and one core course, three electives, and a global health experience to be approved by the global health minor advisor.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Required Foundation Course

Course List
Code Title Hours
AFRS 1270Introduction to Global Health4
or PHTH 1270 Introduction to Global Health

Core Course

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete one of the following. If additional courses are taken, they may be used as electives.3-4
AFRS 3424
Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
PHTH 4120
Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health
PHTH 5230
Global Health

Elective Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete three courses from the following areas. Only two courses from any one area may count toward the minor electives. No more than two required courses in the student's major may count toward the minor electives. At least one of the minor electives must be at the 3000-level or above.9-12
Area 1: Community and Public Health
AFRS 4939
Community Health, Culture, and Development in Kenya (Dialogue of Civilizations only)
CAEP 2050
Health Systems, Services, and Education in Ghana (Dialogue of Civilizations only)
ENVR 1110
Global Climate Change
PHTH 1261
Comparative Healthcare Systems (Dialogue of Civilizations only)
PHTH 2301
Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global (Dialogue of Civilizations only)
PHTH 2350
Community and Public Health
or PHTH 2351
Community and Public Health - Global
or NRSG 4604
Public Health Community Nursing
PHTH 4202
Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health
or PHTH 5202
Introduction to Epidemiology
PHTH 4540
Health Education and Program Planning
Area 2: Biology of Health and Disease
BIOL 1141
Microbes and Society
BIOL 1143
Biology and Society
BIOL 2327
Human Parasitology
EEMB 3466
Disease Ecology
Area 3: Society and Cultural Health / Area Studies
AFRS 2900
Swahili, Culture, and Politics in Kenya (Dialogue of Civilizations only)
ANTH 4350
Ethnography of Southeast Asia
ANTH 4510
Anthropology of Africa
ANTH 4515
Culture and Politics in Modern India
ECON 1230
Healthcare and Medical Economics
HIST 2233
The History of Medicine in North America
LACS 1220
Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies
PHIL 1165
Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare
Area 4: Globalization and Development
CRIM 1400
Human Trafficking
ECON 1291
Development Economics
ECON 3404
International Food Policy
ECON 3413
Health Economics and Healthcare Policy
ECON 3416
Behavioral Economics
ECON 5292
Gender and Development Economics
HLTH 2100
Interprofessional Ethics for Individual and Population Health
INTL 1101
Globalization and International Affairs
POLS 1160
International Relations

Global Health Experience

Complete a global health experience that has been approved by the global health minor advisor.

Recommended 

Competency in another language other than English is recommended.

Completion of the Minor

All coursework must be completed at a minimum grade of B and courses may not be taken Pass/Fail.
Complete a minimum of 16 semester hours.


3.000 GPA required in the minor.

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