Global Health

Overview

The minor in Global Health, through a concentrated portfolio of courses that provide a solid foundation in the environmental, biological, socio-cultural, and ethical domains of global health scholarship, allows students to develop interdisciplinary and alternative world perspectives on health. Upon completion of the minor, students will be able to identify and define the landscape and importance of prevalent global health issues, analyze and evaluate complex texts relating to global health through close reading, critical interpretation, assignments, class-presentations and discussions. The minor concludes with each student conducting independent research and communicating independent arguments about global health in research through a hands-on capstone project.

The minor in Global Health consists of eight courses (four of them being required, the remainder being chosen from a select list), and a capstone research project (PUBHLTH 198 ). No more than two courses (eight units) can overlap between a student’s major and the global health minor. No more than eight units can be from Pass/Not Pass course work (four pass/not pass units will automatically come from PUBHLTH 198 /equivalent independent study). At least half of the courses used to meet these requirements must be upper-division courses.

Requirements

Requirements for the Minor

1. By each student's junior year, they must identify and secure an independent study advisor for their capstone project. Students will work with this advisor for the duration of their project (1 unit of PUBHLTH 198 or equivalent independent study per quarter). The results from the capstone project will be presented at a symposium at the end of the graduating year.