The Global Health curriculum is interdisciplinary and provides students with both a common core curriculum and the opportunity to pursue depth in a related area of interest: global health policy and systems; society, culture, and human health; and the science of disease and wellness.

Students with a Global Health major will take 32 credits in core courses, including:

• Global Health 101: Introduction to Global Health (2 cr)
• Global Health 201: Case Studies in Global Health (2 cr)
• Global Health 301: Global Health Field Experience (2-4 cr)
• Global Health 401: Biosocial Approach to Global Health (2 cr)
• ANTH 110: Going Global: Preparing to Study Abroad (1 cr)
• ANTH 208: Medical Anthropology (4 cr)
• BIO 151: Principles of Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity (4 cr)
• BIO 256:  Biostatistics or SOC 350: Social Statistics or PSYC 350: Behavioral Statistics (4 cr)
• HIST 292: History of Medicine (4 cr)
• HP 255: Epidemiology and Human Disease Prevention (4 cr)
• POLS 330: Global Health Politics and Policies (4 cr)

In addition, students will take at least 16 credits from one area of concentration listed below, and at least 8 of those credits must be at or above the 200 level.

Global Health Policy and Systems

ANTH 303: Consumerism and Sustainability: An Anthropological Perspective (4 cr) ● COMS 463: Communication and Public Relations (4 cr) ● DS 120: Introduction to Data Science (4 cr) ● ECON 262: Development Economics (4 cr) ● ECON 362: International Economics (4 cr) ● ENG 130: Literary Ventures: Superpowers and Disabilities (4 cr) ● ENVS 175: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (2 cr) ● INTL 230: Introduction to International Studies (4 cr) ● POLS 132: Global Politics (4 cr) ● POLS 247: Social Policy (4 cr) ● SW 304: Social Welfare Policies, Programs, and Issues (4 cr)

Society, Culture, and Human Health

● AFRS 345: Constructs of Race and Racialization (4 cr) ● ANTH 205: Religion and Culture (4 cr) ● COMS 350: Intercultural Communication (4 cr) ● HIST 351 or HIST 485: Topics in European History: The Black Death (4 cr) ● REL 230: God, Self, and the Afterlife (4 cr) ● SOC 261: Social Conflict (4 cr) ● SOC/WGST 468: Gender, Globalization and Development (4 cr) ● SPAN 341: Spanish for Medical Professionals (4 cr) or SPAN 350: Practical and Professional Uses of Spanish (4 cr) ● SW 204: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I (4 cr) ● SW 185: Crisis Intervention and Interpersonal Violence (4 cr) ● WGST 331: Gender, Health and Medicine (4 cr)

The Science of Disease and Wellness

ANTH 102: Biological Anthropology (4 cr) ● BIO 152: Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology (4 cr each) ● BIO 190: Clinical Microbiology (4 cr) or BIO 243: Microbiology (4 cr) ● BIO 201: Genetics (4 cr) ● BIO 255: Human Physiology (4 cr) ● ENVS 175: Intro to Geographic Information Systems (2 cr) ● ENVS 250: Sustainability, Systems and Solutions (4 cr) ● HLTH 126: Human Performance Nutrition (4 cr) ● HP 273: Environmental Health Promotion (4 cr) ● PSYC 241: Psychology of Health and Illness (4 cr) ● SCI 240: Pathophysiology (4 cr)