Global Public Health BS program
BS in Global Public Health (68 credits required): This track is ideal for students interested in scientific approaches to improving
health at the population level, and affords students more flexibility than the Future
Healthcare Providers track. In addition to the core GPH courses, BS students will
select from a broad array of relevant course work across the life sciences, social
sciences and humanities.
*Students in the Global Public Health BS track may double major in any subject.
| Required Courses |
Credits |
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8 credits from the Program Core Course List:
- ANTH 206 Community Public Health I
- ANTH 306 Community Public Health II
- ANTH 249 Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- GPH 303 Environmental Health
- AFST 450 Global Health
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8 |
| GPH 301 Global Public Health I |
4 |
| GPH 302 Global Public Health II |
4 |
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20 credits of General Public Health Courses*, such as:
- ENVI 101 Humans and Ecological Environment
- ENVI 201 Humans and Physical Environment
- HIST 230 History of Modern Medicine
- ANTH 243 Medical Anthropology: Human Biology and Health
- ANTH 244 Plagues, Culture, and History
- AFST 345 Race, Philosophy and Law
- AFST 360 Refugee and Immigrant Health
- PHIL 480G Global Health Impact
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20 |
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28 Credits (12 from the 300-level or higher) from BS Public Health Electives list,
such as:
- BIOL 113 Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 114 Intro to Organismal and Population Biology
- ANTH 248 Evolutionary Medicine
- ENVI 260 Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis
- BIOL 304 Pre-health Biochemistry
- BIOL 314 General Microbiology
- BIOL 319 Pre-health Microbiology
- ANTH 333 Human Genetics
- SOC 353 The Sociology of Reproduction
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28 |
| GPH 401 Global Public Health Research Capstone I |
2 |
| GPH 402 Global Public Health Research Capstone II |
2 |
| Total Credits |
68 |
Sample list of courses
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AFST 101 - Intro to Africana Studies
A broad survey of some of the major themes in African, African American and other
African diasporic experiences over a period of several hundred years. It centers on
systems, movements and ideas that have transcended national, continental and oceanic
boundaries - including slavery and emancipation, politics and religion, culture and
identity, colonialism and nationalism. Overall, the course is an introduction to the
making of the modern world, from the standpoint of black experiences globally. This
course is offered in the fall. 4 credits
Levels: Undergraduate
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AFST 212 - African Intellectual Traditns
Introduction to key ideas in African intellectual and philosophical traditions,
centered on conceptions of person, society, community, knowledge, art, gender relations
and spirituality. Readings will vary from year to year at the discretion of instructor
and are determined in advance. This course is offered in the fall. 4 credits
Levels: Undergraduate
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ANTH 166 - Intro to Sociocultural Anth
Surveys anthropological approaches to culture and society. Explores the different
theories anthropologists use to understand how peoples' lives are shaped through
social relations that vary historically, geographically, and cross-culturally. Key
topics covered include political economy, history, colonialism, kinship, gender, expressive
culture, material culture, politics, economics, and globalization. Emphasis on ethnographic
case studies that clarify anthropology's distinctive methodology of participant
observation and long-term fieldwork. Sociocultural anthro foundations course. 4 credits.
Offered every semester.
Levels: Undergraduate
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ANTH 168 - Intro To Biological Anthro
Basic concepts and principles of organic evolution of humans. Living primate biology,
behavior and history. Human origins and evolution as reconstructed from the fossil
record and from genetic comparisons. Human population variation and continuing adaptation.
Lab sections teach skills for making inferences about evolution, health, demography,
and adaptation utilizing measurements and analyses of genetic, skeletal, and anthropometric
data. Biological anthro foundations course. 4 credits. Offered every Spring semester
Levels: Undergraduate
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HIST 230 - History of Modern Medicine
This course helps students appreciate how medical knowledge and practices are implicated
in and influenced by social, political and economic forces, as well as how the concepts
of health and disease, the relationships among hospitals, professions and patients,
the character of therapeutics and the role of science, technology and industry have
changed over time. The course focuses on medicine in the West since the early modern
period and in America since the 18th Century. It also includes materials on pre-modern
and non-Western medicines.
Levels: Undergraduate
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GEOG 103 - Multi-Cultl Geographies Of US
Overview of historical and contemporary patterns of multicultural geography within
the U.S. Provides students an understanding of the evolution of several American subcultures
(White European, Latino, Asian and Black) through the prism of geography, both in
broad context and in separate analyses of socio-economic well-being, housing and healthcare
differences over time and between racial/ethnic groups. The student is constantly
reminded of the question: How do race/ethnicity, the political economy and degree
of opportunity affect where and how well people live? Students learn to better understand
patterns of the past and of today from a geographic perspective. For majors and non-majors.
Not open to seniors. 4 credits.
Levels: Undergraduate
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PHIL 148 - Medical Ethics
This introductory course on medical ethics surveys issues at the intersection of
normative
ethics and medicine. We spend a significant time addressing issues such as (assisted)
reproduction, abortion, enhancement (through drugs or genetically), problems connected
to
medical experimentation, as well as broader questions such as the just distribution
of
healthcare resources and global health. We also address topics such as confidentiality
and truth-telling, informed consent and patient autonomy. This course deals primarily
with the normative issues at stake. It does not aim to provide immediately practical
advice for healthcare practitioners. 4 credits.
Levels: Undergraduate
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PSYC 111 - General Psychology
The study of behavior-an overview of fundamental concepts, methods and results
from major areas of psychological inquiry. Includes quantitative methods in the study
of psychological phenomena; physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception,
motivation and emotion; learning; cognitive/symbolic processes; personality and social
behavior. Exposure to methods used in psychological research is accomplished by participating
in studies conducted by department faculty (or equivalent assignment). Students must
earn a grade of C or higher for this course to apply to the major. PSYC 112 must be taken in addition to PSYC 111, both on a letter-grade basis,
to satisfy the General Education Laboratory Science requirement. PSYC 111 and PSYC
112 do NOT need to be taken during the same semester. Offered both fall and spring
semesters as well as often during the summer, 4 credits.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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WGSS 200 - Intro to WomenGender&Sexuality
An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of women, gender, and sexuality
studies that examines a variety of feminist and queer theoretical approaches to understanding
gendered and sexual lives in historical contexts. The course will provide an understanding
of how identities interact with other social phenomena such as, politics popular culture,
and scientific research. In doing so the course will highlight the complexities and
variabilities of gender and sexualities in relation to race, class, ethnicity and
nation. 4 credits.
Levels: Undergraduate
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