Global Health Minor

Global Health minors will gain knowledge of social, economic, cultural, and political contributors to the physical, natural, and sociocultural systems related to individual and population health worldwide. They will gain intellectual and practical skills to pursue solutions by employing multiple disciplinary and knowledge frameworks, recognizing the role of history, religion, philosophy, and culture in developing health access, delivery, and solutions related to individual and population health.

The global health minor consists of 22 credits of coursework.

Intro to Global Health

IDS 195 - Special Topics Credits: 1-3 with title Intro to Global Health

Biology

BIOL 103 - Introduction to Cell Biology Credits: 3
BIOL 103L - Introduction to Cell Biology Laboratory Credits: 1
OR
BIOL 105 - General Biology I Credits: 3
BIOL 107 - General Biology Laboratory I Credits: 1 or
BIOL 207

Ethics Elective (1 course)

PHIL 245 - Applied Ethics Credits: 3
REL 265 - Ethics and Christian Discipleship Credits: 3

Social Epidemiology

SOC 295 - Studies in Sociology Credits: 3 with title Social Epidemiology

Theory Elective (1 course)

COMM 295 - Topics in Communication Credits: 3 with title Health Communication
HIST 295 - Studies in European, American, or Non-Western History Credits: 1-3 with title Global History of Medicine
PSY 325 - Health Psychology Credits: 3
SOC 333 - Health, Medicine, and Society Credits: 3

Applied Elective (1 course)

ENGS 385 - Rehabilitation Engineering Credits: 3
NURS 420 - Population Health Nursing Theory Credits: 3
POL 151 - Introduction to Global Politics Credits: 3

Global Health Culmination

IDS 495 - Special Interdisciplinary Studies Credits: 3 with title Advanced Global Health Experiential Capstone