Global Health, Culture, and Society Minor

The Global Health, Culture, and Society Minor leverages a critical multidisciplinary perspective to meet challenges and opportunities arising from a complex interplay of political, economic, environmental, social, historical and cultural systems.

Students will develop competencies in the following areas:

• Importance of the humanities in both expressing and experiencing human health
• Social determinants of health and health disparities
• Biological mechanisms underlying health
• Diverse methodologies in health research and implementation
• Ethical issues in health
• Environmental influences on human health
• Historical context of illness and health

Core Courses

• HLTH 207 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
• HLTH 250 Foundations of Global Health
• HLTH 350 Core Issues in Global Health