Type of Degree

Undergraduate Minor

School or College

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Area of Study

Health and medicine

Program Format

On-campus, Full-time

The 18-credit Global Public Health minor is open to undergraduate students in all majors who want to examine global health through a public health and system-level lens.

Program Overview

The Global Public Health minor concentrates on developing equitable, community-oriented, and evidence-informed strategies and policies to enhance the health of populations worldwide.

For More Information

To enroll, log in to myUVM or email cnhs@uvm.edu. Email noah.barclay-derman@med.uvm.edu to learn more.

Curriculum

Minor Requirements

CORE REQUIREMENTSCREDITS (12)
HSCI 2100 - Foundations of Global Health3
HSCI 2190 - Global Public Health Practice3
HSCI 3200 - Pressing Issues in Global Health3
Applied Learning - Approved travel course or experiential learning with global population3
APPROVED ELECTIVES CREDITS (CHOOSE 6)
ANTH 1190 - Global Health Devl and Div3
ASCI 1090 - SU: One Health: an Exploration3
CDAE 1020 - World, Food, Population, Development3
GRS 1500 - Intro to Global Studies3
ANTH 2170 - D2: Culture, Health, and Healing3
ANTH 3192 - Anthropological Research in Global Health3
CDAE 2020 - Sustainable Community Dev3
ENSC 2300 - Global Environment Assessment3
NFS 5245 - Nutrition for Global Health3
GEOG 1770 - Geography/Race & Ethnicity in the US3
POLS 2560 - Int'l Environmental Governance3
POLS 3280 - Global Justice 3
SOC 2210 - Global Deviance3
GEOG 2250 - Global Environmental Change3
GRS 4500 - Topics In: GRS Senior Seminar3
HLTH 2050 - Cultural Health Care3