Global Public Health (Minor)
This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2024–Spring 2025 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.
Minor in Global Public Health
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences; School of Public Health and Information Sciences
Department: Anthropology
Academic Plan Code(s): GLPHMINOR
Program Information
A collaboration between the Department of Anthropology, the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, and the Program in Liberal Studies – the Individualized Majors Program, the minor in Global Public Health is designed to familiarize students with global public health from a liberal arts perspective. The minor includes an introduction to relevant theoretical frameworks from public health, global health, and social medicine. The program is intended to complement study in major fields across the University by students interested in health problems, professions, and policies. Housed administratively within the Program in Liberal Studies, the minor is available to students within any major; students in the Program in Liberal Studies can use the minor to anchor their interdisciplinary program.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 351 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 354 | Anthropology of Infectious Disease | 3 |
| PHEP 341 | Epidemiological Concepts and Methods for Public Health | 3 |
| PHEP 301 | Global Public Health - SBH, D2 | 3 |
| Health Studies Electives | ||
| Select three of the following (no more than 6 credit hours from a single department): | 9 | |
| Sex, Gender and Culture | ||
| Race, Culture, Identity | ||
| The Anthropology of Europe - SB | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Society - SB, D2 | ||
| Cultures of the Middle East | ||
| Cultures of Africa - D2, SB | ||
| The Anthropology of Latin America - D2, SB | ||
| Ecology, Politics and Culture | ||
| Globalizing Inequalities - WR | ||
| Anthropology of Refugees | ||
| Food and Body Politic | ||
| Food and Farm Movements in the Americas | ||
| Nutritional Anthropology | ||
| Health and Civilization | ||
| Chronic Disease Biology | ||
| Health Communication - WR, CUE | ||
| Geography and Nutrition Among African and African-American Populations | ||
| Cooperative Internship in Global Public Health (Humanities) | ||
| Cooperative Internship in Global Public Health (Social Sciences) | ||
| Cooperative Internship in Global Public Health (Natural Sciences) | ||
| Independent Study in Global Public Heath Studies (Humanities) | ||
| Independent Study in Global Public Health Studies (Social Sciences) | ||
| Independent Study in Global Public Health Studies (Natural Sciences) | ||
| Inequality and Health: The Black Experience | ||
| Medical Ethics | ||
| Current Controversies in Health Care Ethics | ||
| Health and Social Justice | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Multicultural Psychology - WR | ||
| Introduction to Health Psychology | ||
| Urban Sociology | ||
| Demography | ||
| Rural Sociology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Diversity and Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Human Sexuality | ||
| Sociology of Gender | ||
| Sociology of Families | ||
| Mental Health and Illness | ||
| Medical Sociology | ||
| Sociology of Women's Health | ||
| Sociology of Women's Health | ||
| Feminist Philosophy - D1, AH | ||
| Lectures in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Women: International Perspective | ||
| Women's Health Issues - D1, SB | ||
| Women's Health in Africa - WR | ||
| Minimum Total Hours | 21 | |
Alternative electives may be used if approved in advance by the Director or the Assistant Director of the Global Public Health program. Consult the Department of Anthropology or the School of Public Health and Information Sciences Advising Office for details.
Up to, but no more than, six credit hours from a student’s major may count towards the minor.
At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.
