Global Health, Medicine, and Society Certificate

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The certificate requires a minimum of 15 hours (at least 9 credits must be taken at the 300 level or above) that are passed with a C or better for 2.5 GPA or higher.

Except in exceptional cases, courses cannot be taken pass/fail.

Students must complete a minimum of 5 different courses from two categories: core and electives. Electives must be taken in at least two different academic programs.

Core in Global Health, Medicine, and Society

Students must take one of the following two courses focused on global health for three credits.

ANTH 315 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology & Global Health Credits: 3
ANTH 383 - Plagues: The Co-Evolutionary History of Humans and Pathogens Credits: 3

Electives in the Medical Humanities and Social Science of Health

AGRON 325 - World Food Crops Credits: 3
*** AMETH 351 - African American Perspectives Credits: 3 (when taught as Topic: Sex and HIV/AIDS in the African American Community)
ANTH 315 - Introduction to Medical Anthropology & Global Health Credits: 3
ANTH 383 - Plagues: The Co-Evolutionary History of Humans and Pathogens Credits: 3
*** ANTH 388 - Topics in Physical Anthropology Credits: 3 [ANTH Biological Anthro Topics, if “Nutritional Anthropology”]
ANTH 680 - Forensic Anthropology Credits: 4
ANTH 682 - Human Growth and Development Credits: 3
ANTH 710 - Writing Cultures: Ethnographic Methods Credits: 3
BIOCH 110 - Biochemistry and Society Credits: 3
BIOL 330 - Public Health Biology Credits: 3
CLSCS 105 - Medical Terminology: Latin and Greek for Scientists Credits: 2
DMP 650 - Fundamentals of Public Health and Food Safety Credits: 3
DMP 710 - Introduction to One Health Credits: 2
ECON 688 - Health Economics Credits: 3
ENGL 392 - Literature and the Body Credits: 3
FNDH 110 - Introduction to Public Health Credits: 3 [KIN 110, DMP 110]
FNDH 115 - Introduction to Health and Nutrition Professions Credits: 2
FNDH 311 - Health Promotion and Behavior Credits: 3
FNDH 600 - Public Health Nutrition Credits: 3
FNDH 700 - Global Health and Nutrition Credits: 3
GENAG 225 - Fundamentals of Global Food Systems Leadership Credits: 3 [LEAD 225, DAS 325]
GENAG 325 - Uncertainty in Global Food Systems Leadership Credits: 3 [LEAD 325, DAS 325]
GWSS 365 - Reproductive Rights and Wrongs Credits: 3
GWSS 375 - Disability Justice and Gender Credits: 3
GWSS 435 - Race/Sex/Science Credits: 3
GEOG 460 - Human Dimensions of Global Change Credits: 3
*** GEOG 790 - Seminar in Geography Credits: 1-3 [Topics, if “Population and Health Geography”]
HDFS 301 - Interpersonal Skills for Helping Professionals Credits: 3
HIST 520 - Death and Dying in History Credits: 3
HIST 534 - Social History of Medicine Credits: 3
KIN 318 - Rural Community Health Credits: 3
KIN 418 - Social Determinants and Diversity in Public Health Credits: 3
MC 451 - Health Communication Credits: 3
MC 750 - Strategic Health Communication Credits: 3
PHILO 365 - Medical Ethics Credits: 3
PHILO 501 - Perspectives on Science Credits: 3
POLSC 643 - Global Human Rights Credits: 3
PSYCH 518 - Introduction to Health Psychology Credits: 3
SOCIO 533 - Society, Food, and Agriculture Credits: 3
SOCIO 544 - Social Gerontology: An Introduction to the Sociology of Aging Credits: 3
SOCIO 633 - Gender, Power, and Development Credits: 3
SPAN 531 - Professional Spanish: Health and Human Services Credits: 3

Notes:

*** Topics classes with a strong social scientific or humanistic take on health from any department can be considered for inclusion in a student’s certificate program on a case-by-case basis. The topics classes listed above are grandfathered in.

Kansas State University

Course Catalog

Global Health, Medicine, and Society Certificate

Core in Global Health, Medicine, and Society

Electives in the Medical Humanities and Social Science of Health

Notes:

Total credit hours required: 15