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: 3
• 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.

Total credit hours required: 15