Global Public Health Minor
Minor - Global Public Health
Interdisciplinary Minor
The Global Public Health (GPH) Minor, an inter-disciplinary program, is for students of any major who want to engage with timely global issues. Public health across the world is intertwined with economics, politics, data science, environmental science, history, medicine, information technology, and many other disciplines. The GPH minor helps prepare tomorrow’s professionals to thrive while facing global challenges.
Degree Specific Credits: 21
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2022-23
Note: Students must take all core courses from The University of Montana's curriculum, but can receive content credit for relevant practicum and internships experience and for relevant courses taken at other universities if approved by the program director.
Summary
Required Courses | 6 | |
Core Electives | 9 | |
Content Electives | 6 | |
Total Hours | 21 | |
Required Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete all of the following courses: | ||
PSCI 377 | Global Health Issues | 3 |
PUBH 155 | Reimagining Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives | 3 |
Total Hours | 6 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Core Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete 9 credits from the following courses; 3 credits from each of the following sub areas: | 9 | |
Core Public Health and Community Health Perspectives: | 3 | |
CHTH 414 | Health and Culture: A Global Perspective | |
CHTH 445 | Program Planning in Community Health | |
PUBH 101 | Introduction to Public Health | |
PUBH 225 | Public Health Policy | |
PUBH 475E | Public Health Ethics | |
Core Sociocultural, Communication and Economic Perspectives: | 3 | |
ANTY 433 | Indigenous Global Health & Healing | |
COMX 425 | Communication in Health Organizations | |
COMX 483 | Communication for Social and Behavior Change | |
ECNS 310 | Intro to Health Economics | |
PSCI 431 | Politics of Global Migration | |
PSCI 463 | Development Administration | |
Core Biomedical Perspectives: | 3 | |
AHHS 430 | Health Aspects of Aging | |
BIOM 227 | Vectors and Parasites | |
BIOM 427 | General Parasitology | |
BIOM 428 | General Parasitology Lab | |
BIOM 460 | Ecology of Infectious Diseases | |
PHAR 320 | Am Ind Health Issues | |
PHL 321E | Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics | |
Total Hours | 9 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Content Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
Complete 6 credits from the following courses if not taken to complete a core elective requirement: | 6 | |
AHHS 430 | Health Aspects of Aging | |
ANTY 422 | Mind, Culture and Society | |
ANTY 433 | Indigenous Global Health & Healing | |
BIOH 112 | Human Form and Function I | |
BIOH 113 | Human Form and Function II | |
BIOH 462 | Principles Medical Physiology | |
BIOM 227 | Vectors and Parasites | |
BIOM 402 | Medical Bacteriology & Mycology | |
BIOM 427 | General Parasitology | |
BIOM 428 | General Parasitology Lab | |
BIOM 435 | Virology | |
BIOM 460 | Ecology of Infectious Diseases | |
CHTH 414 | Health and Culture | |
CHTH 445 | Program Planning in Community Health | |
COMX 204X | International and Development Communication | |
COMX 415 | Intercultural Communication | |
COMX 425 | Communication in Health Organizations | |
COMX 483 | Communication for Social and Behavior Change | |
COMX 485 | Interaction and Well-being | |
ECNS 217 | Issues in Economic Development | |
ECNS 310 | Intro to Health Economics | |
ECNS 320 | Public Finance | |
ECNS 450 | Adv. Topics in Economic Dev. | |
GPHY 121S | Human Geography | |
GPHY 468 | Community & Regional Analysis | |
GPHY 469 | Planning & Analysis Laboratory | |
HTH 430 | Health and Mind/Body/Spirit | |
NUTR 221N | Basic Human Nutrition | |
PHAR 320 | Am Ind Health Issues | |
PHL 321E | Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics | |
PSCI 324 | Climate Policies: China & U.S. | |
PSCI 348 | US Multicultural Politics | |
PSCI 431 | Politics of Global Migration | |
PSCI 448 | Health Care Policy | |
PSCI 463 | Development Administration | |
PSYX 362 | Multicultural Psychology | |
PUBH 101 | Introduction to Public Health | |
PUBH 225 | Public Health Policy | |
PUBH 475E | Public Health Ethics | |
PUBH 498 | Internship | |
S W 300 | Hum Behav & Soc Environ | |
S W 410E | Social Work Ethics | |
S W 423 | Addiction Studies | |
S W 455 | Social Gerontology | |
S W 475 | Death, Dying and Grief | |
Total Hours | 6 | |
Minimum Required Grade: C-