Global Health Thematic Track
Description
The Global Health theme aims to raise appreciation and understanding of how global fitness, health, and medical issues affect the everyday lives of individuals, and how we may influence society to create a healthier world. Global Health is also an essential component of developmental aid programs. Consider the following in selection of courses within this theme:
- Explore population health and fitness in a global context to concerns of particular nations.
- Review developed versus developing countries, along with demographics, economics, epidemiology, political economy and sociology.
- Look at the rise in importance of medical assistance beyond government agencies or intergovernmental organizations.
- Reflect on how you influence and focus on the distribution of health in an international context.
- Look at ways to implement a national health plan in a developed versus a developing country.
GEP Humanities and Social Science Courses
Choose at least one of the following:
| Course | Course Title | GEP Category(ies) |
| ANT 251 | Physical Anthropology | SS |
| ANT 371* | Human Variation | SS, GK |
| EC 437* | Health Economics | SS |
| ENG 232 | Literature and Medicine | HUM |
| PRT 200 | Leisure Behavior, Health and Wellness | SS |
| SOC 342* | International Development | SS, GK |
| SOC 351* | Population and Planning | SS, GK |
GEP Natural Sciences and Mathematics Courses
Choose at least one of the following:
| Course | Course Title | GEP Category |
| BIO 212* | Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology | NS |
| FS 201 | Introduction to Food Science | NS |
| GN 301 | Genetics in Human Affairs | NS |
| MB 200 | Microbiology and World Affairs | NS |
| NTR/ANS/FS 301* | Introduction to Human Nutrition | NS |
| TOX 201 | Poisons, People and the Environment | NS |
Additional related GEP Courses
| Course | Course Title | GEP Category(ies) |
| SOC 381* | Sociology of Medicine | IP |
| STS 323 | World Population and Food Prospects | IP, GK |
| STS/PHI 325 | Bio-Medical Ethics | IP, HUM |
*Course has a pre-requisite
| GEP Category Abbreviations: |
| HUM: Course fulfills a GEP Humanities requirement SS: Course fulfills a GEP Social Sciences requirement NS: Course fulfills a GEP Natural Sciences requirement MA: Course fulfills a GEP Mathematical Sciences requirement IP: Course fulfills a GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement GK: Course also fulfills the GEP Global Knowledge co-requisite USD: Course also fulfills the GEP U.S. Diversity co-requisite |
(Revised 07.25.2014)