Table 2.
Description of core global health courses and requirements in undergraduate global health major programs
| University | Core global health courses and requirements |
|---|---|
| Allegheny College | Intro to Global Health |
| Topics and Approaches in Global Health | |
| Epidemiology | |
| Cultures and Health or Medical Anthropology | |
| Addressing Global Health Challenges | |
| Senior Seminar (year-long senior thesis) | |
| Language-specified proficiency | |
| Electives in 4 key dimensions | |
| Science and Environment | |
| Ethics and Social Responsibility | |
| Policy and Economics | |
| Cultures and Society | |
| Practicum seminar | |
| Arizona State University | Intro to Global Health |
| 1 Epidemiology or Statistics course | |
| 3 Global Health Foundation courses | |
| Medical Anthropology | |
| Disease and Human Evolution | |
| Environmental Health | |
| Poverty and Social Justice | |
| Global History of Health | |
| Health and Human Biology | |
| 1 Practicum course | |
| 3 Global Health electives (1 from Culture, Society, and Health track, 1 from Poverty and Social Justice track, and 1 from Time Depth and Health and Human Biology track) | |
| Study abroad | |
| Duke University | Fundamentals in Global Health |
| Global Health Research | |
| Global Health Ethics | |
| One course from 3 of the following 4 areas | |
| Social Determinants | |
| Health Systems and Policy | |
| Global Health Humanities | |
| Global Health Natural Sciences | |
| Statistics | |
| Global Health Capstone | |
| 3 electives focused on a theme of scholarly interest, research agenda, or career objective | |
| Georgetown University | Introduction to Biology of Global Health |
| Senior Seminar in Biology of Global Health | |
| At least 1 course in the Cell and Molecular Cluster | |
| At least 1 course in the Host and Disease Cluster | |
| At least 1 course in the Ecology and Evolution Cluster | |
| 2 semesters of General Chemistry; 1 semester of Calculus; 1 semester of Probability and Statistics; and 1 semester of Experimental Design, Biostatistics, or Epidemiology | |
| 2 courses among International Health; Science, Technology, and International Affairs; Bioethics; Economics; Business and Marketing; Government; History; etc. | |
| Mercer University | Introduction to Global Health |
| 3 Global Health Core Classes | |
| Epidemiology | |
| Global Health Policy | |
| Environmental Health | |
| 9 credits of electives | |
| Global Health Challenges | |
| Maternal and Child Health | |
| Medical Geography | |
| International Public Health Interventions | |
| Health in Africa | |
| Medical Anthropology | |
| Health and Gender | |
| Special Topics | |
| Study abroad experience | |
| Senior Capstone Project | |
| New York University | Biostatistics |
| Epidemiology | |
| Health Policy | |
| Environmental Health | |
| Sociobehavioral Health | |
| Complete a Global Public Health Internship | |
| Complete additional requirements in co-major degree | |
| University of California–San Diego | History of Public Health |
| Global Health and Cultural Diversity | |
| Essentials of Global Health | |
| Project Management in the Health Services | |
| 1 Policy Analysis course | |
| 1 of the following Sociology courses | |
| Science, Technology, and Society | |
| Sociology of Health-Care Issues | |
| General Sociology for Premed Students | |
| Statistics | |
| Capstone: senior thesis preparation | |
| Require 8 electives among biological science courses and medical social science courses | |
| University of Southern California | Introduction to Global Health |
| Case Studies in Global Health | |
| Globalization: Issues and Controversies | |
| General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology or Advanced General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | |
| General Chemistry or Advanced General Chemistry | |
| Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease | |
| Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Calculus I | |
| Health Behavior Statistical Methods | |
| Health Behavior Research Methods | |
| Directed Research (with an international focus) | |
| At least eight elective units from Health Promotion or International Relations |