PART OF THE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS FLIGHT PATH
Minor: Global Health
(GH)
Global Health at UO is the interdisciplinary study of population and public health from an international perspective. Our approach to Global Health is holistic and critical, centering the social determinants of health and health disparities, inequalities in access to health and medical care, historical processes shaping contemporary global health, institutional actors in Global Health, health policy and health organizations, and cultural influences on health and illness experiences. Students are exposed to research and practice in Global Health through interdisciplinary coursework in the social and natural sciences and humanities and an international field practicum.TOP FIVE
REASONS TO STUDY Global Health
- Learn about pressing global public health problems and possible solutions.
- Engage in self-designed, interdisciplinary study focused on your interests.
- Become a more thoughtful and engaged global citizen.
- Gain practical experience through a required global/local health practicum.
- Lay a foundation for further study in a variety of health-related fields.
COURSES YOU MAY NEED
- INTL 340
- DEPT 4xx (internship/field experience)
- Social sciences/humanities
- Natural sciences
MINOR CREDITS
Required 4 credits
Electives 20 credits
Total 24 credits
WHERE CAN I GO?
- Health clinics and non-profit health providers
- Health policy work
- Health research
- International development organizations and NGOs
- Medicine and clinical fields
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
- Understanding health inequalities in the US and globally
- Ethics in global health
- Critical and analytical thinking
- Social science methods
- Health policy assessment
MAJORS COMMONLY
COMBINED WITH:
- Human Physiology
- Biology
- Psychology
- Sociology