Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
Double-counting note: Weinberg College prohibits double-counting a major course toward some other major or minor, except where this is explicitly permitted in this catalog. Weinberg College does allow double-counting a major course toward a general bachelor's degree requirement (i.e. degree requirements other than majors or minors). Other programs or schools may have their own restrictions that supersede this, so check the relevant parts of this catalog for possible limits.
Adjunct Major Requirements (11 units)
All adjunct majors require completion of a stand-alone major as well.
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Introduction to Global Health |
| Global Bioethics |
| The Social Determinants of Health |
| Biomedicine and World History |
| Global Epidemics |
| History of Reproductive Health |
| Infectious Disease Eradication |
|
| Qualitative Research Methods in Global Health |
| Community-based Participatory Research Course |
Criteria for elective courses
- 1 of the 4 electives must be an experiential learning credit. Students must complete an online form on the Global Health Studies website once they have decided on their plan to meet the experiential learning requirement
- No more than 1 of the electives may be at the 200-level.
- Courses that are pre-approved for use as electives are drawn from various academic subjects. See program website for additional options beyond the courses listed here.
- Up to 2 courses taken abroad can be counted as electives provided they are NU or NU-affiliated study abroad programs and the courses have been pre-approved for Global Health Studies elective credit. Special approval by the director of undergraduate studies is needed for study abroad courses from programs that are not NU-affiliated.
Experiential Learning Requirement
The experiential learning requirement enables students to enhance their understanding and apply what they are learning, obtain a broader view of the actions and impacts of global health practices and practitioners, and collaborate with and learn from others outside the classroom. Students may seek pre-approval for other options, but standard choices include the programs and courses listed below.
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| Special Topics in Global Health (Serbia & Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
| Field Studies in the Environment & Sustainability |
| Field Studies in Social Justice |
| Field Studies in Public Health |
| Field Studies in Civic Engagement |
| Development in the Global Context: Participation, Power, and Social Change |
| Health Systems Engineering |
| Health Technology Management |
| HealthCare Techology Innovation and Design |
| Health and Community Development in South Africa |
| Supervised Global Health Research (London program only) 4 |
| Supervised Global Health Research (London program only) 4 |
| Public Health in South Africa |
| Development Perspectives on Health in South Africa Through Community Engagement |
| Resources and Equity in South Africa |
| Health Care Systems in Europe and the United States |
| Public Health in Europe: Issues and Policies |
| International Organizations and Health: A Research Seminar |
Approved elective courses that are not part of the experiential learning requirement:
Anthropology
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| CHEM 306-0 | Environmental Chemistry |
| CHEM 316-0 | Medicinal Chemistry: the Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Action |
| CHEM 393-0 | Green Chemistry |
Communications
Economics
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| ECON 307-0 | Economics of Medical Care |
Engineering
English
Field Studies (Maximum of 2 CFS credits can be used for GHS elective credit)
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| CFS 391-0 | Field Studies in Social Justice |
| CFS 392-0 | Field Studies in Public Health |
| CFS 397-0 | Field Studies in Civic Engagement |
French
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| FRENCH 309-0 | French For Professions (Healthcare) |
Gender Studies
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| GSS 260-0 | Critical Fat Studies |
| GSS 331-0 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality |
History
Humanities
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| HUM 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| or SOCIOL 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
International Studies
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| INTL_ST 393-0 | Development in the Global Context: Participation, Power, and Social Change |
Neuroscience
Personal Development
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| PRDV 325-0 | Emotional Intelligence 101 - Managing Yourself, Maximizing Your Potential |
Philosophy
Psychology
Public Health
SESP
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| SOC_POL 333-0 | Economics of Health, Human Capital, and Happiness |
Sociology
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| SOCIOL 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| or HUM 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| SOCIOL 320-0 | Gender, Health, and Medicine |
Spanish
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| SPANISH 205-0 | Spanish for Professions: Health Care |
Statistics
Course List
| Course |
Title |
| STAT 332-0 | Statistics for Life Sciences |
Additional info
Depending on the topic, other occasional courses may also be pre-approved by the program to be used as electives including some classes listed under AMER_ST 310-0, ANTHRO 390-0, ASIAN_AM 303-0, ASIAN_AM 360-0
, COMM_ST 395-0, ENGLISH 384-0, ENVR_POL 390-0, GSS 332-0,GSS 361-0, GSS 390-0, HISTORY 300-0
,HISTORY 393-0, HUM 370-5
, MENA 390-3, NEUROSCI 390-0
, POLI_SCI 390-0 RELIGION 345-0, and RELIGION 349-0.
For more details and an up-to-date listing of courses, consult the Global Health Studies website.