The undergraduate minor in global health studies requires a minimum of 15 s.h., including 12 s.h. in courses completed at the University of Iowa. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass.
The minor in global health studies is interdisciplinary and designed for students who wish to study the complex factors influencing health and disease locally and around the world. The minor equips students to apply interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from the social sciences and humanities to local and global health issues; analyze health and disease from biomedical, sociocultural, and environmental perspectives; understand how health issues affect domestic and international communities; and recognize the ethical challenges involved in interventions designed to improve health and health equity across cultural and geographical boundaries.
The minor in global health studies requires the following coursework.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| One of these: | ||
| GHS:2000 | Introduction to Global Health Studies | 3 |
| GHS:3850 | Promoting Health Globally | 3 |
| One of these: | ||
| GHS:3720 | Contemporary Issues in Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:4003 | Case Studies in Global Health Inequities | 3 |
| 6 s.h. from these: | ||
| GHS:1200 | Disabilities and Inclusion in Writing and Film Around the World | 3 |
| GHS:2000 | Introduction to Global Health Studies (if not taken for the previous requirement) | 3 |
| GHS:2100 | Foundations of Health Humanities | 3 |
| GHS:3010 | Social Science Approaches to Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:3012 | Community-Based Global Health Research | 3 |
| GHS:3034 | Doing Harm by Doing Good: The Ethics of Studying, Volunteering, and Working in Global Communities | 1 |
| GHS:3035 | Engaging in Global Health | 1 |
| GHS:3036 | Ethics, Policy, and Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:3037 | Technology to Improve Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:3060 | Studies in Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 3 |
| GHS:3105 | Contraception Across Time and Cultures | 3 |
| GHS:3120 | Global Maternal and Child Health | 3 |
| GHS:3230 | Health Experience of Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees | 3 |
| GHS:3325 | Global Epidemics | 3 |
| GHS:3520 | Oral Histories of Health Care | 3 |
| GHS:3560 | Global Garbage and Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:3660 | Social Environmental Health Risks and Community Engagement (if not taken as a subtopic under GHS:3012) | 3 |
| GHS:3720 | Contemporary Issues in Global Health (if not taken for the previous requirement) | 3 |
| GHS:3850 | Promoting Health Globally (if not taken for the previous requirement) | 3 |
| GHS:4001 | Social Entrepreneurship and Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:4002 | Working in Global Health | 3 |
| GHS:4003 | Case Studies in Global Health Inequities (if not taken for the previous requirement) | 3 |
| One of these: | ||
| Global Health Perspectives and Practices Elective(s) if not used for another minor requirement; see BA or BS in global health studies for approved list | 3 | |
| Approved global health-themed study abroad coursework (consult global health studies advisor) | 3 | |