International Health (HIP)
Core Course (1 cu)
ONE of the these core courses is required.
ANTH 273 Globalization and Health
HSOC 145 Comparative Medicine
HSOC 421 Medicine and Development
PUBH 519 Introduction to Global Health
Pre-Approved Regional Courses (2 cu)
TWO courses about TWO different regions of the world (excluding the United States) are required. The following courses are pre-approved, but other courses in the history, culture and/or society of a region may be petitioned. Download petition
AFRC 075 Africa to 1800 (HIST 075)
AFRC 076 Africa since 1800 (HIST 076)
AFRC 190 Introduction to Africa (ANTH 190, HIST 190)
HIST 071 Latin America, 1791-Present (LALS 071)
HIST 081 History of the Middle East since 1800 (NELC 031)
HIST 275 Islam and Society in Africa
HIST 372 History of Foreign Aid to Africa. (AFST 372)
SAST 285 Health and Society in South Asia (HSOC 305)
SAST 385 Health Policy in South Asia (HSOC 410)
SAST 386 Cont. Issues in S. Asian Health (HSOC 411)
Pre-Approved Electives (3 cu)
The following courses are pre-approved as electives, but substitute courses may be petitioned. Download petition
ANTH 234 Pharma and Global Health
ANTH 437 Cultural Models of Health (HSOC 437)
ANTH 441 Cross-Cultural Approaches (HSOC 441)
BIOL 140 Humans and the Environment
BFMD 073 Infectious Diseases
HCMG 204 Comparative Health Systems
HIST 130 History of Globalization
HSOC 230 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
HSOC 232 Social Epidemiology
HSOC 259 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NURS 316 International Nutrition
PSCI 135 Politics of Hunger (HSOC 135)
PSCI 139 Politics of Poverty and Development (HSOC 139)
HSSC 533 Folk and Unorthodox Health Systems
SAST 282 Globalization
SOCI 111 Health of Populations (HSOC 111)
SOCI 134 Health and Social Policy
(updated 11/09)
Courses that were previously approved but are no longer on this list still count toward the major if taken before Dec. 2009.
Former Lists of Pre-Approved Courses 2007 and 2008
