The addition of several captioned photographs is greatly welcomed. A minor in Global Health Studies provides students with the background and intellectual problem solving skills to approach further education or employment in a number of related fields. It introduces global health issues to undergraduates seeking careers or graduate programs in the international health sector, including access to the new MPH courses in the College of Public Health. It offers an alternative to the traditional pre-professional courses. As with the Certificate, the minor program allows for study in social, political, cultural and economic settings different from our own.
Students learn to appreciate the diversity that marks today s world system.
The health of the population of North America is inextricably linked to the fate of health in other countries through ties of economic and political interdependence. The minor in Global Health Studies requires 15 semester hours in designated Global Health courses. Students are encouraged to take the seven credits of the core courses required for the certificate plus an additional eight credits of their choosing. Advancing the Human Right to Health. In April 1994 a campus wide conference on refugee health marked the first expanded conference on a global health topic and involved 65 students and faculty.