Pre-Med Track

The B.S. in Global Health Studies offers a pre-medical (pre-med) track for those students who are also completing the requirements established by the Office of Pre-Health Advising and Mentoring.

Students should consult with the Office of Pre-Health Advising and Mentoring, as well as the Director of Global Health Studies, when selecting courses for this major. The B.S. program incorporates coursework in both the humanities and the social sciences, as well as the rigorous STEM requirements of a pre-medical program.

Please note: Courses may not be double-counted. For example, a course that you take to satisfy the Methods requirement may not also count towards your Elective count.

Undergraduate students looking to complete a senior thesis instead of an internship should register for GHS 499 Senior Thesis (3 credits) with the approval of the GHS Director. Click here to download the syllabus for GHS 499. Also, please download the Independent Study timeline to ensure you are following the appropriate processes. Because the GHS program is an interdisciplinary program, students should seek faculty senior thesis advisors/mentors based on their GHS track (humanities, social science, or policy).

Undergraduate students looking to complete an internship should register for GHS 590 Global Health Internship (1-6 credits).

Important Information:

• One credit of internship is equivalent to 50 hours of work on the internship site.  All students must keep a log of their hours.
• Undergraduate students must complete the GHS 590 Internship Agreement. Click here to download the syllabus for GHS 590.
• Graduate students must complete the Internship Contract prior to enrolling in GHS 890.  Upon completion of the internship, all graduate students must submit their Internship Completion Certificate to the Assistant Dean.

We encourage students to visit Handshake latest info on internship offerings.  Also, GHS students can look for internships by searching the following websites:

• Internship Websites

  • Group Care Global 
  • Open Source Wellness 
  • Ignite Fellowship (Teach for America) 
  • Marijuana Policy Project 
  • Stand Together Fellowship Koch Internship Program 
  • IDEA Exchange 
  • Action for Mother and Children Health
  • Stella's Child 
  • CDR Maguire 
  • American Public Health Association 
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
  • Clinton Foundation 
  • GBC Health 
  • The Global Fund 
  • Global Health Corp 
  • Uganda Village Project 
  • World Health Organization (WHO) 
  • Mercy Corp

• Required Core Course

  GHS 201 - Introduction to Global Health

• Methods Course (Choose 1)

  GHS 310 - Hospital Ethnography

  PSY 292 - Introduction to Biobehavioral Statistics for Non-Majors

  GEG 306 - Geographic Research Methods

  SOC 210 - Introduction to Social Research

• Policy Course (Choose 1)

  INS 201 - Globalization and Change in World Politics

  INS 572 - Global Health Policy and Ethics

  SOC 321 - Applied Health Policy

  Speak with the program director when selecting a policy course. 

• Humanities Courses (at least 3 credits)

  CLA 233 - Ancient Medicine

  PHI 334 - Biomedical Ethics

  REL 161 - Religions and Medicine: Health Care as a Spiritual Practice

  REL 360 - Religion and Bioethics 

• Social Sciences Courses (at least 3 credits)

  APY 413 - Medical Anthropology

  GEG 241 - Health and Medical Geography

  SOC 384 - Medical Sociology

  GHS 312 - People, Plagues, and Pandemics

• *Pre-Med Requirements

  Students must satisfy the requirements of the Office of Pre-Health Advising and Medicine.

• Elective Courses (9-12 credits)

  APY 105 - HIV: Sex, Science, and Society

  APY 202 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology 

  APY 205 - Medicine, Healthcare, and Society

  APY 230 - The Sounds of the World's Languages

  APY 307 - Human Adaptation

  APY 315 - Folk and Alternative Medicine

  APY 320 - The Evolution of Language 

  APY 385 - Caribbean Cultures

  APY 393 - Drugs and Culture

  APY 397 - Violence and Ritual

  APY 413 - Medical Anthropology*

  APY 414 - Human Osteology 

  APY 416 - Bioarchaeology: People the Past 

  APY 421 - Interpreting Bodies

  APY 501 - Methods of Anthropological Research 

  APY 512 - Advanced Medical Anthropology

  CLA 211 - Medical Terminology 

  CLA 222 - Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World

  CLA 225 - Magic and the Occult in Antiquity

  CLA 231 - Sciences in Ancient Greek and Rome

  CLA 233 - Ancient Medicines*

  ECO 386 - Health Economics

  ENG 240 - Literature and Medicine

  GEG 105 - World Regional Geography

  GEG 110 - Introduction to Human Geography 

  GEG 241 - Health and Medical Geography*

  GEG 331 - Sustainable Development 

  GEG 336 - Hazards and Disasters: The Nature-Society Interface

  GEG 337 - Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Society 

  GEG 338 - Landscape Character, Dynamics, Evolution; Influence on Societal Habitation and Risks 

  GEG 341 - Population, Health, and the Environment

  GEG 343 - Population, Sustainability, and the Media

  GEG 345 - Drinking Water: Past, Present, and Future

  GEG 346 - Immigrant and Refugee Health

  GEG 348 - Climate Change and Public Health

  GEG 355 - Sustainable Food Systems

  GEG 412 - GIS for Health and Environment

  GEG 432 - Climate Change and Security 

  GHS 301 - Sociocultural Foundations of Global Health 

  GHS 310 - Hospital Ethnography 

  GHS 312 - People, Plagues, and Pandemics 

  GHS 330 - Topics in Global Health Studies: Humanities 

  GHS 331 - Topics in Global Health Studies: Social Sciences 

  GHS 430 - Advanced Seminar in Global Health Studies: Humanities 

  GHS 431 - Advanced Seminar in Global Health Studies: Social Sciences

  GHS 440 - Global Health Response to Disasters: From Management to Recovery and Reconstruction 

  GHS 570 - Globalization and Health 

  GHS 571 - Global Health and International Development 

  GHS 572 - Global Health Policy and Ethics 

  GSS 201 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies

  GSS 315 - Gender, Race, and Class

  GSS 335 - LGBTQ Communities

  GSS 347 - Issues in Reproductive Medicine

  GSS 348 - Mental Illness, Gender, and Psychiatry

  GSS 361 - Gender and Language 

  GSS 405 - Gender and Sexuality in Cultural Context 

  HIS 223 - Medicine and Society: From the Ancient World to the 21st Century

  HIS 330 - Scientific Revolution

  HIS 351 - Science and Society

  INS 101 - Global Perspectives

  INS 103 - World in Crisis 

  INS 201 - Globalization and Change in World Politics 

  INS 359 - Culture, Civilizations and Religion in International Relations 

  INS 509 - International Migration and the Health Care Systems

  INS 570 - Globalization and Health

  LAS 301 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies 

  LAS 302 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Travel Course

  LAS 362 - Drug Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean 

  MLL 322 - Topics in Comparative Cultural Studies 

  MLL 330 - Comparative Topics in Gender and Sexuality

  MLL 340 - Migration Studies 

  MLL 360 - The Caribbean through Literary and Cultural Studies 

  MLL 370 - Studies in Literature, Culture, and Science 

  PHI 106 - Introduction to Philosophy and Health Sciences

  PHI 238 - Environmental Ethics 

  PHI 241 - History and Philosophy of Science 

  PHI 334 - Biomedical Ethics*

  PHI 546 - Evidence and Knowledge in Medicine

  POL 303 - Refugees and Migrants

  POL 341 - Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Political Conflict 

  POL 344 - Gender and Politics 

  POL 359 - International Organizations 

  POL 362 - Social Movements

  POL 569 - LGBTI Politics

  POL 571 - Sex, Babies, and the State 

  PSY 411 - Relationships and Health

  REL 161 - Religion and Medicine*

  REL 345 - Religion and Gender

  REL 351 - Religious Issues in Death and Dying

  REL 352 - Religion and Science

  REL 360 - Religion and Bioethics

  REL 364 - Spiritual Healing in the Americas from Controversy to Cure

  SOC 320 - Social Epidemiology: Illness and Death in Society

  SOC 345 - Population and Society 

  SOC 368 - Violence in America

  SOC 375 - Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

  SOC 377 - Sociology of Drug Abuse

  SOC 381 - Aging in Society

  SOC 384 - Medical Sociology*

  SOC 480 - Health Disparities in the U.S.

  SPA 433 - Medical, Cultural and Bioethical Debates in Spanish 

   

• Capstone Options (3 credits)

  The capstone experience must focus on issues/experiences related to global or planetary health. Students will be able to choose between the following capstone experiences. 

  • Senior Thesis
  • Internship