Global Health electives

Students must complete at least 10 credits from an approved list of electives (shown below). At least 5 credits from two of the following three categories must be completed:

  1. Core topics in global health
  2. Populations, regions, & issues
  3. Skills & applications

Core topics in Global Health

  • B HLTH 199 Understanding Global Health Through Film
  • B HLTH 216 Culture/Ethnicity & Religions Influence on Food Choices
  • B HLTH 222 Latina/o Health & Culture: Issues, Beliefs, Practices, and Local Perspectives
  • B HLTH 223 Feminist Approaches to Women’s Health
  • B HLTH 224 Disease, Human History, Society, & Civilization
  • B HLTH 226 Race, Socioeconomic Status, & Health
  • B HLTH 227 Migration &Population Health: A Global Representation in Films & Arts
  • B HLTH 400 Study Abroad: Health Studies (max. of 5 credits can be used towards the minor)
  • B HLTH 402 Microbiology, Human Disease, & Global Health
  • B HLTH 420 Women’s Global Health & Human Rights
  • B HLTH 425 Health in a Developing Nation: Study Abroad (max. of 5 credits can be used towards the minor)
  • B HLTH 429 Global & Local Health Inequalities & Interventions
  • B HLTH 430 Health Policies & Politics in a Global Context
  • B HLTH 444 Disaster Preparation: Promoting Community Resiliency
  • BHS 201 Introduction to Public Health
  • BHS 302 Social Dimensions of Health
  • BIS 282 Globalization
  • BIS 310 Women, Culture, & Development
  • BIS 255/BEDUC 255 Critical Diversity Studies
  • BIS 380 Bioethics
  • BIS 384 Health, Medicine, & Society
  • BIS 420 Colonizing History in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • BISGWS 301 Critical Gender & Sexuality Studies
  • BIS 221 Gender & Sexuality

UW-Seattle courses:

  • ANTH 215 Introduction to Medical Anthropology & Global Health
  • ANTH 472 Case Studies in Medical Anthropology & Global Health
  • GH 210 Confronting Global Diseases: Introductory Biologic Principles & Context
  • GH/LAW 305 Global Health & Justice
  • GH 306 Introduction to Collaborative Approaches & Respectful Partnerships in Global Health
  • GH 307 Introduction to Implementation Science for Global Health
  • GH 345 Global Health Economics
  • GH 399 Global Health Study Abroad (max. of 5 credits can be used towards the minor)
  • GH 401 Core Topics in Global Health
  • GH 402/502 Contemporary Issues in Global Health
  • GH 403/503 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health
  • GH 410 Advanced Biologic Principles of Global Diseases
  • GH 446/546 Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health
  • GH 456/556 Global Mental Health
  • GH 458/558 Global Violence & Health
  • GH/ENV H 220 Global Environmental Change & Public Health
  • GH/HSERV 482 The Health of Populations
  • HSTCMP 247 Before Global Health: The Histories of Public Health in the Global South
  • NUTR 420 Global Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities

Populations, regions and issues

  • B BIO 233 Cancer: Biology, Risk, & Treatment
  • B BIO 310 Brain & Behavior
  • B EDUC 230 Culture, Knowledge, & Education
  • B EDUC 475 Global Perspectives on Diversity & Citizenship Education
  • B HLTH 200 Lifespan Development
  • B HLTH 217 Nutrition & the Older Adult
  • B HLTH 218 Nutritional Science
  • B HLTH 219 Lifespan Nutrition
  • B HLTH 220 Community Nutrition
  • B HLTH 320 Human Health & the Environment
  • B HLTH 410 Genetics & Public Health
  • B HLTH 411 Environments & Health
  • B HLTH 421 Food & Culture
  • B HLTH 422 Walking in Beauty: Native Art & Healing
  • B HLTH 424 Root Issues in American Indian Health
  • B HLTH 426 Exploring the Humanities in Healthcare
  • B HLTH 427 Women, Culture, & Healing
  • B HLTH 428 Adolescent Health
  • B HLTH 431 Representations of Health Policy & Ethics in Film
  • B HLTH 440 Health of Military Veterans
  • B HLTH 442 Family Caregiving Across the Life Span
  • B HLTH 460 Women, Rhetoric, & Healing
  • BIS 242 Environmental Geography
  • BIS 265 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
  • BIS 307 Environmental Justice
  • BIS 335 Human Rights in America
  • BIS/BISPSY 337 Risk and Resilience
  • BIS 339 Issues in Global Cultural Studies
  • BIS 348 Cultural Psychology
  • BIS 353 Human Rights in Theory and Practice
  • BIS 368 Women’s Lives in Context
  • BIS 372 Representation, Colonialism, & the Tropical World
  • BIS 415 Public Policy & Law
  • BIS 441 Global Labor Markets
  • BIS 448 Social Policy
  • BIS 459 Conservation & Sustainable Development
  • BIS 468 Human Rights & Sustainable Development
  • BISAMS 367 Exploring American Culture: Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration
  • BISGST 324 International Political Economy
  • BISLEP 301 Law, Economics, & Public Policy
  • BISSEB 359 Ethics and Society
  • BISSEB 304 Institutions and Social Change
  • BISSTS 307 Science, Technology, and Society

UW-Seattle courses:

  • ANTH 324 Current Issues in Medical Anthropology & Global Health
  • ANTH 409 Queer Health
  • ANTH 483 Africa Living with HIV/AIDS
  • GH/ENV H 418/518 Understanding & Managing the Health Risks of Climate Change
  • GH 419/HSERV 415 War & Health
  • GH 490/HONORS 391 HIV & AIDS: Issues & Challenges
  • GH 490/590 Bioengineering Solutions to Improve Health of Women, Adolescents & Children

Skills and applications

  • B BUS 330 Information Management and Analysis
  • B BUS 402 Managing Work Teams
  • B HLTH 196 Preparing to Work in Partnerships with Communities
  • B HLTH 215 Statistics for Health Sciences
  • B HLTH 228 Infectious Disease Detectives: The Pathogens Inside
  • B HLTH 400 Study Abroad: Health Studies (max. of 5 credits can be used towards the minor)
  • B HLTH 425 Health in a Developing Nation: Study Abroad
  • B HLTH 435 Foundations and Principles of Health Education & Communication
  • B HLTH 436 Introduction to Management & Leadership for Health Professionals
  • B HLTH 437 Program Planning & Strategies for Health Promotion
  • B HLTH 438 Program Evaluation for Health Education & Promotion
  • B HLTH 439 Health Policy and Advocacy
  • B HLTH 441 Community Engagement in Health Interventions & Research
  • B HLTH 443 Assessment of Older Adults
  • BHS 300 Principles of Health Research
  • BHS 403 Introduction to Epidemiology
  • BIS 232 Data Visualization
  • BIS 294 The Arts of Collaboration: Working in Teams
  • BIS 342 Geographic Information Systems
  • BIS 352 Mapping Communities
  • BIS 438 Prevention & Promotion
  • BIS 483 Community Organizing
  • BISLEP 302 Policy Analysis
  • BISSKL 302 Team Building

Additionally, students may take up to 5 credits of world language courses (100-400 level). These credits will fall under the “skills and applications” elective category.


Updated June 2023