Global Health electives

Students pursuing the Global Health minor must complete a minimum of 10 credits from the following list of approved electives. Of those, a minimum of 5 credits need to be from 2 of the 3 categories listed. Students may take up to 5 credits of a world language course see the Skills and Applications category.

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 Course Options

NTH 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

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

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