This degree prepares you to begin a career in global health; to apply to advanced degree programs in public health and related fields; or to prepare for global/international professions.
Our program and courses prepare you with a broad, contemporary foundation of knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant to global health. This includes attention to public health across low, middle, and high income countries as well as the social, economic, political, and organizational conditions that comprise the environmental backdrop for health and well-being.
We place particular emphasis on the most urgent and important global health challenges of our time, including climate change, environmental injustices, infectious diseases, socioeconomic inequalities and associated health disparities, increased nationalism, systemic racism, and more, many of which are due to successes in science and technology that have accelerated globalization and demographic shifts.
The following degree requirements are required of all students majoring in Global Health that are admitted to the Fairbanks School of Public Health (FSPH). Students who are returning to FSPH and have not enrolled in classes for two major (fall or spring) semesters will be required to follow the current degree requirements.
Some courses in the major are not offered each semester. You should contact the FSPH office of student services (317-278-0753) for advising information, course rotation, and to ensure that you will meet graduation requirements.
Students enrolled in this major are eligible for special scholarship and internship opportunities. For more information, contact your academic advisor in the Department of Global Health.
Take 15 courses for a total of 51 credits
Core Communication Take 3 courses for a total of 9 credits
ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry (3 credits)
PBHL-E 330 Evidence-based Writing in Public Health (3 credits)
COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credits)
Cultural Understanding Take 4 courses for a total of 12 credits
PBHL-A 120 Culture, Health and Happiness (3 credits)
Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences 3 Courses; 9 Credit hours from approved arts and humanities list and approved social sciences list. Students must complete 3 credit hours in A&H, 3 credit hours in SS, and 3 additional credit hours from either area.
Life and Physical Sciences Take 5 courses for a total of 21 credits
Biology:
BIOL-K 101 Concepts of Biology I (5 credits)
BIOL-K 103 Concepts of Biology II (5 credits)
Physics:
PHYS-P 21800 General Physics I (P: Math 15900 or equivalent)(4 credits)
PHYS-P 21900 General Physics II (4 credits)
Chemistry:
CHEM-C 101 Elementary Chemistry I (3 credits)
Analytical Reasoning Take 3 courses for a total of 9 credit hours
Mathematics: (MATH 00100, 11000, 11100 and equivalent courses do not count toward graduation)
MATH-M 15300 Algrbra
MATH-M 15400 Trigonometry and Geometry
PBHL-B 300 Introduction to Biostatistics (P: M118 or higher)
19 courses for a total of 57 credits
Global Health General Education Take 3 courses for a total of 9 credit hours
PBHL-A 115 What’s in your Back Yard? Environment and Health (3 credits)
PBHL-A 140 Preparing for Disasters (3 credits)
PBHL-A 215 Storytelling with Data (3 credits)
Foundations Take 15 courses for a total of 45 credit hours
Public Health Fundamentals Take 5 courses for a total of 15 credit hours
PBHL-A 316 Environmental Health Science (3 credits)
PBHL-E 322 Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)
PBHL-H 120 Health Care Delivery in the US (3 credits)
PBHL-S 250 Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL-S 305 Careers in Public Health (3 credits)
Global Health Core Take 10 courses for a total of 30 credit hours
PBHL-A 320 Prevention Strategies to Improve Population Health (3 credits)
PBHL-A 441 Public Health Applications of Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
PBHL-A 435 Energy, Climate Change, Resilience, and Health (3 credits)
PBHL-A 445 Global Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (3 credits)
PBHL-A 415 Explosions, Collapses, and Toxic Spills: Prevention and Response (3 credits)
PBHL-A 450 Food and Water: Safety, Scarcity, Security (3 credits)
PBHL-A 428 Public Health Sanitation (3 credits)
PBHL-A 420 Armed Conflict, Natural Disasters, and Health (3 credits)
PBHL-P 45X Public Health Study Abroad Programming* (3 credits)
SPEA-V 310 Environmental Justice (3 credits)
Experience Take 1 course for a total of 3 credit hours
PBHL A380 Global Health Internship (3 credits)
Four courses for a total of 12 credits
Additional courses beyond the IUPUI Common Core and major requirements to total 120 credit hours.
The courses listed below are suggested electives. Please consult with academic advisor to discuss additional options.
PBHL-A 404 At War with the Virus: Coping with COVID-19 (3 credits)
PBHL-H 330 Global Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL-S 337 Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (3 credits)
PBHL-H 420 Health Policy (3 credits)
one approved course on foreign language (3 credits)
The courses listed below are suggested for public health study abroad programming.
PBHL-P 450 UK: Health Systems Around the World (3 credits)
PBHL-P 451 Sweden: Health Systems Around the World (3 credits)
PBHL-P 453 Geneva, Switzerland: Health Systems Around the World – Global Health Leadership for Health Systems Strengthening (3 credits)
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