Degree Requirements
The GPH minor requires completion of 21 credits, at least 9 of which must be at the upper-division (300+) level. Students must complete one required social-science course (PSCI 377, Global Health Issues) and one required science course (BIOM 327, Vectors and Parasites: Public Health Perspectives). Students must complete a minimum of 9 credits or 3 additional Core Electives from the Core Electives list, some of which are offered biannually. Additionally, students must complete a minimum of 6 credits or 2 Content Electives from the Content Electives list.
Students must take all core electives from the University of Montana’s curriculum, but can receive content credit for relevant practicum and internships experience and for relevant courses taken at other universities if approved by the program director.
To enroll, please contact the program director. One semester prior to graduation, the program director must approve and sign the student’s graduation plan. Students are asked to complete a written exit interview for the purpose of program assessment.
Courses
Required Courses
PSCI 377: Issues in Global Public Health
BIOM 327: Vectors and Parasites: Public Health Perspectives
Core Electives
No more than 6 credits from any one discipline
AHHS 430: Health Aspects of Aging
ANTY 126: Anthropology and Global Health
ANTY 349: Social Change in Non-Western Societies
ANTY 426: Culture, Health and Healing
ANTY 433: Indigenous Health and Healing
BIOM 250: Microbiology for Health Sciences
BIOM 427/428: General Parasitology/Lab
BIOM 460: Ecology of Infectious Diseases
CHTH 355: Theory and Practice of Community Health Education
CHTH 414 Health and Culture: A Global Perspective
CHTH 440 Epidemiology
CHTH 445: Program Planning for Community Health
COMX 425: Communication in Health Organizations
COMX 480 Health Communication
COMX 483 (IDS 497) Social and Behavior Change Communication
ECNS 310: Intro to Health Economics or ECNS 491 Adv. Topics in Health Economics
GPHY 468/469: Community and Regional Analysis/Lab
HSTA 391 COVID-19 and History: Disease & Disaster (renamed HSTR 391: Plaque, People, and the Environment
IDS 497-01 Monitoring and Evaluation in Intl. Development
PHARM 320: (2cr.): American Indian Health Issues
PHARM 391: (Online) Special Topics: Intro to Public Health Genetics
PHIL 321E: Philosophy and Biomedical Ethics
PSCI 431: Politics of Global Migration
PSCI 463: Development Administration
PUBH 101: Introduction to Public Health
PUBH 155 Re-imagining Global Health: Biosocial Perspectives
PUBH 225: Public Health Policy
PUBH 475: Issues in Medical and Public Health Ethics
PUBH 491: Community Development in Rural Morocco: A Global Health Engagement Program
SOCI 355: Population and Society
SW 465: Social Work in a Global Context
THTR 385: Theater of Social Justice
Content Electives
Anthropology
ANTY 333 - Culture and Population
ANTY 402 - Quantitative Ethnographic Methods
ANTY 418 - Evolution and Genetic Variations in Human Populations
ANTY 422 - Mind, Culture and Society
ANTY 431 - Ethnographic Field Methods
ANTY 432 - Anthropology and Clinical Perspectives on Global Health
ANTY 433 - Indigenous Health and Healing
ANTY 435 - Drugs, Culture and Society
Biology
BIOB 130N - Evolution and Society
BIOH 112 - Human Form and Function I
BIOH 113 - Human Form and Function II
BIOH 462 - Principles of Medical Physiology
BIOM 402 -Medical Bacteriology and Mycology
BIOM 435 - Virology
Communication Studies
COMX 204X - International and Development Communication
COMX 415 - Intercultural Communication
COMM 485 - Communication and Health
Economics
ECNS 217X - Issues in Economic Development
ECNS 320 - Public Finance
ECNS 450 - Advanced Economic Development
Geography
GPHY 121 - Human Geography
GPHY 434 - Food and Famine
GPHY 468/469 - Community and Regional Analysis (starting Fall 2021)
Health and Human Performance
HTH 430 - Health and the Mind, Body, Spirit Relationship
Native American Studies
NASX 303 - Ecological Perspectives of Native American Traditions
NASX 304 - Native American Beliefs and Philosophy
Nutrition
NUTR 221N - Basic Human Nutrition
Political Science
PSCI 326 - Politics of Africa
PSCI 348 - Multicultural Politics in the United States
PSCI 324 - (renamed PSCI 428) Sustainable Climate Policy: China and the USA
PSCI 448 - Health Care Policy
Psychology
PSYX 362 -Multicultural Psychology
Public Health
PUBH 498 - Global Public Health Internship- 1 to 6 credits
Social Work
SW 300 - Human Behavior and the Social Environment
SW 310 - Social Welfare Policies and Services
SW 323 - Women and Social Action in the Americas
SW 324 - Gender and the Politics of Welfare
SW 410E - Social Work Ethics
SW 423 - SUDS and Recovery (Addiction Studies)
SW 455S - Social Gerontology
SW 475 - Death, Dying and Grief
Sociology
SOCI 332 - Sociology of the Family
SOCI 471 - Gender Global Development
SOCI 443 - Sociology of Poverty
Women's and Gender Studies
WGSS 263S - Social and Political Perspectives on Women, Men, and Sexuality