Global Health Global health is at once an increasingly popular new field of study, an urgent social concern, and a powerful interdisciplinary intellectual synthesis aimed at understanding and productively intervening in processes of health, illness, and healing across the globe. The minor is designed to provide students with an in‐depth understanding of factors related to illness, health, and healing from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective that transcends national borders and regional interests, and takes cultural difference and cross‐cultural diversity fully into account. The Global Health Minor covers a wide range of topics relevant to global health including health care, health education, environmental effects on health, infectious disease, mental health, health inequalities, medical sequelae of natural disaster or political violence, indigenous healing practices, nutrition, and reproductive health. This program of study helps to prepare students for a career in research and teaching, immigrant service‐
providing organizations, government agencies, health sciences, or law. The unique research and writing opportunities offered by this minor also make it an excellent preparation for medical and graduate school. Contact Information Professor Tom Csordas Director, Global Health Minor Professor Catherina Gere Associate Director, Global Health Minor Gloria Aquino Academic Counselor Eleanor Roosevelt College http://vac.ucsd.edu 858‐534‐9864 University of California, San Diego Steering Committee Lynn Anderson, Dean of International Educa‐
tion and Director of the International Center Joseph Caperna, Clinical Prof Med, Owen Clinic Christine Ha, undergraduate representative Clark Jordan, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education, Rady School of Management Gabriele Wienhausen, Associate Dean, Biologi‐
cal Sciences Global Health Minor http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/global‐health UCSD Global Health Initiative http://globalhealth.ucsd.edu International Center http://icenter.ucsd.edu Administered by Eleanor Roosevelt College in cooperation with UC San Diego’s Global Health Initiative and The International Center http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/global‐health "My Study Abroad experience changed how I
thought about myself, my life, and my career. I
declared a double major in Ethnic Studies &
Biology after studying abroad, which led me to
a career of Public Health. I am now in Graduate
School, and have found that I want to help people internationally on a health level. My experience shaped my career choice and has opened so
many doors!"
2.) Health Related Biological Science 4.) Elective Courses All students will take at least one biological science course relevant to global health, selected from the approved list of electives for the minor. Depending on the number of credits received for the field experience, students will take three or four addi‐
tional courses, at least three of which must be upper division, from the following list. BILD 18: Human Impact on the Environment BILD 26: Human Physiology BILD 30: The Biology of Plagues: Past and Present BILD 36: AIDS, Science, and Society BIBC 120: Nutrition BIEB 176: Conservation and the Human Predicament BICD 134: Human Reproduction and Development BIMM 124: Medical Microbiology 3.) Global Health Field Experience All students will participate in a field project at a research or clinical site either in the United States or abroad. The global health field experience will enhance knowledge, skills, and sensitivities, thus engaging “mind, hand, and heart” to create a learning outcome that is scientific, pragmatic, and humanistic. Field experiences may be credit‐bearing (e.g., Global Seminar or GHFE 198/199), or not credit‐bearing. They must require at least 100 hours over a minimum of five weeks. Among the dozens of currently approved programs are: Minor Requirements 
Internship in health services, University College Dublin, Ireland To minor in Global Health you must complete a minimum of seven courses (twenty‐eight units), five of which must be upper division. All students must take two core courses, at least one course in biological science, an approved field experience, and at least three upper‐division electives. 
Placement in local hospitals and clinics by Instituto de San Joaquin de Flores, Costa Rica 
Service Learning Certificate Program in Stellenbosch, South Africa; 
Health Science Internship, La Trobe University, Australia; 
Buenos Aires Summer Community Public Health program, Argentina; All students will take two courses introducing them to the field of global health. 
Community Public Health Program, Gaborone, Botswana ANSC 148 Global Health and Cultural Diversity 
Public Health Management of Thailand, Khan Kaen University, Thailand 1.) Required Core Courses HILD 30 History of Public Health ANSC 129: Meaning and Healing ANSC 143: Mental Health as Global Health Priority ANSC 144: Immigrant and Refugee Health ANSC 149: Gender and Mental Health ANSC 164: Anthropology of Medicine: Introduction to Medical Anthropology BILD 18: Human Impact on the Environment BILD 26: Human Physiology BILD 30: The Biology of Plagues: Past and Present BILD 36: AIDS, Science, and Society BIBC 120: Nutrition BIEB 176: Conservation and the Human Predicament BICD 134: Human Reproduction and Development BIMM 124: Medical Microbiology COCU 139: Reproductive Discourse and Gender COCU 141A: Media and Technology: Global Nature, Global Culture COCU 141B: Media and Technology: Gender and Bio‐
medicine ETHN 142: Medicine, Race, and the Global Politics of Inequality POLI 127: Politics of Developing Countries POLI 140A: International Law and Organizations REV160/165 GS: Public Health and Epidemiology I & II ‐ UCSD Global Seminar STPA 181: Essentials of Global Health TWS 198: Contemporary Issues in Global Health USP 147: Case Studies in Health Care Programs/Poor and Underserved Population “When I applied to medical school, I was asked
about my experience abroad and my research
project at almost every interview. I believe they
set me apart from other applicants because I
had an understanding of a culture and language that is very much alive in California.”