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U-GLHL-AB2 - Global Health (AB2)

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Global Health

Program Summary

Requirements

Free Form Requisites

  • Three Core Courses

    • Gateway: Global Health 101 (Fundamentals of Global Health)

    • Ethics: Choose from:

      • Global Health 210 (Global Health Ethics)

      • Global Health 341 (Ethics of Infectious Disease Control)

      • Global Health 373 (Global Health Service, Research, & Ethics)

      • Global Health 241 (Global Bioethics)

    • Methods: Global Health 371/Psychology 309 (Research Methods in Global Health)

  • Three Foundations Courses. One course from three of the four foundations. See globalhealth.duke.edu for eligible courses.

    • Arts and Humanities in Global Health

    • Global Health Systems and Policy

    • Natural Science in Global Health

    • Social Sciences in Global Health

  • One Statistics Course

    • A course listed/cross-listed in the Department of Statistical Science or

    • Biology 203/204, BME 244, Economics 208D, Mathematics 230, Psychology 201L, Psychology 204L/205L, Sociology 333

  • Three Elective Courses. Each major must complete three elective courses from a predetermined list. See globalhealth.duke.edu for additional information. Electives must meet the following requirements:

    • any 200-level course with a Global Health offering (either owned or cross-listed);

    • any course listed as a Foundation course (see above);

    • only one 1.0-credit independent study or Bass Connections course (Global Health 391, 392, 393, 395(T), or 396(T)) is allowed per student; and

    • a maximum of 2.0 credits of preapproved study abroad or transfer credit courses are allowed per student.

    • Courses from the above categories will be allowed to count as electives, with the constraint that courses cannot be double-counted within the major.

  • Experiential Learning. An experiential learning activity must address and/or engage a global health question, context or challenge. Students may fulfill the requirement through the DGHI Student Research Training (SRT) program, an internship, a faculty-mentored independent global health project, or a summer civic engagement or research experience such as those offered by DukeEngage, Bass Connections, Data+ or Story+. The experiential learning activity must be preceded by the Ethics core course, be approved prior to engagement, and be completed prior to the spring semester of senior year. See globalhealth.duke.edu for more details on requirements and eligible experiences.

  • Senior Seminar. Global Health 499, Global Health Capstone. Students are expected to have completed Fundamentals of Global Health, Global Health Ethics, Global Health Research Methods and experiential learning prior to enrolling in a capstone course.

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