Curriculum Requirements
There are three tracks in the GHS program. Each track requires 36 graduate credits:
- Global Health General
- Policy, Governance and Advocacy
- Community-Based Participatory Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (CBPR)
Global Health General Track – The Global Health General track provides training in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. It also allows students the ability to design their own program of elective courses according their needs. This track is designed for professionals who are already in the health field, who those who desire to enter the health professions, but require substantial social science and epidemiological knowledge and methodologies to complete their education. These students may have strong interest in (or are already working in) developing countries or underserved areas. Substitute courses may be permitted for some coursework that includes tailored research and independent study courses with faculty approval.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Global Health General Track | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| EPH 601 | Medical Biostatistics I | 4 |
| APY 611 | Methods of Anthropological Research | 3 |
| or SOC 613 | Qualitative Research Methods | |
| APY 612 | Advanced Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| EPH 621 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| EPH 612 | Global Health 1 | 3 |
| INS 639 | Globalization and Health | 3 |
| Electives 2 | 11-12 | |
| Capstone or Thesis (Choose one) 3 | ||
| EPH 680 & EPH 682 | Practical Field Experience and Generalist Capstone Project | 5 |
| APY 805 & APY 810 | Graduate Internship: Professional Practice of Anthropology and Master's Degree Thesis Preparation and Writing | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
| 1 | EPH 612 is only offered as a winter intersession course, requiring students to attend class from 9am-5pm for one full week. |
| 2 | Depending on the student's choice of Capstone (5 credits) or Thesis (6 credits), the student may be advised to take either 11 or 12 credits of electives, so that their plan of study totals 36 credits. |
| 3 | Students may choose either a Capstone or a Thesis to complete their degree. The 5-credit Capstone is offered through the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Miller School of Medicine and requires 150 hours of fieldwork and a final project. The 6-credit Thesis is offered through the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts & Sciences and includes an internship, usually completed over the summer, as well as a successfully defended thesis. |
Policy, Governance and Advocacy Track – This track provides graduate students a comprehensive framework of global health that underscores the sociopolitical, economic, and geographic factors that, in addition to biomedical factors, impact health conditions of various countries and populations throughout the world. It focuses on the global health policies and governance models that are aimed at addressing these challenges. This concentration prepares interested graduate students to understand and critically evaluate global policy frameworks. Students in this track will analyze key issues and controversies in global health policy and delivery (e.g. priority setting, design of health systems, primary health care, equity considerations). Substitute courses may be permitted for some coursework that includes tailored research and independent study courses with faculty approval.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Policy, Governance, and Advocacy Track | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| APY 612 | Advanced Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| POL 646 | Public Policy Process and Implementation | 3 |
| or INS 672 | Global Health Policy and Ethics | |
| EPH 612 | Global Health 1 | 3 |
| EPH 614 | Global Outbreak | 3 |
| IGS 647 | Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance | 3 |
| or INS 645 | Disasters, Terrorism and Global Public Health | |
| EPH 616 | Global Health and Global Justice | 3 |
| Electives | 12 | |
| APY 805 & APY 810 | Graduate Internship: Professional Practice of Anthropology and Master's Degree Thesis Preparation and Writing | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
| 1 | EPH 612 is only offered as a winter intersession course, requiring students to attend class from 9am-5pm for one full week. |
Community-Based Participatory Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (CBPR) Track - This track will provide graduate students skills to build partnership and active participation to address critical health issues in communities throughout the world. It provides unique social science skills to integrate community members, local stakeholders, elected officials, and researchers in the design, implementation, interpretation of community-based participatory studies as well as uses of research and evaluation results to develop integrated policies to improve the wellbeing of community members. Community-Based Participatory Research is a methodology that has been widely endorsed by major global health players, including the NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Substitute courses may be permitted for some coursework that includes tailored research and independent study courses with faculty approval.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CBPR Track | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| APY 611 | Methods of Anthropological Research | 3 |
| or SOC 613 | Qualitative Research Methods | |
| EPH 612 | Global Health 1 | 3 |
| APY 616 | Advanced Workshop in Anthropology | 3 |
| EPH 621 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| SOC 614 | Evaluation Research | 3 |
| EPH 647 | Community Based Participatory Research | 3 |
| Electives | 12 | |
| APY 805 & APY 810 | Graduate Internship: Professional Practice of Anthropology and Master's Degree Thesis Preparation and Writing | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
| 1 | EPH 612 is only offered as a winter intersession course, requiring students to attend class from 9am-5pm for one full week. |
