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Global Public Health (LUC)

Major

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Major requirements:

  • 15 EC: Compulsory 100-level courses, namely Social Determinants of Health, Health Systems Management and Global Histories of Health, Medicine and Disease.

  • 20 EC: Complete two of the following tracks: Biomedical Sciences, Health & Development, Health Policy & Politics, Health & Environment, or Psychology. Since you will have already completed the compulsory 100-level courses of each track (see above), this means an additional 10 EC (200-level + 300-level) to complete one full track, 20 EC to complete two full tracks.

  • 20 EC: Methodology courses; Quantitative Research Methods, Research Design in GPH, Introduction to Epidemiology, and one additional method course at 200-level or 300-level.

  • 10 EC: Capstone

  • 20 EC: Additional courses tagged with GPH, which can include additional method courses

Note: make sure to have at least 4 courses at the 300-level, which can include (300-level) method courses

Note: of the two tracks, at least one must be a core GPH track (Biomedical Sciences, Health & Development, or Health Policy & Politics )

100-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Health, Society, and History 5
Social Determinants of Health 5
Biology 5
Global Histories of Health, Medicine and Disease 5
Health Systems and Management 5

200-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Qualitative Research Methods 5
Quantitative Research Methods 5
A Cultural History of Pandemics 5
Global Health Policy 5
Geographic Information Systems 5
Medical Anthropology 5
Non-communicable Diseases 5
Nutrition and Public Health 5
Introduction to Epidemiology 5
Research Design in Global Public Health 5
Infectious Diseases 5
The One Health Approach: Humans and the Environment 5

300-level

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Aging & Society 5
Advanced Geographic Information Systems 5
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods 5
Ethics, Health & Society: Emerging Responsibilities 5
Health and Environment 5
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 5
Vulnerability, Gender and the Politics of Care 5

Additional courses

Please note these courses can only be used towards the Global Public Health Major by students who declared the Major before 1 September 2022.

Course EC Semester 1 Semester 2
Introduction to Psychology 5
Psychology of Stress and Health 5
Applied Developmental Psychopathology 5
Cognitive Psychology: The Influence of Emotion on Cognition 5
Mental Health and Illness 5