Courses & Electives

Global Health Minor—Elective Course List

In addition to the two required courses for the minor (GLBL 340, “Global Health and Development” & the 400-level Field Work Experience course), students will choose four elective courses from the courses below, with two drawn from the Social Sciences/Humanities and two from the Natural Sciences. At least one of these courses must be upper-division (300 or 400-level) as the minor requires at least 12 credits to be upper division, and all elective courses must be taken for graded credits. See the “Minor Requirements” page for more details.

Social Sciences/Humanities Courses

Students complete two of the following courses to satisfy their Social Sciences/Humanities elective requirement.

Course No. Course Credits Division Prerequisites
Gen Ed
ANTH 162 Introduction to Medical
Anthropology
4 SS None SS, GP
ANTH 413 Culture and Psychology 4 SS None GP
ANTH 420 Culture, Illness, and Healing 4 SS ANTH 161 GP
EC 443 Health Economics 4 SS EC 311; and EC 320 or EC 423
EC 490 Economic Growth and Development 4 SS EC 311 and EC 313; EC 320 or EC 423 GP
ENVS 410* Water, Public Health, and Environment 4 SS None
GEOG 142 Human Geography 4 SS None SS, GP
GEOG 181 Our Digital Earth 4 SS None SS
GEOG 341 Population and Environment 4 SS None SS, GP
GEOG 481 GIScience I 4 SS None
GEOG 490* Top GIS & Public Health 4 SS GEOG 481 or GEOG 311
GLBL 415 Global Story of Race 4 SS None  GP
GLBL 425 Global Food Security 4 SS None
GLBL 435 Global Perspectives on Disability 4 SS None
GLBL 463 Population Displacement and
Global Health
4 SS None
GLBL 465 Global Reproductive Health 4 SS None
GLBL 467 Global Mental Health 4 SS None
HC 231H* Honors College History: Epidemics and Epistemologies in Pre-Modern Europe 4 SS Open only to Clarks Honors College students.
HC 231H* Honors College History: Disease, Public Health and the Making of the Modern World 4 SS Open only to Clarks Honors College students
HC 431H* Honors College Colloquia: Mental Health 4 SS Open only to Clarks Honors College students
HIST 461 American Medical History 4 HUM None
HUM 240 Medical Humanities 4 HUM None A&L
PHIL 220 Food Ethics 4 HUM None
PHIL 307 Social and Political Philosophy 4 HUM None SS
PHIL 309 Global Justice 4 HUM None SS, GP
PHIL 335 Medical Ethics 4 HUM None A&L
PHIL 410* Clinical Ethics 4 HUM None
PPPM 202 Healthy Communities 4 SS None SS, USDIA
PPPM 370 Global Sustainable Development and Policy 4 SS None GP
PPPM 407* Seminar: Public Health 4 SS None
PPPM 407* Seminar: Hazard Mitigation 4 SS None
PPPM 460 Health Policy 4 SS None
PSY 366 Culture and Mental Health 4 SS None SS, GP
PSY 407* Seminar: Health Psychology 4 SS None
SOC 311 Research Methods 4 SS SOC 204 or SOC 207
SOC 312 Quantitative Methods in Sociology 4 SS None
SOC 399* Sociology of Health Medicine 4 SS None
SOC 399* Special Topic: Epidemiology 4 SS None
SOC 410* Science and Society 4 SS None
SOC 410* Sex and Gender in China 4 SS None
SOC 416* Topic: Environment & Health 4 SS None
SOC 450 Sociology of Developing Areas 4 SS None GP
WGS 221 Bodies and Power 4 SS None SS
WGS 331 Science, Technology, and Gender 4 SS None
WGS 421 Bodies and Embodiment 4 SS None
WGS 407* Gender and Bodies 4 SS None

*Courses with an asterisk may not be pre-coded into Degree Guide as Elective; may require advisor adjustment. Course topic and title varies. Course number and course title must match to satisfy requirement.

Natural Sciences Elective Courses

Students complete two of the following courses to satisfy their Natural Sciences elective requirement.

Course No. Course Credits Division Prerequisites
Gen Ed
ANTH 175 Evolutionary Medicine 4 NS None SC
ANTH 220 Introduction to Nutritional Anthropology 4 NS None SC, GP
ANTH 362 Human Biological Variation 4 NS ANTH 270, BI
213, or BI 283H
SC, GP
ANTH 369 Human Growth and Development 4 NS None SC
ANTH 376 Genomics and Anthropology 4 NS ANTH 175, ANTH 270, BI 211, or BI 282H SC
ANTH 459 Advanced Evolutionary Medicine 4 NS ANTH 175, ANTH 270, ANTH 468, BI
131 or BI 380
BI 121 Introduction to Human Physiology 4 NS None SC
BI 122 Introduction to Human Genetics 4 NS None SC
BI 123 Biology of Cancer 4 NS None SC
BI 140 Science, Policy, and Biology 4 NS None SC
BI 309 Tropical Diseases in Africa 4 NS BI 212 or BI
282H
GP
BI 353 Sensory Physiology 4 NS BI 214 or BI
281H
BI 358 Investigations in Medical Physiology 4 NS BI 214, BI 283H,
or HPHY 324
BI 360 Neurobiology 4 NS BI 214 or BI
282H
BI 423 Human Molecular Genetics 4 NS BI 320
BI 426 Genetics of Cancer 4 NS BI 320 or BI 322
BI 461 Systems Neuroscience 4 NS BI 353 or BI 360
BI 472 Community Ecology 4 NS BI 370
ENVS 202 Introduction to Environmental Studies: Natural Sciences 4 NS MATH 95 or equivalent SC
HC 431* OHSU Medical Research 4 NS None Open to
HPHY 104 Understanding Human Disease 4 NS None
HPHY 105 Principles of Nutrition 4 NS None SC
HPHY 112 Science of Health 4 NS None SC
HPHY 211 Medical Terminology 3 NS Open to non-majors after initial registration period
HPHY 212 Evidence, Inference, and Biostatistics 4 NS None SC
HPHY 422 Physiology of Obesity 4 NS HPHY 325 and
HPHY 333
PSY 301 Scientific Thinking in Psychology 4 NS None SC
PSY 302 Statistical Methods in Psychology 4 NS
PSY 303 Research Methods in Psychology: [Topic] 4 NS
PSY 309 Psychopathology 4 NS PSY 202 SC
PSY 399* Global Child Development 4 NS None
PSY 459 Cultural Psychology 4 NS PSY 303
PSY 472 Psychology of Trauma 4 NS PSY 303

*Courses with an asterisk may not be pre-coded into Degree Guide as Elective; may require advisor adjustment. Course topic and title varies. Course number and course title must match to satisfy requirement.