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 |
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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 |
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BI 358 | Investigations in Medical Physiology | 4 | NS | BI 214, BI 283H, or HPHY 324 |
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BI 360 | Neurobiology | 4 | NS | BI 214 or BI 282H |
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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 |
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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.