Global Health Studies Adjunct Major
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Adjunct Major Requirements (11 units) | |
| 4 core courses: | |
| Introduction to Global Health 1 | |
| Global Bioethics | |
| Biomedicine and World History 2 | |
| The Social Determinants of Health | |
| History of Reproductive Health | |
choice of one methods core course (one of these three, or see footnote): 3 | |
| Qualitative Research Methods in Global Health | |
| Community-based Participatory Research Course | |
| (Re)mixing Qualitative Methods | |
| 3 additional GBL_HLTH courses 4 | |
| 4 elective courses. Elective credits can be fulfilled by pre-approved health-related courses from various departments, as listed on the GHS major page and program website. Up to two courses taken abroad can be counted as electives provided they are NU or NU-affiliated study abroad programs and the courses have been pre-approved for GHS elective credit. Study abroad courses taken that are not NU affiliated need prior approval from the DUS. | |
- 1
GBL_HLTH 301-0 (Introduction to International Public Health) from Spring 2022 or earlier may be applied in lieu of GBL_HLTH 201-0.
- 2
GBL_HLTH 322-0 (The Social Determinants of Health) from Spring 2022 or earlier may be applied in lieu of GBL_HLTH 222-0, GBL_HLTH 309-0, or GBL_HLTH 325-0.
- 3
The methods course requirement can be fulfilled by GBL_HLTH 390-0 when offered as Quantitative Methods: Turning numbers into a Story. If Community Based Participatory Research was taken prior to Spring 2023 as a topic under GBL_HLTH 390-0 rather than GBL_HLTH 318-0, that may also be applied. So too if (Re)mixing Qualitative Methods was taken prior to Fall 2024 as a topic under GBL_HLTH 390-0 rather than GBL_HLTH 303-0, that may also be applied.
- 4
GBL_HLTH 399-0 Independent Study and courses taken abroad may not be counted toward this requirement.
Note:
- Students may elect to study abroad as part of their Global Health Studies curriculum.
- All adjunct majors require completion of a stand-alone major as well.
Approved elective courses (students may take courses from more than one subject area)
Anthropology
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ANTHRO 221-0 | Social and Health Inequalities |
| ANTHRO 306-0 | Evolution of Life Histories |
| ANTHRO 309-0 | Human Osteology |
| ANTHRO 312-0 | Human Population Biology |
| ANTHRO 314-0 | Human Growth & Development |
| ANTHRO 315-0 | Medical Anthropology |
| ANTHRO 332-0 | The Anthropology of Reproduction |
| ANTHRO 359-0 | The Human Microbiome and Health |
| ANTHRO 382-0 | Political Ecology |
| or ENVR_POL 384-0 | Political Ecology |
| ANTHRO 386-0 | Methods in Human Biology Research |
Biological Sciences
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| BIOL_SCI 310-0 | Human Physiology |
| BIOL_SCI 327-0 | Biology of Aging |
| BIOL_SCI 337-0 | Biostatistics |
| BIOL_SCI 341-0 | Population Genetics |
| BIOL_SCI 355-0 | Immunobiology |
| BIOL_SCI 377-0 | The Human Microbiome |
| BIOL_SCI 380-0 | Biology of Cancer |
Chemistry
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| CHEM 316-0 | Medicinal Chemistry: the Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Action |
| CHEM 393-0 | Green Chemistry |
Communications
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| COMM_ST 246-0 | Intro to Health Communication |
| COMM_ST 339-0 | Health Communication and Precision Medicine |
| COMM_ST 367-0 | Nonprofit Communication Management |
| COMM_ST 390-0 | Children's Culture |
Economics
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ECON 307-0 | Economics of Medical Care |
| ECON 359-0 | Economics of Nonprofit Organizations |
Engineering
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| BMD_ENG 325-0 | Introduction to Medical Imaging |
| BMD_ENG 343-0 | Biomaterials and Medical Devices |
| BMD_ENG 380-0 | Medical Devices, Disease & Global Health |
| BMD_ENG 390-1 | Biomedical Engineering Design |
| BMD_ENG 390-2 | Biomedical Engineering Design |
| BMD_ENG 390-3 | Biomedical Engineering Design |
| CHEM_ENG 373-0 | Biotechnology and Global Health |
| CHEM_ENG 382-0 | Regulatory Sciences in Biotechnology |
| CIV_ENV 361-2 | Public & Environmental Health |
| ENTREP 340-0 | Innovate for Impact |
| IEMS 365-0 | Analytics for Social Good |
| IEMS 385-0 | Introduction to Health Systems Management |
English
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ENGLISH 381-0 | Literature & Medicine |
Environmental Policy and Culture
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| ENVR_POL 384-0 | Political Ecology |
| or ANTHRO 382-0 | Political Ecology |
Field Studies
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| CFS 391-0 | Field Studies in Social Justice |
| CFS 392-0 | Field Studies in Public Health |
| CFS 397-0 | Field Studies in Civic Engagement |
Gender Studies
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| GNDR_ST 331-0 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality |
| GNDR_ST 332-0 | Gender, Sexuality, and Health |
| GNDR_ST 340-0 | Gender, Sexuality, and the Law |
| or LEGAL_ST 340-0 | Gender, Sexuality, and the Law |
| GNDR_ST 341-0 | Transnational Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality |
| GNDR_ST 361-0 | Gender, Sexuality, and Literature |
History
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HISTORY 275-1 | History of Early Modern Science and Medicine |
| HISTORY 275-2 | History of Modern Science and Medicine |
| HISTORY 352-0 | A Global History of Death and Dying |
Humanities
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HUM 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| or SOCIOL 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
International Studies
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| INTL_ST 393-0 | Development in the Global Context: Participation, Power, and Social Change |
Neuroscience
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| NEUROSCI 303-0 | Molecular Mechanisms of Neuropsychopharmacology |
Philosophy
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| PHIL 268-0 | Ethics and the Environment |
| PHIL 269-0 | Bioethics |
| PHIL 326-0 | Topics in Philosophy of Medicine |
Political Science
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| POLI_SCI 326-0 | Race and Public Policy |
| POLI_SCI 352-0 | Global Development |
| or SOCIOL 317-0 | Global Development |
| POLI_SCI 377-0 | Drugs and Politics |
| POLI_SCI 384-0 | International Responses to Mass Atrocities |
Psychology
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| PSYCH 303-0 | Psychopathology |
| PSYCH 341-0 | Positive Psychology: The Science of Well-Being |
| PSYCH 383-0 | Psychology and Food |
Public Health
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| PUB_HLTH 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
| PUB_HLTH 304-0 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
| PUB_HLTH 391-0 | Global Health Care Service Delivery |
SESP
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| SOC_POL 333-0 | Economics of Health, Human Capital, and Happiness |
Sociology
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| SOCIOL 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| or HUM 220-0 | Health, Biomedicine, Culture, and Society |
| SOCIOL 317-0 | Global Development |
| or POLI_SCI 352-0 | Global Development |
| SOCIOL 320-0 | Gender, Health, and Medicine |
| SOCIOL 325-0 | Global & Local Inequalities |
| SOCIOL 336-0 | The Climate Crisis, Policies, and Society |
| or ENVR_POL 336-0 | The Climate Crisis, Policies, and Society |
Spanish
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| SPANISH 205-0 | Spanish for Professions: Health Care |
Statistics
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| STAT 332-0 | Statistics for Life Sciences |
| STAT 370-0 | Human Rights Statistics |
Additional info
Depending on the topic, other occasional courses may also be used as electives including, BLK_ST 380-0, AMER_ST 310-0, ANTHRO 390-0, ASIAN_AM 303-0,ASIAN_AM 360-0 ASIAN_AM 380-0, BUS_INST 394-LK, COMM_ST 395-0, ENVR_SCI 390-0, GNDR_ST 390-0, HISTORY 300-0 , HUM 370-5, INTL_ST 390-0, INTL_ST 395-0, JWSH_ST 390-0, LATINO 392-0, NEUROSCI 390-0, PHIL 361-0 and SOC_POL 351-0. For more details and an up-to-date listing of courses, consult the Global Health Studies website or email the program.