Global Public Health (Minor)

This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2025-Spring 2026 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

Minor in Global Public Health
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences; School of Public Health and Information Sciences
Department: Anthropology
Academic Plan Code(s): GLPHMINOR

Program Information

A collaboration between the Department of Anthropology, the School of Public Health and Information Sciences, and the Program in Liberal Studies – the Individualized Majors Program, the minor in Global Public Health is designed to familiarize students with global public health from a liberal arts perspective.  The minor includes an introduction to relevant theoretical frameworks from public health, global health, and social medicine.  The program is intended to complement study in major fields across the University by students interested in health problems, professions, and policies.  Housed administratively within the Program in Liberal Studies, the minor is available to students within any major; students in the Program in Liberal Studies can use the minor to anchor their interdisciplinary program.

Program Requirements

Alternative electives may be used if approved in advance by the Director or the Assistant Director of the Global Public Health program.  Consult the Department of Anthropology or the School of Public Health and Information Sciences Advising Office for details.

Up to, but no more than, six credit hours from a student’s major may count towards the minor.

At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.