How to Apply
The major is by application only. Students who wish to design a major in Health Studies may do so by applying through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS).
Health Studies
Offered through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, students work with a faculty advisor to develop a coherent curriculum that fulfills the major requirements while developing a “theme” related to the student’s interests, which is included in their transcript as follows: Health Studies: Global Health, Health Studies: Women’s Health, etc. This theme can evolve as a student progresses through the major.
Areas of Study
- Global Health
- Women’s Health
- Public Health
- Health and Human Rights
- Health Disparities
- Mental Health
- Student designed themes
Requirements
Students majoring in health studies are required to take six introductory courses and six in-depth courses. These courses must be drawn from at least three academic departments.
Double majors must also complete 12 courses but may count 2 courses from their second major.
Students must take one course from each of the six categories below:
- Perspectives on Health
- Introductory Biology Course
- Introductory Social Science Course
- Introductory Statistics Course
- Ethics
- Policy
Students must select six additional courses from the two categories below:
- Category One: Natural Sciences and Statistics
- Category Two: Social Sciences, Policy, and the Humanities
Four courses must be taken from one category and two from the other, and no more than three of these additional courses may be in the same academic department.
Students must propose a theme that provides a rationale for the upper-level coursework. Although not every course has to directly tie into the theme, a justification for how each course was chosen should be provided. Possible themes that would be supported are offered below. Study abroad or consortium courses may also be appropriate.
Meet Your Program Advisor
Opportunities
Experiential Learning
With an emphasis on integration and collaboration, direct involvement in the community allows students to reflect on and observe how their classroom experience can be applied in the field. This engagement will also provide a unique opportunity to observe the necessary dynamic and flexible responses that may be required to impact a community (or demographic) in need.
Academic Internship Program
The ACIP 380: Academic Internship Seminar in Healthcare Management course may be approved on an individual basis. The Health Policy seminar can also be approved on an individual basis.
Washington and New York Semester Programs
For the Washington or New York Semester Away Programs, students must submit a short description of their work over the semester and their thesis for review by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies director and health studies advisor. Students with approved theses will receive credit for 1 course.
