Global Health ,Minor
Disease, Global, Health, International, Medicine, medical, prehealth
Are you passionate about helping people? Improving health conditions for all people requires passion and understanding. Enhance your major with a holistic examination of human health. Learn innovative and practical skills grounded in anthropology, and prepare to help solve today's global health challenges.
The minor in global health is a transdisciplinary program designed for students who seek a broad and flexible set of skills for understanding contemporary health challenges and thinking about how they might best be solved.
Global health is understood in the anthropological sense, meaning ways of understanding and addressing disease, health and well-being that can incorporate all cultures, places and time, as well as integrate knowledge of health's social, historical, biological and ecological dimensions.
- College/school:
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Location: Tempe or Online
2025-2026 Catalog Year
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The minor requires 18 credit hours, 12 of which must be upper division. A minimum grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) is required for all coursework. At least six upper-division credit hours must be completed with courses offered by The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Minimum
Grade:
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ASB 100 Introduction to Global Health
(GCSI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 3 |
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9 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 9 |
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SSH 403 Cross-Cultural Studies in Global Health
(GCSI)
6 Credit Hours
Minimum
Grade:C
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C | 6 |
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All global health minors are required to go on a study abroad program from a select, pre-approved program list: https://goglobal.asu.edu/students/major/global-health.
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Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.
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For more information about planning for, applying to, and paying for your study abroad program, please visit the Global Education Office website: https://goglobal.asu.edu/.
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GPA Requirement: None
Incompatible Majors: BA in global health; BS in global health
Other Enrollment Requirements:
Current ASU undergraduate students may pursue a minor and have it recognized on their ASU transcript at graduation. Minor requirements appear on the degree audit after the minor is added. Certain major and minor combinations may be deemed inappropriate by the college or department of either the major or the minor program. Courses taken for the minor may not count toward both the major and the minor.
ASU offers this program in an online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year. Applicants may view the program’s ASU Online page for program descriptions and to request more information.
Nationally and internationally, the health field provides enormous and varied career opportunities, and demand is high and growing for graduates with specific skills. This program supports the goals of those pursuing careers in academic research, teaching and health services. Employment venues include:
- departments of health
- government agencies
- international agencies (World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health Council, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank)
- nongovernmental organizations
- private sector
- universities
The degree program also provides a broad intellectual base for those who plan advanced specialist health training in fields such as:
- dentistry
- medicine
- nursing
- pharmacy
In Arizona and elsewhere, there is a pressing need for professionals with appropriate skills to work in cross-cultural settings or with underserved populations, such as migrants, minorities and those living in poverty, and many of these jobs are directly or indirectly related to health.
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
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SHESC 233
shesc.undergrad@asu.edu
480-965-6215
3 year programs
These programs allow students to fast-track their studies after admission and earn a bachelor's degree in three years or fewer while participating in the same high-quality educational experience of a 4-year option. Students should talk to their academic advisor to get started.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Acceptance to the graduate program requires a separate application. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master’s during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
