This option considers the direct impact of global issues on the life on our planet. As intercontinental travel makes nearly every epidemic already global today, the more and more the health of individuals is directly connected to the health of the globe. Growing populations, aging demographics, increasing pollution, and decreasing food resources present new challenges for global human health. Similarly the global cycles of climate change and crisis force us to reconsider both natural processes and anthropogenic influences, examining the philosophy and history of human’s place in nature. Some of the themes on which this Option focuses include: the relationship between local resources and global geopolitics; cultural, economic, and social effects of global climate change; pollution and conservation; environmental movements; and evolution and extinction.
Courses for Spring 2025
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 105 | African Biodiversity and Conservation |
| ANTH 219N | Spillover: The Anthropology of Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ANTH 240N | Livelihoods and Ecosystems |
| BB H 407 | Global Health Equity |
| BISC 003 | Environmental Science |
| BMH 490 | Bioethics and Medical Humanities Capstone Course |
| CAS 453 | Health Communication Theory and Research |
| CED 152 | Community Development Concepts and Practice |
| EARTH 002 | The Earth System and Global Change |
| EARTH 103 | Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century |
| EARTH 111 | Water, Science, and Society |
| EBF 200 | Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics |
| EBF 301 | Global Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| EBF 304W | Global Management for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| ECON 415 | The Economics of Global Climate Change |
| EGEE 101 | Energy and the Environment |
| EGEE 120 | Oil: International Evolution |
| ENGL 180 | Literature and the Natural World |
| GEOG 1N | Global Parks and Sustainability |
| GEOG 30 / 30N | Environment and Society in a Changing World |
| GEOG 314 | Biogeography and Global Ecology |
| GEOG 426W | Gendered Worlds |
| GEOG 430 | Human Use of the Environment |
| GEOG 438W | Human Dimensions of Global Warming |
| HIST 453 | American Environmental History |
| HPA 410 | Principles of Public Health Administration |
| PHIL 118 | Environmental Philosophy |
| PUBPL 304W | Public Policy Analysis |
| PUBPL 481 | Seminar in Environmental Policy |
| SOC 023 | Population and Policy Issues |
| SOC 451 | Health, Disease & Society |
Approved Courses in the Health and Environment Pathway
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| 403 | Seminar in Environmental Ethic |
| AFAM 302 | Diversity and Health |
| AFR 105 | African Biodiversity and Conservation |
| AFR 306 | Health and Illness in African and Black Diaspora: Cultural Anthropology |
| AFR/PLSC 464 | Extractive Industries in Africa |
| ANTH 219N | Spillover: The Anthropology of Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| ANTH 240N | Livelihoods and Ecosystems |
| ANTH 375Q | Anthropology of Food |
| ANTH 418 | Medical Anthropology |
| ANTH 419 | Anthropology and One Health |
| ASIA 106 | Asian Traditions of Health, Medicine, and the Body |
| BB H 305 | Introduction to Global Health Issues |
| BB H 407 | Global Health Equity |
| BIOET 501 | Perspectives and Methods in Bioethics |
| BIOET 502 | Macro-Perspectives in Bioethics/Public Health Ethics |
| BIOET 533 | Ethical Dimensions of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems |
| BIOET110N | Health, Illness, and the Human Condition |
| BIOET401Q | Science, Ethics, Policy, and Law |
| BISC 003 | Environmental Science |
| BMH 490 | Bioethics and Medical Humanities Capstone Course |
| CAS 453 | Health Communication Theory and Research |
| CED 152 | Community Development Concepts and Practice |
| CED 450 | International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment |
| EARTH 002 | The Earth System and Global Change |
| EARTH 103 | Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century |
| EARTH 105N | Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change |
| EARTH 111 | Water, Science, and Society |
| EBF 200 | Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics |
| EBF 301 | Global Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| EBF 304W | Global Management for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| ECON 415 | The Economics of Global Climate Change |
| ECON 428 | Environmental Economics |
| EDTHP/SOC 410 | The Global Impact of Education |
| EGEE 101 | Energy and the Environment |
| EGEE 120 | Oil: International Evolution |
| EGEE 401 | Energy in a Changing World |
| ENGL 162N | Communicating Care |
| ENGL 179 | Literature of Food |
| ENGL 180 | Literature and the Natural World |
| GEOG 1N | Global Parks and Sustainability |
| GEOG 30 / 30N | Environment and Society in a Changing World |
| GEOG 310 | Introduction to Global Climatic Systems |
| GEOG 314 | Biogeography and Global Ecology |
| GEOG 332N | Science and policy of global greenhouse gas emissions and management |
| GEOG 412W | Climatic Change and Variability |
| GEOG 424W | Geography of the Global Economy |
| GEOG 426W | Gendered Worlds |
| GEOG 430 | Human Use of the Environment |
| GEOG 436 | Ecology, Economy, and Society |
| GEOG 438W | Human Dimensions of Global Warming |
| GEOG 439 | Property and the Global Environment |
| H P A 401 | Comparative Health Systems |
| HIST 109 | Introduction to US Environmental History |
| HIST 110 | Nature and History |
| HIST 111 | American Food System: History, Technology, and Culture |
| HIST 453 | American Environmental History |
| HPA 301 | Health Services Policy Issues |
| HPA 401 | Comparative Health Systems |
| HPA 410 | Principles of Public Health Administration |
| LER 400 | Comparative Employment Relations Systems |
| NUTR 425 | Global Nutrition Problems: Health, Science, and Ethics |
| PHIL 013 | Nature and Environment |
| PHIL 118 | Environmental Philosophy |
| PHIL 134 | Food, Values, and Health |
| PHIL 403 | Environmental Ethics |
| PHIL/METEO/RL ST 133N | Ethics of Climate Change |
| PLSC 135 | The Politics of the Ecological Crisis |
| PLSC 220 | Politics in Developing Areas |
| PLSC 235 | Environmental Politics |
| PLSC 408 | Democracy and Its Impacts |
| PLSC 454 | Government and Politics of Africa |
| PLSC 464 | Extractive Industries in Africa |
| PLSC 481 | Global Political Economy |
| PLSC 485 | International Migration |
| PLSC 488 | Comparative Public Policy |
| PORT 497N | The Amazon and Environmental Crisis |
| PSYCH 419 | Psychology in a Sustainable World |
| PUBPL 304W | Public Policy Analysis |
| PUBPL 481 | Seminar in Environmental Policy |
| PUBPL 482 | Seminar in Health Policy |
| SOC 023 | Population and Policy Issues |
| SOC 211Z | Health Inequality: Understanding the Geographies of Life and Death |
| SOC 422 | World Population Diversity |
| SOC 451 | Health, Disease & Society |
| SOC 468 | Mood-Altering Substances in Society |
| SPAN 100B | Intermediate Grammar and Composition for Students in Medical-Related Fields |
| SPAN 300B | Advanced Grammar and Composition for Students in Medical-related Fields |
| WMNST 120 | Sex, Gender, and the Body |
| WMNST 220 | Beyond Birth Control: Feminist Perspectives on Women's Sexualities |
| WMNST 230N | Dangerous Bodies |
| WMNST 452 | Women’s Health Issues |
| WMNST 458 | Critical Feminist Issues in Reproduction |
Courses Outside the Liberal Arts
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BB H 305 | Introduction to Global Health Issues |
| BB H 407 | Global Health Equity |
| BIOET 501 | Perspectives and Methods in Bioethics |
| BIOET 502 | Macro-Perspectives in Bioethics/Public Health Ethics |
| BIOET 533 | Ethical Dimensions of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems |
| BIOET110N | Health, Illness, and the Human Condition |
| BIOET401Q | Science, Ethics, Policy, and Law |
| BISC 003 | Environmental Science |
| BMH 490 | Bioethics and Medical Humanities Capstone Course |
| CED 152 | Community Development Concepts and Practice |
| CED 450 | International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment |
| EARTH 002 | The Earth System and Global Change |
| EARTH 103 | Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century |
| EARTH 105N | Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change |
| EARTH 111 | Water, Science, and Society |
| EBF 200 | Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics |
| EBF 301 | Global Finance for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| EBF 304W | Global Management for the Earth, Energy, and Materials Industries |
| EGEE 101 | Energy and the Environment |
| EGEE 120 | Oil: International Evolution |
| EGEE 401 | Energy in a Changing World |
| GEOG 1N | Global Parks and Sustainability |
| GEOG 30 / 30N | Environment and Society in a Changing World |
| GEOG 310 | Introduction to Global Climatic Systems |
| GEOG 314 | Biogeography and Global Ecology |
| GEOG 332N | Science and policy of global greenhouse gas emissions and management |
| GEOG 412W | Climatic Change and Variability |
| GEOG 424W | Geography of the Global Economy |
| GEOG 426W | Gendered Worlds |
| GEOG 430 | Human Use of the Environment |
| GEOG 436 | Ecology, Economy, and Society |
| GEOG 438W | Human Dimensions of Global Warming |
| GEOG 439 | Property and the Global Environment |
| H P A 401 | Comparative Health Systems |
| LER 400 | Comparative Employment Relations Systems |
| NUTR 425 | Global Nutrition Problems: Health, Science, and Ethics |
400 Level Courses With No Prerequisites
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 468 | Mood-Altering Substances in Society |
| WMNST 452 | Women’s Health Issues |
Majors should select 21 credits in the Option courses.
- 15 credits of these 21 will be in a single Option concentration (no more than 6 credits towards the Option completion are to be from courses in a single department).
- 6 credits of these 21 are from other Options.
- At least 12 credits must be taken at the 400 level or higher.
