Global Health Minor
Chairperson: Catherine R. Curley, Ph.D., R.N.
Office Location: 388 Driscoll Hall
Telephone: (610) 519-5969
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Global Health is influenced and determined by factors as diverse as gender, race, ethnicity, political priorities, social determinants of health, climate, geography, accessibility and acceptability of care and cultural and religious traditions. The Global Health Minor educates students about these factors and the inter-disciplinary response to addressing global health challenges.
The Global Health Minor is congruent with the Mission and strategic plan of the University and the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing’s goals to emphasize a curriculum with a global perspective and respect for differences among peoples and cultures and to educate individuals for service to a diverse society including all sectors and strata of the population.
MINOR (15 credits)
The Minor is open to all undergraduate students and is meant to expose students to a basic understanding of global health issues drawing upon the expertise that Villanova University has to offer. All students who want to participate in the Global Health Minor must meet with their Academic Advisors to discuss their course of study to assure the student is able to meet all requirements. Once you and your Academic Advisor have agreed you are able to meet all requirements of the Minor, please fill out the Global Health Minor Application and submit it to the Director of the Center for Global and Public Health. No more than one elective transferred from another University can be applied toward the Global Health Minor. Transfer credits from a study abroad semester while a student was enrolled at Villanova University will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Course Requirements for Global Health Minor (5 Courses)
The minor consists of 15 credits which includes three (3) required and two (2) elective classes. There are no specific prerequisites other than those specified for some of the elective courses.
REQUIRED: Select three (3) of the following courses to meet the minor requirements. Each course is 3 credits.
NUR 7070 Nutrition and Global Health (Offered Fall semesters) 3 credits
NUR 7084 Principles of Epidemiology (Offered Spring semesters) 3 credits
NUR 7088 Human Trafficking (Offered Spring semesters) 3 credits
NUR 7090 Planetary Health for Global Populations (Offered every Fall and Spring semesters) 3 credits
NUR 7091 Global Perspectives for Climate Change and Health (Offered Spring semesters, asynchronous on-line) 3 credits
Plus two (2) electives from a range of disciplines, which must be approved by the Global Health Minor Advisor. A list of approved electives may be found on the Global Health Minor website.