BA Global Public Health and Sociology at New York University

The highly selective, demanding undergraduate majors in Global Public Health (GPH) allow CAS students to choose a course of study that is a combination of public health and an academic discipline housed in the College (GPH is not a stand-alone major) while providing them with instructors and courses drawn from the entire University. This unique structure responds to the ever-increasing demand for interdisciplinary public health practitioners both in the US and abroad.

Faculty: College of Arts and Science  |  Duration: 128 credits  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

Students in this combined major must consult with the director of undergraduate studies or other departmental adviser in Sociology to work out a course plan, especially as this major requires students to study away for one semester. The major requires fifteen 4-credit courses (60 credits), which must be completed with a grade of C or higher (courses graded Pass/Fail will not count). Sample required courses: Writing as Inquiry; Health and Society in a Global Context (no prerequisites); Biostatistics for Public Health (satisfies the College Core Curriculum requirement in Quantitative Reasoning); Epidemiology for Global Health; Health Policy in a Global World; Environmental Health in a Global World.

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