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  • Location:
    Tempe campus,
    or
    online
  • Additional Program Fee: No
  • Second Language Requirement: No
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.

Program Description

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, that is, ways of understanding and addressing disease, health and well-being that can incorporate all cultures, places and times, and integrate the knowledge of health's social, historical, biological and ecological dimensions.


Program Requirements

The minor in global health is comprised of 18 credit hours, at least 12 of which must be upper division. A minimum grade of "C" (2.00 on a scale of 4.00) is required for courses used toward the minor. This minor is also available in an online format to complement the studies of ASU Online students.
Required Core Course -- 3 credit hours
ASB 100: Introduction to Global Health (GCSI OR SB & G) (3)
Upper-Division Core Electives (choose three) -- 9 credit hours
AFR 383: Blacks in Science, Medicine and Public Health (3)
ASB 300: Food and Culture (SOBE OR (L or SB) & C) or SSH 300: Food and Culture (SOBE OR (L or SB) & C) (3)
ASB 301: Global History of Health (HUAD OR SB & G & H) or HST 301: Global History of Health (HUAD OR SB & G & H) or SSH 301: Global History of Health (HUAD OR SB & G & H) (3)
ASB 305: Poverty and Global Health (CIVI OR (L or SB) & C) (3)
ASB 316: Money and Culture (L or SB) (3)
ASB 327: Disaster! (SUST OR (L or SB) & C) (3)
ASB 355: Traditional Medicine and Healing (HU or SB) (3)
ASB 357: Society, Drugs and Health (SOBE OR SB & G) (3)
ASB 370: Ethics of Eating (SUST OR L or SB) or SOS 370: Ethics of Eating (SUST OR L or SB) (3)
ASB 376: Global Health Policy (3)
ASB 378: Globalization: Migration, Mass Media, McDonald's (GCSI OR (L or SB) & C) or TCL 378: Globalization: Migration, Mass Media, McDonald's (GCSI OR (L or SB) & C) (3)
ASB 457: Global Mental Health (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) (3)
ASB 462: Medical Anthropology: Culture and Health (SOBE OR SB & C) (3)
ASB 494: Ethnic Disparities and Health (3)
ASB 494: Health: Social and Biocultural Theories (3)
ASB 494: One Health or BIO 494: One Health (3)
ASM 345: Disease and Human Evolution (3)
ASM 401: Health and Human Biology (3)
ASM 403: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health or BIO 403: Evolutionary Medicine and Global Health (3)
ASM 414: Urban, Environmental and Health Challenges (SUST OR SB) (3)
ASM 456: Infectious Disease and Human Evolution (3)
HPS 331: History of Medicine (HUAD OR HU & H) or BIO 318: History of Medicine (HUAD OR HU & H) (3)
HST 304: Black Death:Pandemic Disease in the Medieval World (3)
MIC 314: HIV/AIDS: Science, Behavior, and Society or SSH 314: HIV/AIDS: Science, Behavior, and Society (3)
NTR 348: Cultural Aspects of Food (GCSI OR SB & C & G) (3)
NTR 450: Nutrition in the Life Cycle (SOBE OR SB) (3)
SGS 340: Violence, Conflict and Human Rights (GCSI) (3)
SGS 350: Economic Development and Globalization (3)
SOC 424: Women and Health (SOBE OR SB) (3)
SOC 427: Sociology of Health and Illness (SOBE OR SB) (3)
TCL 323: Latina/o Health Issues (SOBE OR SB & C) (3)
TCL 326: Health of Chicanas and Latinas (SB & C) (3)
TCL 327: Health and Migration (SOBE OR SB) (3)
TCL 410: Race, Medicine, and the Body or SOC 410: Race, Medicine, and the Body (3)
TCL 447: Gender, Culture, and Development (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) or SGS 454: Gender, Culture, and Development (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) or SOS 447: Gender, Culture, and Development (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) or WST 447: Gender, Culture, and Development (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) (3)
WST 360: Women as Healers (SOBE OR SB) (3)
WST 365: Women and International Health (G) (3)
WST 380: Race, Gender, and Class (SOBE OR SB & C) or AMS 380: Race, Gender, and Class (SOBE OR SB & C) or ETH 380: Race, Gender, and Class (SOBE OR SB & C) (3)
WST 440: Politics of Women's Health (CIVI OR SB & C) (3)
WST 444: Gender, Health, and Bodies (SB) (3)
Study Abroad Experience -- 6 credit hours
SSH 403: Cross-Cultural Studies in Global Health (GCSI OR (L or SB) & G) or students choose another approved global health study abroad experience (summer session, six credits minimum) (3)
Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this minor.

Enrollment Requirements

GPA Requirement: None

Incompatible Majors: BA 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 once 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.


Career Outlook

Nationally and internationally, the health field provides enormous and varied career opportunities, and demand is high and growing for graduates with specific skills. The minor supports the goals of those pursuing careers in academic research, teaching and health services. The 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; many of these jobs are directly or indirectly related to health.

Example Careers

Students who complete this degree program may be prepared for the following careers. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for academic or clinical positions.

Anthropologists and Archeologists

  • Growth: 4.2%
  • Median Salary*: 63940

Health Education Specialists

  • Growth: 7.2%
  • Median Salary*: 59990
  Bright Outlook

Climate Change Policy Analysts

  • Growth: 6.1%
  • Median Salary*: 76480
  Bright Outlook

Economists

  • Growth: 6.3%
  • Median Salary*: 113940
  Bright Outlook

Epidemiologists

  • Growth: 26.7%
  • Median Salary*: 78520
  Bright Outlook

Fundraisers

  • Growth: 5.2%
  • Median Salary*: 61190
  Bright Outlook

Intelligence Analysts

  • Growth: 1.5%
  • Median Salary*: 86280

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

  • Growth: 5.3%
  • Median Salary*: 54620
  Bright Outlook

Dietitians and Nutritionists

  • Growth: 6.6%
  • Median Salary*: 66450
  Bright Outlook

Registered Nurses

  • Growth: 5.6%
  • Median Salary*: 81220
  Bright Outlook

* Data obtained from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).

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Attend Online

ASU offers this program in an online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year. Applicants may view the program description and request more information here.



Program Contact Information

If you have questions related to admission, please click here to request information and an admission specialist will reach out to you directly. For questions regarding faculty or courses, please use the contact information below.

  • shesc.undergrad@asu.edu
  • 480/965-6215


Concurrent degree programs are specially designed academic programs which provide high-achieving undergraduate students the opportunity to complete two distinct but complementary bachelor degrees at the same time. Students must meet minimum admissions standards for both programs and be accepted individually by both colleges offering the concurrent program.
Students pursuing concurrent degrees earn two distinct degrees and receive two diplomas. ASU offers students two ways to earn concurrent degrees: by choosing a predetermined combination or creating their own combination. Predetermined combinations have a single admissions application and one easy to follow major map. To add a concurrent degree to your existing degree, work with your academic advisor. Either way, concurrent degrees allow students to pursue their own personal or professional interests.
Accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs are designed for high-achieving undergraduate students who want the opportunity to combine undergraduate coursework with graduate coursework to accelerate completion of their master's degree. These programs feature the same high-quality curriculum taught by ASU's world-renowned faculty.
ASU students may accelerate their studies by earning a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in as little as five years (for some programs) or by earning a bachelor’s degree in 2.5 or 3 years.

Accelerated bachelor's and master's degree programs are designed for high-achieving undergraduate students who want the opportunity to combine undergraduate coursework with graduate coursework to accelerate completion of their master’s degree. These programs, featuring the same high-quality curriculum taught by ASU's world-renowned faculty, allow students to obtain both a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as five years.

Accelerated bachelor’s degree programs allow students to choose either a 2.5- or a 3-year path while participating in the same high-quality educational experience of a 4-year option. Students can opt to fast-track their studies after acceptance into a participating program by connecting with their academic advisor.
This is only the first required math course. This program may contain additional math courses; See Major Map for details.
The level of intensity represents a measure of the number and academic rigor of math courses required.
The level of intensity represents a measure of the number and academic rigor of math courses required. Courses included in the General level: MAT 142
The level of intensity represents a measure of the number and academic rigor of math courses required. Courses included in the Moderate level: MAT 117, MAT 119, MAT 170, MAT 210, SOS 101, CPI 200
The level of intensity represents a measure of the number and academic rigor of math courses required. Courses included in the Substantial level: MAT 251, MAT 265. MAT 266, MAT 267, MAT 270, MAT 271, MAT 272, MAT 274, MAT 275
To add a minor, please consult with the academic advisor for your major.
To add a certificate, please consult with the academic advisor for your major.
A rolling deadline means that applications will continue to be reviewed on a regular basis until the semester begins. International students should be mindful of visa deadlines to ensure there is time to produce necessary visa documents. Applicants are encouraged to complete and submit application materials as soon as possible for consideration.
A final deadline means that all applications and application materials must be received by Graduate Admissions by the deadline date. Applications that are incomplete may not be considered after the final deadline. Applications that are submitted past the final deadline may not be considered.
A priority deadline means that applications submitted and completed before the priority deadline will receive priority consideration. Applications submitted after the priority deadlines will be reviewed in the order in which they were completed and on a space available basis. An application is complete after all materials are received by Graduate Admissions.
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