Global Public Health Minor

Minor - Global Public Health (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 21

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Note: Students must take all core courses from The University of Montana’s curriculum, but can receive content credit for relevant practicum and internships experience and for relevant courses taken at other universities if approved by the program director.


Required Courses

Rule: Must complete all of the following:

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Show Description BIOM 227 - Vectors and Parasites
Offered spring.  Prereq., college level general biology class is recommended but not required.  An introduction to the major groups of parasites and arthropod-borne pathogens infecting humans worldwide.  The class will stress the biology, transmission dynamics, prevention and control of these organisms. 
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 227 - Global Health Issues
Offered spring. Treats current public-health challenges in industrialized and low-income countries, including chronic and infectious illnesses.  In comparative perspective, the course explores the individual, environmental, resource, and governance context of public-health policy, interventions, and outcomes and address questions of human rights and ethics, health equity and justice, regional problems  and contributors, and the concerns of vulnerable populations along with possibilities for health advocacy.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

Core Electives

Rule: Must complete 9 credits from the following courses:

Note: The student should select the Ethnobotany of Amerindians section of PHAR 391 Special Topics.
The student should select the Public Health Genetics section of PHAR 491 Special Topics.

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Show Description AHHS 430 - Health Aspects of Aging
Offered spring. Same as HHP and HS 430. Overview of the health aspects of aging in the United States including biological theories of aging, normal physiological changes associated with aging systems, common pathological problems associated with aging, cultural and ethnic differences in the health of elders, health promotion and healthy aging, and the health care continuum of care for older persons.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 349 - Social Change in NnWstrn Socts
Offered autumn, odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. Study of the processes of change, modernization and development.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 426 - Culture, Health and Healing
Offered autumn. Cross-cultural comparisons of theories and concepts and health and illness. Examination of the impact of these concepts upon health practices and treatment of disease around the world.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOM 400 - Medical Microbiology
Offered autumn.  Microbial structure and functions, pathogenic microorganisms, virology, immunology. Credit not allowed toward a major in microbiology.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOM 427 - General Parasitology
Offered autumn. Prereq., BIOB 272. Parasitism as a biological phenomenon, origin of parasitism, adaptations and life cycles, parasite morphology, fine structure, physiology, parasites and their environment.
2 Credits
Show Description BIOM 428 - General Parasitology Lab
Offered autumn. Coreq., BIOM 427. Taxonomy, morphology and identification of parasitic protozoa, helminths and arthropods.
2 Credits
Show Description CHTH 355 - Theory Pract Comm Hlth Ed
Offered autumn. Prereq., KIN 205. History, philosophy, and theory related to community health education and health promotion. Includes the application of program development principles and health promotion strategies to community health programs.
3 Credits
Show Description CHTH 445 - Prgrm Plan in Comm Health
Offered spring. Prereq., CHTH 355. Overview of the issues, approaches, and techniques community health educators and professionals utilize in planning and implementing programs to assist communities in improving health status and reducing risky behaviors and their determinants. This course co-convenes with HHP 541.
3 Credits
Show Description COMX 425 - Comm in Health Organizations
Offered every other year. Not open to PCOM. This course explores the key issues at the intersection of health communication and organizational communication by considering communication processes that occur in a number of distinct contexts of health organizations. Through case studies and health campaigns students explore contemporary concerns and theory in the area of health communication.
3 Credits
Show Description ECNS 310 - Intro Health Economics
Offered intermittently.  Prereq., economics course. Survey of market forces that govern the production and consumption of medical care in the U.S. market; uncertainty, asymmetric information, and concentrations of market power resulting in inefficient outcomes. Topics include cost escalations, role of medical insurance, and problems of an aging population.
3 Credits
Show Description PHAR 320 - Am Ind Health Issues
Offered spring. Same as AHHS 320. An overview of the health issues, health care delivery and payment that affect American Indians.
2 Credits
Show Description PHAR 391 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
1 To 9 Credits
Show Description PHAR 491 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
1 To 9 Credits
Show Description PHL 321E - Philosophy & Biomedical Ethics
Offered intermittently.  Prereq., upper-division standing or consent of instr.  An examination of ethical problems raised by the practice of medicine and by recent developments in medically-related biological sciences.
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 431 - Politics of Global Migration
Prereq., junior standing or consent of instr. Exploration of the elective and forced migration of peoples within countries and across national boundaries. Geographical coverage includes Asia, North and Central America, Africa, and Europe. Attention to policy and gender issues surrounding economic and political migration.
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 463 - Development Administration
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing or consent of instr. Study of the functions and processes of public administration in the Third World. Focus on alleviating poverty and underdevelopment. Includes project design and development planning activities.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 465 - Social Work Global Context
Offered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., upper-division or graduate standing. Examination of globalization, human rights, poverty, international aid, and gender issues; their relationship to social work and social justice, and strategies for action.
3 Credits
Show Description SOCI 355 - Population and Society
Offered spring. Prereq., SOCI 101S. An introduction to contemporary world population problems including population growth, trafficking, fertility, mortality, population policy, and the relationship between population and environment. Emphasizes gender issues in international context.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Content Electives

Rule: Must complete 6 credits from the following courses

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Show Description ANTY 227 - Human Sexuality
Offered autumn. Biological, behavioral, and cross-cultural aspects of human sexuality to help students place their own sexuality and that of others in a broader perspective. Includes sexual anatomy, physiology, development, reproduction, diseases, sex determination, as well as gender development and current issues.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 333 - Culture and Population
Offered autumn, even-numbered years. The relationship between population processes and culture to the human condition; survey data, methodologies, theories of demographic and culture change.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 391 - Special Topics
(R-9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
1 To 9 Credits
Show Description ANTY 402 - Quan Ethnographic Field Methds
Offered autumn. This course is designed to enhance student understanding of field methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your research and findings in a professional manner in oral or written formats.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 418 - Ecol Genet Var Human Pops
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 210N Human genetic variation examined from an ecological perspective. Emphasis on the role of infectious disease as a selective factor in human evolution and exploration of the implications of these associations for human genetic variation.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 422 - Mind, Culture and Society
Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. The study of socialization, personality, cognition, and mental health cross-culturally.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 431 - Ethnographic Field Methods
Offered spring. Prereq., ANTY 220S, ANTY 401, or consent of instr. Introduction to socio-cultural anthropological methods including participant observation, interviewing and narrative techniques and analysis of qualitative data.
3 Credits
Show Description ANTY 435 - Drugs, Culture and Society
Offered intermittently.  Drug use in a cross-cultural perspective.  The role of drugs in cultural expression and social interaction.  Examination of the prehistory of drug use, drug use in traditional non-Western and Western societies, and drug use in the context of global sociocultural change.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOB 130N - Evolution and Society
Offered spring. A focus on relationships between evolutionary biology and important social issues, including the evolution of drug-resistant diseases, the construction and use of genetically-modified organism, human evolutionary biology, and experimental laboratory evolution.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOH 112 - Human Form and Function I
Offered autumn. Explores the fundamentals of structure and function at basic cellular and tissue levels, in addition to the anatomy and physiology of the integumentary, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOH 113 - Human Form and Function II
Offered spring. Explores the fundamental structures and functions of the endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOH 462 - Principles Medical Physiology
Offered spring. Prereq., C (2.00) or better in BIOH 365, 370, and either CHMY 123N or 143N or consent of instr. An advanced course in human physiology for students preparing for careers in health care.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOM 250N - Microbiology for Hlth Sciences
Offered spring.   Infectious diseases, including concepts of virulence, resistance, prevention and control of microbial diseases in the individual and in the community. If laboratory experience is desired, the student may enroll concurrently in BIOM 251. Credit not allowed toward a major in microbiology.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOM 402 - Medical Bacteriology& Mycology
Offered spring.  Prereq., BIOM 360, 361.  A study of the pathogenic bacteria and fungi and the diseases they produce.
3 Credits
Show Description BIOM 435 - Virology
Offered spring. Prereq., BIOB 260, and either BIOM 360 or BIOM 400. The general nature of viruses, with emphasis on the molecular biology of animal and human viruses. Co-convenes with BIOM 535.
3 Credits
Show Description COMX 204X - International & Dvlpmnt Comm
Offered yearly. International Communication is concerned with information exchange across national borders while Development Communication focuses on the historical, current, and prospective role of communication technologies in social change, improving living conditions, and enhancing life prospects-mainly in developing countries.
3 Credits
Show Description COMX 415 - Intercultural Communication
Offered autumn and spring. Not open to PCOM. Communication principles and processes in cross-cultural environments. Non-Western cultures are emphasized by contrasting them to Western communication norms.
3 Credits
Show Description COMX 485 - Communication and Health
Offered yearly. Not open to PCOM. Theory and research on the health correlates of human interaction.
3 Credits
Show Description ECNS 217X - Issues in Economic Development
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ECNS 201S. Study of the processes of economic growth and development in the less developed world.
3 Credits
Show Description HTH 430 - Hlth and Mind/Body/Spirit
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing. Overview of how the mind/body/spirit relationship affects health.  Examination of current research exploring how thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and beliefs influence and mediate health outcome.  Exploration of the theoretical applications of mind/body/spirit in health and healing used in contemporary society.
3 Credits
Show Description NASX 303E - Ecol Persp in Nat Amer Trad
Offered Autumn and Spring.  An examination of Native American environmental ethics and tribal and historical and contemporary use of physical environmental resources.
3 Credits
Show Description NASX 304E - Native American Beliefs/Philos
Offered Autumn and Spring.   A study of selected ethical systems; origins, world views; religious beliefs and the way they have been affected by western civilization.
3 Credits
Show Description NASX 388 - Native Amer Health & Healing
Offered alternate years. Examination of traditional and contemporary uses of medicine in Native American societies.  Issues covered will include current health conditions of American Indians, and the relationship from a cultural perspective on health, healing and medicine.
3 Credits
Show Description NUTR 221N - Basic Human Nutrition
Offered autumn and spring. The principles of science as applied to current concepts and controversies in the field of human nutrition.
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 324 - Climate Policies: China & U.S.
Offered every other year.  Prereq., CCS 203 or consent of instructor.  Explores historic, current, and future greenhouse-gas emissions of the United States and China, reasons why both are the two largest C02 emitters, and prevailing national and subnational government policies and nongovernmental actions that affect emissions mitigation and adaptation.
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 326 - Politics of Africa
Offered autumn. Prereq., junior standing or consent of instr. Development of the political systems of sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of the interaction between African and Western social, political, and economic forces. Consideration of African political thought.
3 Credits
Show Description PSCI 348 - US Multicultural Politics
Offered intermittently.  Examines the politics of diversity in the U.S., including national community, identity, citizenship, immigration, assimilation, and racial issues such as voting rights, affirmative action, segregation and integration, and public opinion.
3 Credits
Show Description PSYX 362 - Multicultural Psychology
Offered autumn even-numbered years. Current theories and research on culture, race, and ethnicity, and how the sociocultural context influences psychological processes.
3 Credits
Show Description PUBH 595 - Special Topics
(R-12) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.  Previous topics have included Global Health and Epidemiology of Infectious Disease.
1 To 12 Credits
Show Description S W 300 - Hum Behav & Soc Environ
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., SW 100 and 200. Prereq. or coreq., PSYX 230S, junior standing in Social Work. Using the ecological-social systems framework, the integration of knowledge and concepts from the social and behavioral sciences for analysis and assessment of problems and issues relevant to professional social work practice.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 310 - S W Policy & Services
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., SW 200; Social Work major. Social welfare history, program planning and analysis with review of selected policies on the national level. Includes international comparisons. Upper-division writing course.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 323 - Women & Soc Action Amer
Offered intermittently. Prereq., one of SW 100, SOCI 101S, or ANTY 101H or consent of instr. Same as WS 323. Focus on women’s experiences of and contributions to social change in North, South and Central America in the mid to late-20th century. Through case studies, testimonials, discussions with activists and Internet connections examine social constructions of gender, compare forms of social action in diverse cultural, political and historical contexts, link practice to theories of social participation, and reflect on lessons learned from women’s experiences.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 324 - Gender and Welfare
Offered intermittently. Prereq., SW 100 or consent of instr. Same as WGS 324. Exploration of the relationship between gender ideologies and the development of social welfare policies. Examination of historic and contemporary social welfare policies, practices and debates in the United States through a gender lens.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 410E - Social Work Ethics
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., SW 200, admission into the BSW program. Analysis of specific ethical dilemmas from personal, professional and policy perspectives. Focus on ethical issues common to the helping professions and utilizing codes of ethics as guides to decision-making. The relationship between professional ethical issues and the development of social policy.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 455 - Social Gerontology
Offered autumn. Examination of the field of social gerontology, including an examination of the major bio/psycho/social/cultural/spiritual theories of aging, the service system, social and health issues, family and care giving dynamics, social policy, and end of life concerns.
3 Credits
Show Description S W 475 - Death, Dying and Grief
Offered intermittently. Examination of death, dying and grief from an ecological perspective, focusing on the processes of dying and theories of grief. Emphasis on physical, social, psychological, spiritual, and cultural influences that surround death and grief. Consideration of cultural norms, attitudes toward death, medical, legal and ethical issues of dying. Focus on normal and complicated grief.
3 Credits
Show Description SOCI 332 - Sociology of the Family
Offered autumn. Prereq., SOCI 101S. Same as WGS 300. Historical, cross-cultural, and analytical study of the family. Emphasis on ideology, social structures, and agency affecting family composition and roles.
3 Credits
Show Description SOCI 371 - Gender and Global Development
Offered every other year.  Prereq. SOCI 101S.  Same as WGS 360.  Intermediate level perspectives on colonization, international development, and globalization, with an emphasis on gender issues and impacts.
3 Credits
Show Description SOCI 443 - Sociology of Poverty
Offered autumn. Prereq. SOCI 101S, or consent of instr. An examination of the roots, prevalence, and social characteristics of poverty. Analysis of policies intended to end poverty.
3 Credits
Show Description WGSS 263S - Women's and Gender Studies
Offered autumn. Broad overview of gender and women's issues from a social science perspective. Relevant topics related to the sociological and psychological aspects of gender across culture are explored, including masculinity, femininity, violence, reproductive health, cultural diversity in the expression of gender, issues in sexual orientation, and media contributions to these issues.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required