Global Studies BA / Public Health MPH
Major: Global Studies and Public health
Degrees Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Public Health (MPH)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Total Credit Hours: 237.0
Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five Years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 30.2001
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-3094
About the Program
To further prepare students for careers in the international sphere, Drexel University now offers an accelerated degree that allows students to complete an accelerated Bachelor’s Degree (BA) in Global Studies and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH). Students apply in their third year to Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health; those accepted begin working on their MPH as they complete their BA, getting their MPH a year earlier than if they had done the two degrees separately. They also have a chance to complete an undergraduate co-op and gain valuable work experience as they go.
The Drexel BA degree prepares students for exciting international careers or at home working with diverse international populations. It prepares them by giving them foreign language fluency and offers a wide variety of courses in the social sciences, humanities, philosophy, hard sciences, cultural studies, and many other fields. While working on their Global Studies degree, students also are encouraged to study abroad, adding to their global perspective as well as perfecting their foreign language skills. There are also many opportunities for doing co-op abroad: a chance to live overseas for six months while gaining valuable work experience and getting a chance to truly be part of the culture of the place where they are working. Study abroad opportunities exist in many countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and across Asia; co-op abroad employers can also be found in almost any part of the world.
Added to this is the chance to get an accelerated degree in Public Health, a much-in-demand professional degree with many uses. Students interested in global public health, for example, can gain skills that make them attractive to international development agencies like the US Agency for International Development, the UN, or many international charitable organization. Students who want to work domestically can use their language and cultural skills in a wide variety of settings here, working with the diverse population within the US. A degree in public health allows people to make a real impact on society, improving the lives of people around the world.
Drexel Global Studies students have won a wide variety of international fellowships including Fulbright, Boren, and other US government programs. They have studied abroad in countries as diverse as France, Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, Argentina, Costa Rica, China, Japan, and Korea. They have gone on to work with the US State Department and other government agencies, with large Silicon Valley tech firms, and with private corporations around the world. Adding an MPH will open even more doors for students interested in really making a difference at home and abroad.
Additional Information
For more information, contact:
Rogelio Miñana, PhD
Department Head and Professor of Spanish
Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages
MacAlister Hall 3031
rogelio.minana@drexel.edu
Phone: 215.571.3194
Admission Requirements
Undergraduate admissions are determined by Enrollment Management/Admissions.
MPH requirements are set by the School of Public Health. Eligible students must:
- Be enrolled in the 4COP undergraduate program
- Maintain a minimum overall GPA of at least 3.25
- Be able to take undergraduate and graduate coursework during their senior year
- Complete the pre-requisite courses necessary for admission (determined by the School of Public Health) into the MPH program with no lower than a "C" grade
- Obtain one written recommendation from a faculty member and one from an advisor, supervisor or mentor
- Complete the online School of Public Health application to the MPH program at the Dornsife School of Public Health in their junior year
- Complete an interview with a Dornsife faculty member
Degree Requirements
BIO 107 | Cells, Genetics & Physiology | 3.0 |
BIO 108 | Cells, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory | 1.0 |
BIO 109 | Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | 3.0 |
BIO 110 | Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | 1.0 |
BIO 133 | Physiology and Ecology | 4.0 |
CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
COOP 101 | 1.0 | |
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
PBHL 101 | Public Health 101 | 3.0 |
PSCI 150 | International Politics | 4.0 |
UNIV H101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
Students must select one of the following math sequences: | 12.0 | |
Introduction to Analysis I and Introduction to Analysis II and Mathematics for the Life Sciences | ||
Calculus I and Calculus II and Calculus III | ||
Global Studies Core Courses | ||
GST 101 | Becoming Global: Language and Cultural Context | 3.0 |
GST 102 | Understanding Global: Markets and Governance | 3.0 |
GST 103 | Acting Global: Research Methods in Global Studies | 3.0 |
Four 200+ level GST courses | 12.0 | |
GST 400 | Senior Project in Global Studies | 3.0 |
Language minor, or minor in Asian Studies, or Middle East and North African Studies | 24.0 | |
Students must complete at least 24.0 credits above the 103 language level to earn a language minor. | ||
Global Health and Sustainability Concentration Requirements | ||
ANTH 360 | Culture and the Environment | 3.0 |
PBHL 301 | Epidemiology in Public Health | 3.0 |
PBHL 303 | Overview of Issues in Global Health | 3.0 |
PSCI 334 | Politics of Environment and Health | 4.0 |
or SOC 346 | Environmental Justice | |
Choose one of the following ethics courses | 3.0 | |
Biomedical Ethics | ||
Environmental Ethics | ||
Public Health Ethics | ||
Choose one of the following English courses | 3.0 | |
Literature & Science | ||
Environmental Literature | ||
Topics in Literature and Medicine | ||
Global Health and Sustainability Distribution Requirements | 24.0 | |
Students must complete 24.0 credits from the approved list: | ||
Worldview: Science, Religion and Magic | ||
Health & Healing Practices in Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
Societies In Transition: The Impact of Modernization and the Third World | ||
Culture and the Environment | ||
Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | ||
Ethnobotany | ||
Genetically Modified Foods | ||
Environmental Crime | ||
Campaigns for Health & Environment | ||
Environmental Communication | ||
Science Writing | ||
Grant Writing | ||
Microeconomics | ||
Macroeconomics | ||
Resource and Environmental Economics | ||
Literature & Science | ||
Environmental Literature | ||
Topics in Literature and Medicine | ||
Cities and Sustainability | ||
Introduction to Urban Planning | ||
Energy Entrepreneurship | ||
Environmental Science | ||
Native Plants and Sustainability | ||
Global Climate Change | ||
Global Warming, Biodiversity and Your Future | ||
Conservation Biology | ||
Introduction to Global Capital and Development | ||
Introduction to Identities and Communities | ||
Introduction to Power and Resistance | ||
Introduction to Global Media, Arts, and Cultures | ||
Introduction to Global Health and Sustainability | ||
Advanced Studies in Global Capital and Development | ||
Advanced Studies in Identities and Communities | ||
Advanced Studies in Power and Resistance | ||
Advanced Studies in Global Media, Arts, and Cultures | ||
Advanced Studies in Global Health and Sustainability | ||
Special Topics in Global Studies | ||
Special Topics in Global Studies | ||
Model Organization of American States | ||
History of Science: Ancient to Medieval | ||
History of Science: Medieval to Enlightenment | ||
History of Science: Enlightenment to Modernity | ||
Themes in Global Environmental History | ||
Empire and Environment | ||
Transnational History of Science, Technology and Environment | ||
Development of World Health Care | ||
Health Care across Cultures | ||
Foods and Nutrition of World Cultures | ||
Perspectives in World Nutrition | ||
Introduction to the History of Public Health | ||
Introduction to Health & Human Rights | ||
Women and Children: Health & Society | ||
Introduction to Community Health | ||
The World's Water | ||
Exploring the HIV/AIDS Pandemic | ||
Disease Outbreak Investigations | ||
Health Inequality | ||
Biomedical Ethics | ||
Global Ethical Issues | ||
Environmental Ethics | ||
Environmental Philosophy | ||
Philosophy of Technology | ||
Philosophy of Science | ||
Social Development: A Global Approach | ||
Politics of Environment and Health | ||
The United Nations in World Politics | ||
Ethics and International Relations | ||
International Human Rights | ||
Psychology of Sustainability | ||
HIV/AIDS and Africa | ||
Development and Underdevelopment in the Global South | ||
Globalization | ||
Women's Health and Human Rights | ||
Women and Society in a Global Context | ||
Free electives | 38.0-36.0 | |
Graduate Coursework | ||
BST 571 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 |
EPI 570 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3.0 |
HMP 505 | Qualitative Data and Mixed Methods Analysis | 2.0 |
PBHL 500 | Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health | 0.0 |
PBHL 510 | Public Health Foundations and Systems I | 4.0 |
PBHL 511 | Public Health Foundations and Systems II | 4.0 |
MPH Discipline Specific Foundation Courses | 15.0 | |
MPH Integrative Learning Experience * | 4.0-6.0 | |
Integrative Learning Experience in Community Health & Prevention I and Integrative Learning Experience in Community Health & Prevention II | ||
Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health I and Integrative Learning Experience: Environmental and Occupational Health II | ||
Integrative Learning Experience in Epidemiology I and Integrative Learning Experience in Epidemiology II | ||
Integrative Learning Experience and Integrative Learning Experience II | ||
MPH Electives/Graduate Minor courses | 21.0 | |
Total Credits | 237.0 |
* | The Integrated Learning Experience is determined based on the type of MPH chosen. |
Sample Plan of Study
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | VACATION | |
GST 101 | 3.0 | GST 102 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | GST 103 | 3.0 | ||
UNIV H101 | 1.0 | PBHL 101 | 3.0 | MATH 239 | 4.0 | ||
(UG) Language course* | 4.0 | (UG) Language course* | 4.0 | (UG) Language course* | 4.0 | ||
(UG) Free elective | 3.0 | ||||||
15 | 17 | 18 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BIO 107 | 3.0 | BIO 109 | 3.0 | BIO 133 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 |
BIO 108 | 1.0 | BIO 110 | 1.0 | ECON 201 | 4.0 | (UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 |
COOP 101** | 1.0 | (UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 | (UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 | (UG) GST Distribution option | 3.0 |
PSCI 150 | 4.0 | (UG) GST Distribution options | 6.0 | (UG) GST 200+ level course | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 |
(UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 | (UG) Language course* | 4.0 | (UG) Language course* | 4.0 | (UG) Language course* | 3.0 |
(UG) GST Distribution option | 3.0 | ||||||
(UG) Language course* | 4.0 | ||||||
19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | (UG) GST 200+ course | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | ||
EPI 570 | 3.0 | EPI 571 | 3.0 | (UG) GST Distribution option | 3.0 | (UG) GST 200+ course | 3.0 |
(UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 | ||||
(UG) Language course* | 3.0 | (UG) Language* | 3.0 | ||||
HMP 505 | 2.0 | ||||||
3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
UNIV H201 | 1.0 | GST 400 | 3.0 | (UG) Free electives | 6.0 | VACATION | |
(UG) GST Distribution option | 3.0 | (UG) Distribution option | 3.0 | (UG) GST Distribution option | 3.0 | Student converts to Grad status | |
(UG) Free electives | 6.0 | (UG) GST Concentration requirement | 3.0 | (UG) GST 200+ course | 3.0 | ||
(UG) Language* | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 | ||
PBHL 510 | 4.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | (GR) MPH Elective | 3.0 | ||
(GR) MPH Discipline specific course | 4.0 | ||||||
17 | 16 | 19 | 0 | ||||
Fifth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
(GR) MPH Discipline specific course | 3.0 | (GR) MPH Electives | 6.0 | (GR) MPH Discipline Specific courses | 6.0 | ||
(GR) MPH Electives | 6.0 | (GR) MPH Discipline Specific course | 3.0 | (GR) MPH elective | 3.0 | ||
(GR) Integrative Learning Experience I | 3.0 | (GR) Integrative Learning Experience II | 3.0 | ||||
12 | 12 | 9 | |||||
Total Credits 237 |
* | Language minor in French, Spanish or Japanese, or minor in Asian Studies, or Middle East and North Africa Studies. |
** | Co-op cycle may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major. COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |