Global Health Minor

Cornell’s Global Health Minor

• • • • Begun in 2006 with cofunding from the US National Institutes of Health and Cornell University Complements any academic major offered at the University Open to all undergraduate students in all colleges.

3 specific educational objectives: – to learn more about the problems of global health in a classroom setting; – to experience the issues in global health first-hand in a field setting; and – to be exposed to the variety of careers available in global health by working with graduate and medical students and faculty who are currently engaged in the field.

Global Health Minor - Summary of Requirements Who can pursue the minor?

Credits – How many?

Core courses – How many?

Core Courses – What are they?

Open to all undergraduate students in all colleges 15

(NS 2600 (

Required before Field Experience

) --> Core and Elective Courses --> Field Experience --> NS 4600)

3 1.

2.

3.

NS 2600 - Introduction to Global Health (SPRING) Choose one:

– – – – –

NS 3060

- Nutritional Problems of Developing Nations (Fall)

NS 4570/ECON 4740

- Health, Poverty and Inequality (Fall)

AEM 4450/NS4550

- Food Policy for Developing Countries

ENTOM 2100/B&SOC 2100

– Plagues and People (Fall)

ANTHR 2468

– Medicine, Culture and Society (Fall) – – – –

ANTHR 3682

– Healing and Medicine in Africa (Spring)

B&SOC 2051

– Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine

HE 4900

- Multicultural Practice

HE 4950

– Culture, Medicine and Professional Practice in a Diverse World: New York

NS 4600

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Explorations in Global Health Elective Courses – How many?

Elective Courses – What are they?

Abroad Field Experience – Do I have to do one?

How do I learn more?

2

, distributed across different departments See the list of approved elective courses on the website.

Yes.

It must be in a resource poor setting. A total of 8 weeks of active engagement is required. It must be approved by the Global Health Program office before your departure

and take place after completing NS 2600.

http://www.human.cornell.edu/DNS/globalhealth/undergraduate/index.cfm

31 2008

Total Enrollment in the Minor

80 Female Male 76 2009 2010

Enrollment By Major Enrollment By College

ILR& ENG A&S (19%) Human Ecology (49%) CALS (28%)

Where did students travel during Summer 2010?

Asia Africa Latin America

Global Health Summer Program Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College

MOSHI,TANZANIA

Global Health Summer Program Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMC)

MOSHI,TANZANIA

Travel Grant Awards

In 2010, the Travel Grant Awards ranged from $300-$1000 Number of Students Receiving Travel Grants

What is the Global Health Minor offering you—inside or outside the classroom--that isn’t already included in your major?

Email survey of GH minors, Fall 2010, 22 respondents thus far

• • • • •

Summary of themes from student responses:

Global Health Field Experience, connecting classroom with experience; experiencing first-hand Personal growth, transformation, new perspectives and ways of seeing Focus on inequalities/developing countries/resource-poor settings/cross-cultural/international Learning is complex and interdisciplinary; multiple perspectives; critical thinking Being part of a community on campus/access to role models (both peers and staff/faculty)

GH Minor Economic Survey Results

45 students enrolled in NS 4600 completed the survey (Spring2010)

% of Student Tuition from Financial Aid Combined Family Income

Less than $20,000 (4%) None (51%) 75-100% Tuition (27%) 25% or less (18%) 25-75% Tuition (4%) $120,000+ (36%) $20,000-$40,000 (18%) $40,000-$80,000 (11%) $80,000-$120,000 (22%)

GH Minor Economic Survey Results

Student Concern with Cost of Field Experience Funding Sources

Great Concern (20%) Small Concern (9%) Somewhat of Concern (18%) Significant Concern (36%) Neutral Response (18%) Other Cornell (9%) Outside Sources (13%) GH Travel Grant (13%) Personal/Family Contribution (63%)

GH Minor Economic Survey Results

Student Satisfaction with Field Experience

Somewhat Dissatisfied (4%) Neutral (9%) Very Satisfied (56%) Satisfied (31%)