Health

In the Health sector, individuals work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation. Volunteers also work in HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs, and create programs that provide emotional and financial support to families and communities affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Health concentration

3 courses from list of recommended courses and/or the approved health‐related subject codes

Recommended courses:

  • CDS 201 Communication Disorders in Society
  • HPHY 211 Medical Terminology
  • FHS 216 Diversity of Human Services
  • PPPM 202 Healthy Communities
  • ENVS 225 Intro to Food Studies
  • GLBL 340 Global Health and Development
  • PPPM 407 Public Health
  • SPED 411 Foundations of Disability
  • HPHY 410 Physiology of Aging
  • HPHY 470 Environmental Physiology
  • ENVS 410 Water, Public Health, Environment
  • GLBL 467 Global Mental Health
  • GLBL 465 Global Reproductive Health
  • GLBL 463 Population Displacement and Global Health
  • BI 309 Tropical Diseases in Africa

Approved subject codes

  • BIO Biology
  • CDS Communiation Disorders & Sciences
  • CPSY Counseling Psychology
  • ENVS Environmental Studies (Food Studies related courses)
  • FSH Family & Human Services
  • HPHY Human Physiology
  • GLBL Global Studies (Global Health related courses)
  • PPPM Planning, Public Policy & Management