Global Health

Develop Sustainable Solutions to Complex Global Health Problems

Miami University’s Global Health Minor offers a unique, transdisciplinary learning environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and ethical engagement to devlop future leaders with the essential tools to understand complex global health problems and participate in developing sustainable solutions. 

The Global Health Studies faculty have come together from across Miami University to promote an engaged learning environment aimed at developing future leaders with the essential tools to understand global health issues and participate in developing solutions.

What do you learn with a Global Health minor?

• Recognize the complexity and ethical dilemmas of global health and identify, integrate, and assess knowledge from multiple disciplines to thoroughly describe global health problems.
• Recognize high quality research methods, evaluate the validity of global health related data, and design methods for examining a global health question or problem.
• Develop strong team work skills with the ability to negotiate group-based dynamics during interdisciplinary team projects and presentations.
• Develop team writing and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively in various formats.
• Develop skills in building networks of consultants, mentors, and/or collaborators associated with global health.
• Engage in a formative global health immersion experience to gain in-depth understanding of the complexities of global health problems.
• Write a global health research thesis or a global health grant proposal.

Eligibility

A minimum 2.0 GPA is required for all courses in this minor. Courses must be taken for a grade (not credit/no-credit). Students planning to take this minor should consult with the lead departmental adviser. This minor is available to students majoring in Anthropology.