<p>Anyone know some colleges with undergraduate programs in international health?</p>
<p>Thank You.</p>
<p>Georgetown has 3 programs in International Health:</p>
<p>The School of Nursing and Health Studies: Bachelor of Science in Health Studies: International Health</p>
<p>The School of Foreign Service: Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service: Science, Technology, and International Affairs (STIA): concentration in International Health</p>
<p>Georgetown College: Biology of Global Health</p>
<p>I don’t know about international health specifically, but very few universities have undergraduate majors in public health (something I’d like to change! I’m in a public health Ph.D program right now).</p>
<p>Tulane University (New Orleans, LA - they have an excellent school of public health and real undergraduate major in public health)
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD - the #1 school of public health in the country, and they have a BA/MHS program)
University of Southern California (they have a program called “Health and Humanity”)</p>
<p>I’d say the program at JHU is the best and most well-known; the program at Tulane is also great. I think that Hunter College and Brooklyn College in the CUNY system and Drexel University in PA also have some undergrad options in public health, and Boston U offers the opportunity for students to take classes.</p>
<p>Also, remember that at any university school with a school of public health you can likely take classes at the graduate level in public health. A lot of top schools have schools of public health – Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Dartmouth and Penn have MPH programs, UNC-Chapel Hill, Minnesota, Michigan, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, the list goes on and on.</p>
<p>As juillet said, UNC has an excellent undergraduate public health program.
[UNC</a> School of Public Health - Undergraduate studies information](<a href=“http://www.sph.unc.edu/student_affairs/undergraduate_application.html]UNC”>http://www.sph.unc.edu/student_affairs/undergraduate_application.html)
[UNC</a> School of Public Health - Office of Global Health](<a href=“http://www.sph.unc.edu/globalhealth/]UNC”>http://www.sph.unc.edu/globalhealth/)</p>
<p>Duke also has quite a good program. It recently started up a Level 3 Biosafety Lab. DukeEngage helps fund those interested in public health.
[Duke</a> Global Health Institute - Global Health Certificate](<a href=“http://globalhealth.duke.edu/education-fieldwork/degrees/ghc]Duke”>http://globalhealth.duke.edu/education-fieldwork/degrees/ghc)
[Anti-bioterror</a> facility opens doors - News](<a href=“http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/19/News/AntiBioterror.Facility.Opens.Doors-2728041.shtml]Anti-bioterror”>http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2007/02/19/News/AntiBioterror.Facility.Opens.Doors-2728041.shtml)
[DukeEngage</a> | Home](<a href=“http://dukeengage.duke.edu/]DukeEngage”>http://dukeengage.duke.edu/)</p>
<p>Emory, with its proximity to the CDC, is probably the single best place in the country to study public health.
[Biology</a> Department | Emory University](<a href=“http://www.biology.emory.edu/]Biology”>http://www.biology.emory.edu/)
[Global</a> Health](<a href=“Error 404 | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>Error 404 | Emory University | Atlanta GA)
[Rollins</a> School of Public Health: Research](<a href=“http://www.sph.emory.edu/research.php]Rollins”>http://www.sph.emory.edu/research.php)</p>
<p>sorry, forgot to add: here are links to each undergraduate international health major at Georgetown:</p>
<p>[Georgetown</a> University: Department of International Health](<a href=“http://nhs.georgetown.edu/internationalhealth/dept.html]Georgetown”>http://nhs.georgetown.edu/internationalhealth/dept.html)
[The</a> Biology of Global Health Major](<a href=“http://biology.georgetown.edu/undergraduate/globalhealth/]The”>Biology of Global Health Major | Department of Biology | Georgetown University)
[GU</a> - SFS - BSFS - Majors: STIA > About STIA](<a href=“http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/majors/stia/]GU”>http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/bsfs/majors/stia/)</p>
<p>The International Health major in the Nursing and Health Studies School offers you coursework mixing the natural human sciences and public health, and is probably what you’re looking for. You’ll take required courses in human anatomy and physiology (2 semesters), chemistry, medical microbiology, nutrition and disease prevention, and human growth and development. You’ll also have international health courses such as epidemiology, demography, health promotion and disease prevention, globalization and healthcare, global patterns of disease, ecology of global hunger, etc. You’ll have international health electives such as maternal and child health in developing countries, poverty and health, political economy of health and development, HIV/AIDS, International disease control programs, and comparative health systems. You can also add health science electives such as pathophysiology, immunology, pharmacology, human disease genetics, and molecular and cellular fundamentals of health and disease. The international health major also includes 3 built in internship experiences: one at the community level (NGO serving populations in DC), one with an international organization (based in DC, taking advantage of DC’s unique opportunities in international relations and health), and a practical experience abroad with an NGO, university or health ministry (not a study abroad experience, but a practical experience putting all your knowledge into practice in an underserved area abroad).</p>
<p>and just to note, Emory only has a minor in global health, not a major.</p>
<p>The OP will need an MPH, PhD, and/or MD anyway, so a major in Global Health doesn’t mean that much. The important thing is being able to take classes in that area (which Emory certainly offers) and being able to do service or research in that area (which the CDC certainly provides).</p>
<p>[Student</a> Jobs, Internships, and Career Development Programs | About CDC: Employment Opportunities](<a href=“http://www.cdc.gov/employment/studentjobs.htm#workstudy]Student”>http://www.cdc.gov/employment/studentjobs.htm#workstudy)</p>
<p>Tufts has an undergrad major in community health as well as being incredibly strong in international relations. </p>
<p>[The</a> Community Health Program - Homepage](<a href=“Homepage | Department of Community Health”>Homepage | Department of Community Health)</p>
<p>I would only recommend Georgetown’s multiple possibilities in global and public health, and the public health major at Johns Hopkins University. Easily, the Hopkins program is the best of its kind at the undergraduate levels as students are allowed to take graduate classes at the #1 Bloomberg Public Health School of JHU and opt for a ba/Mph program if they wish. (and no, these aren’t the phony selective masters programs at some other schools…but getting a masters is a real likelihood at Hopkins)</p>
<p>Correction- Hopkins offers a BA/MHS program. That is NOT the same as a BA/MPH program. The foci are similar but different. Furthermore, it’s not a given that a student could complete the combined program; students have to complete their BA/BS by the end of junior year and apply to and be accepted by the MS program.</p>
<p>One of the thematic concentrations to choose from in Tufts’ IR program is Global Health, Nutrition, and Environment:
[International</a> Relations Program : Tufts University](<a href=“Homepage | International Relations Program”>Homepage | International Relations Program)</p>
<p>To elaborate more on the difference between the MHS and the MPH, at Hopkins the MPH requires 2 years of professional work experience, whereas the MHS is suited for students with less than 2 years of experience. You can choose either an academic MHS (in fields like environmental health, cancer epi, demography) or a professional MHS (in fields like behavioral sciences and health education, human nutrition, and population and health). Academic MHS is more suited to those who want to do research and continue to get a Ph.D whereas a professional MHS is more for those who want to go directly to work.</p>
<p>IBclass06 is right in saying that the OP will need at least an MPH/MHS/MS to be competitive for public health jobs anyway. Most public health jobs I’ve been looking at recently require a master’s or higher.</p>
<p>Tufts also offers a BA/MPH:
[Frequently</a> Asked Questions - School of Medicine - Tufts University](<a href=“http://www.tufts.edu/med/education/phpd/mph/pathways/bamph/faq.html]Frequently”>Tufts University School of Medicine)
As well as a number of dual postgraduate degrees with the MPH.</p>
<p>U of Rochester has Health and Society:</p>
<p>[Center</a> for Academic Support - The College](<a href=“Applying to Health Professions Programs : University of Rochester”>Applying to Health Professions Programs : University of Rochester)</p>
<p>I agree, most good public health jobs look for an MPH or higher. I’ve also heard that the MPH is usually best coupled with another degree, such as an MD, JD, MBA, etc. juillet you’d know more about that though.</p>
<p>It also seems that some schools will waive the MPH work requirement for certain students. One International Health alum from Gtown from last year is finishing his first year at Bloomberg (JHU), in the MPH program.</p>
<p>The JHU MPH is a one year program. You don’t need all the creds that Jason suggests however my wife has a Hopkins MPH she received after her MSW.</p>
<p>Thank you for the suggestions.
Since there are not that many youth interested in public health, do you think that by stating this as my intended major on an application may increase my chances?</p>
<p>Cause all those schools are tippy-top!</p>
<p>No, not particularly. Not sure that any specific major within a given school would help your chances. Also, I wouldn’t be so quick to assume that few youths are interested in public health. It’s a popular major at Tufts.</p>
<p>This is what I am interested in studying. But i decided that I wanted to start out more general for undergrad and then get an MPH/MD later on.
one school that hasnt been mentioned that i think should is Vanderbilt. The program is called health and society. It is a cool program. I talked to one of the professors there in the fall.
Also University of Washington has an outstanding graduate program and that trickles down into the undergrads too.
Rice is developing a program. there program has a more science/engineering tilt to it.
duke has a certificate program i think as well.</p>