Global Public and Environmental Health

Colgate’s Global Public and Environmental Health Program helps students to understand interdisciplinary perspectives on critical health issues and the skills needed to address them, both locally and on a global scale. Students in public health learn to think critically, speak, and write clearly and articulately about health issues from a variety of perspectives. The global public health curriculum combines interdisciplinary breadth with depth in a chosen field of study.

The Global Public and Environmental Health Program is an interdisciplinary program located within the Division of University Studies and staffed by faculty from the four academic divisions who apply their knowledge and expertise to teaching and research endeavors that cross disciplinary boundaries. The program administers a minor that includes a common introductory course to ensure a common interdisciplinary experience. Students achieve depth in analytical ability by taking a set of courses chosen in consultation with their adviser. To fulfill the global public and environmental health minor graduation requirements, students must possess a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.00 in all courses counted toward the minor, both the introductory course and those taken in other departments and programs.

Courses

Use the minor link below to find courses that count toward the GPEH requirements. 

Majors and Minors

• Global Public and Environmental Health Minor

Courses

• GPEH 100 - Introduction to Global Public and Environmental Health
• GPEH 191 - Independent Study
• GPEH 253 - The History of Global Health
• GPEH 301 - Community Health
• GPEH 323 - Language and Medicine
• GPEH 334 - Public Health in Africa