Undergraduate Minors

GPH offers two minors to students across NYU. A cross-school minor is a convenient study option for students wishing to learn more about a field that they cannot major or minor in at their home school.

Public Health Minor

The Public Health cross-school minor introduces students to population health issues, causes of poor health outcomes, and strategies to promote and protect health globally and domestically. Students will explore health promotion, disease prevention, epidemiology, and more. This minor prepares students for careers in health professions, social work, business, law, psychology, and other fields.

Requirements

The Public Health minor consists of four courses (16 credits).

Two core courses (8 credits):

  • UGPH-GU 10 (9010) Health & Society in a Global World (4 credits)
  • UGPH-GU 30 (9030) Epidemiology for Global Health (4 credits)

Two elective courses (8 credits) from the list below:

Global Public Health (GPH)

  • UGPH-GU 15 Introduction to Bioethics
  • UGPH-GU 20 Biostatistics for Public Health
  • UGPH-GU 22 Introduction to Neuroethics
  • UGPH-GU 24 Life and Death
  • UGPH-GU 25 Public Health Ethics
  • UGPH-GU 26 Ethics and Clinical Practice
  • UGPH-GU 28 Ethics and Identity: Disability, Gender, and Race
  • UGPH-GU 32 Ethics and the Internet: Social Media and Big Data
  • UGPH-GU 35 Behavioral Risk-Taking in a Global Context
  • UGPH-GU 36 Ethics and Technology
  • UGPH-GU 40 Health Policy in a Global World
  • UGPH-GU 42 Human Rights: Philosophical and Practical Issues
  • UGPH-GU 44 Nutrition and Health during Reproduction, Childhood, and Adolescence
  • UGPH-GU 50 Environmental Health in a Global World
  • UGPH-GU 52 Medical Ethics
  • UGPH-GU 65 Public Health Approaches to Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • UGPH-GU 70 Justice and Health
  • UGPH-GU 80 Public Health Entrepreneurial Ventures
  • UGPH-GU 95 The Ethics of Reproduction
  • UGPH-GU 158 History of Medicine
  • UGPH-GU 293 Global Medicine and Disease: The Challenges We Face

Anthropology (CAS)

  • ANTH-UA 107 Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH-UA 108 Global Biocultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Public Health

Applied Psychology (Steinhardt)

  • APSY-YE 1038 Abnormal Psychology
  • APSY-UE 1041 Women and Mental Health: A Lifecycle Perspective
  • APSY-UE 1110 Sexual Identities Across The Lifespan
  • APSY-UE 1272 Adolescent Development

Biology (CAS)

  • BIOL-UA 30 Genetics
  • BIOL-UA 31 At the Bench: Genetics and Genomics
  • BIOL-UA 44 Microbiology and Microbial Genomics
  • BIOL-UA 45 Biostatistics and Human Genetics
  • BIOL-UA 50 Immunology
  • BIOL-UA 64 Geographic Information Systems for Ecology
  • BIOL-UA 70 At the Bench: Microbiology

Global Liberal Studies (GLS)

  • GT-UF 201 Global Topics: (Globalization and the Environment)
  • GT-UF 201 Global Topics: (HIV/AIDS: A Global Perspective)
  • GT-UF 201 Global Topics: (Sustainable Human Rights: Food, Water, Health and Environment)

History (CAS)

  • HIST-UA 202 The History of Western Medicine
  • HIST-UA 293 Seminar in History of Medicine
  • HIST-UA 743 Colonial Latin America

Nutrition and Food Studies (Steinhardt)

  • FOOD-UE 1033 Food Systems: Food and Agriculture
  • NUTR-UE 1187 Introduction to Global Issues in Nutrition
  • NUTR-UE 1209 Community Nutrition
  • NUTR-UE 9187 Introduction to Global Issues in Nutrition

Public Policy (Wagner)

  • UPADM-GP 236 Topics in Health: Policy, Politics and Power

Sociology (CAS)

  • SOC-UA 135 Race and Ethnicity
  • SOC-UA 451 The Family

Advising

For questions about the Public Health minor, contact Jennifer Zapata, Program Administrator - Undergraduate Advising, at jennifer.zapata@nyu.edu.

Declaration Process

Apply for the Public Health minor via this link under "Apply for a Minor."

Bioethics Minor

Bioethics is the study of ethical issues in healthcare, biological sciences, and emerging technologies. Scientific advancements and rapid technological change create complex ethical dilemmas, making it essential to think critically about the social, moral, and political implications.

The bioethics minor is designed for students with diverse academic interests and career goals, particularly those in medicine, public policy, law, bioengineering, life sciences, public health, journalism, and philosophy. Courses explore foundational moral questions and case studies related to life.

Requirements

The Bioethics minor consists of four courses (16 credits).

Two core courses (8 credits):

  • UGPH-GU 15 Introduction to Bioethics (4 credits)
  • UGPH-GU 25 Public Health Ethics (4 credits)

Two elective courses (8 credits) from the list below:

Global Public Health (GPH)

  • UGPH-GU 22 Introduction to Neuroethics
  • UGPH-GU 24 Life and Death
  • UGPH-GU 26 Ethics and Clinical Practice
  • UGPH-GU 28 Ethics and Identity: Disability, Gender, and Race
  • UGPH-GU 32 Ethics and the Internet: Social Media, Big Data, and Fake News
  • UGPH-GU 36 Ethics and Technology
  • UGPH-GU 42 Human Rights: Philosophical and Practical Issues
  • UGPH-GU 52 Medical Ethics
  • UGPH-GU 70 Justice and Health
  • UGPH-GU 85 Ethics and Research
  • UGPH-GU 95 The Ethics of Reproduction

Animal Studies (CAS)

  • ANST-UA 400 Ethics and Animals
  • ANST-UA 440/ENVST-UA 440 Food, Animals and the Environment

Philosophy (CAS)

  • PHIL-UA 4 Life and Death
  • PHIL-UA 40 Ethics
  • PHIL-UA 41 The Nature of Values
  • PHIL-UA 53 Ethics and the Environment

Advising

For questions about the Bioethics minor, contact Kristin Cutler, Assistant Director - Undergraduate Advising, at kristin.cutler@nyu.edu.

Declaration Process

Apply for the Public Health minor via this link under "Apply for a Minor."

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