Undergraduate

Many of the most pressing public health crises impacting our societies are complex and require interdisciplinary approaches that blend public health principles with knowledge from the social and physical sciences, liberal arts, and field of quantitative reasoning. Therefore, the programs at GPH are specifically designed to enable currently enrolled undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in a range of public health coursework that complements their main program of study.

Taught by world-renowned faculty and expert public health practitioners, GPH courses are designed to provide students with a strong foundation in the complex and complicated ways in which population health is shaped. Students who successfully complete the required coursework will be able to: 

1. Recognize key historical milestones in the development and evolution of the field of public health with examples from both the US and international contexts.
    
2. Describe and assess the biological, social, environmental and structural determinants of health by applying interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies.
    
3. Understand key data analytic techniques and epidemiologic concepts for measuring disease occurrence and frequency and how the information obtained from these measures is used to assess the health of populations.
    
4. Know the public health literature across time, forms, and cultures.
    
5. Compare measures and outcomes of health systems and policy in high, middle and low income countries.
    
6. Apply concepts of public health promotion and prevention to engage in collaborative and culturally relevant public health activities that, in turn, promote social justice.
    
7. Connect public health concepts to disciplinary training in the field.

Why Global Health?  The NYU GPH Advantage

Students who are part of the School of Global Public Health participate in a broader public health community at NYU, studying and working alongside other undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, practitioners, and alumni engaged in public health activities. Global Public Health students receive:

• An interdisciplinary education with coursework across the University and around the world at NYU’s global sites

• Access to world-renowned faculty across NYU schools

• Opportunities to network with practitioners, leaders, scholars and alumni in government, not-for-profit, and private institutions around the globe

• Extensive opportunities for applied fieldwork in the US and in countries around the world, including a required semester abroad at one of NYU’s many global sites

• Multidisciplinary advising on course selection, major selection, fieldwork, professional development and career planning

• Access to resources across the University and College, including events and conferences, student research opportunities, student organizations and governance, and career services

We asked Joy Madubuonwu, BA 2016, Global Public Health and Anthropology: What drives you to work in Public Health in New York City?

Global Public Health Competencies

After successfully completing the six required global public health courses Global Public Health, students will be able to:

1. Recognize key historical milestones in the development and evolution of the field of public health with examples from both the US and international contexts.
    
2. Describe and assess the biological, social, environmental and structural determinants of health by applying interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies.
    
3. Understand key data analytic techniques and epidemiologic concepts for measuring disease occurrence and frequency and how the information obtained from these measures is used to assess the health of populations.
    
4. Know the public health literature across time, forms, and cultures.
    
5. Compare measures and outcomes of health systems and policy in high, middle and low income countries.
    
6. Apply concepts of public health promotion and prevention to engage in collaborative and culturally relevant public health activities that, in turn, promote social justice.
    
7. Connect public health concepts to disciplinary training in the field.

Undergraduate Programs Administration