The NYU School of Global Public Health (GPH) partners with undergraduate programs in the College of Arts & Science (CAS), Global Liberal Studies (GLS), Nursing, Silver, and Steinhardt to offer 13 unique undergraduate co-majors. The GPH co-major is not a standalone major and must be combined with a degree-granting bachelor's program from one of our partner schools. These co-majors, rooted in the arts and sciences curricula across our partner schools, enable students to engage in public health course work that is committed to advancing health equity and social justice.
Students who choose to co-major in public health will learn how to apply epidemiological methods and biostatistical techniques to conduct ethically informed research on health disparities. They will learn about the social, political, economic, and commercial drivers of health and complex interactions between humans and the environment that shape the health of communities across the globe.
Course Requirements
In addition to fulfilling the graduation requirements of their major at their home school, all GPH co-majors are required to:
take 6 GPH core courses
UGPH-GU 10 - Health and Society in a Global Context
UGPH-GU 20 - Biostatistics for Public Health*
UGPH-GU 30 - Epidemiology for Global Health*
UGPH-GU 40 - Health Policy in a Global World*
UGPH-GU 50 - Environmental Health in a Global World*
UGPH-GU 60 - UG Experiential Learning- take 1-3 combined major elective courses (varies by co-major)
* as of Fall 2025, the prerequisite was removed from this course.
Declaring a Co-Major in Global Public Health
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College of Arts and Science (CAS) + GPH Co-Majors
Step 1: Make an appointment with the GPH Advisor for CAS co-majors to review the GPH degree requirements.
Step 2: Complete the appropriate form and meet with your advisor in CAS, as appropriate, based on your current CAS major:
- Complete the Anthropology Joint Major Form.
- Meet with your Anthropology advisor to review your course plan.
- Complete the Declaration of GPH/History Joint Major Form.
- Submit the completed form to history.undergrad@nyu.edu.
- Meet with your History advisor to review your course plan.
- Complete the Co-Major Declaration Form.
- Meet with your Sociology advisor to review your course plan.
- Complete the GPH/Biology Declaration Form.
- Meet with your Biology faculty advisor or reach out to biology.dugs@nyu.edu to speak with an advisor to review your course plan.
- Complete the Declaration of Major Form.
- Submit the completed form and a copy of your unofficial transcript (from Albert) to fas-chemistry-office@nyu.edu.
- Meet with your Chemistry advisor to review your course plan.
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Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
Step 1: Make an appointment with the GPH Advisor for Steinhardt co-majors to review the necessary GPH degree requirements.
Step 2: Complete the following instructions and meet with your advisor in Steinhardt, as appropriate, based on your Steinhardt co-major:
- Students pursuing the Global Public Health/Applied Psychology co-major declare their major when applying to NYU.
- If a student is currently an Applied Psychology major and wishes to change to the co-major, complete a change of major form with the approval of your primary advisor in Applied Psychology.
- If a student is considering an internal transfer to Global Public Health/Applied Psychology or a change of major from another Steinhardt major to Global Public Health/Applied Psychology, please follow the steps outlined in the APUG Transfer FAQ site.
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
- Students pursuing the Global Public Health/Communicative Sciences and Disorders co-major declare their major when applying to NYU.
- If a student is currently a Communicative Sciences and Disorders major and wishes to change to the co-major, please email CSD-ug@nyu.edu to meet with an advisor to review your course plan.
- Students pursuing the Global Public Health/Food Studies co-major declare their major when applying to NYU or internally transferring.
- If a student is currently a Food Studies major and wishes to change to the co-major, please email nfs.undergraduate.advisors@nyu.edu to meet with an advisor to review your course plan.
Media, Culture, and Communication
- Students pursuing the Global Public Health/Media, Culture, and Communication co-major declare their major when applying to NYU.
- If a student is currently a Media, Culture, and Communication major and wishes to change to the co-major, please email comm.advisors@nyu.edu to meet with an advisor to review your course plan.
- If a student is considering an internal transfer to Global Public Health/Media, Culture, and Communication or a change of major from another Steinhardt major to Global Public Health/Media, Culture, and Communication, please follow the steps outlined in the MCC Transfer Page.
- Students pursuing the Global Public Health/Nutrition & Dietetics co-major declare their major when applying to NYU or internally transferring.
- If a student is currently a Food Studies major and wishes to change to the co-major, please email nfs.undergraduate.advisors@nyu.edu to meet with an advisor to review your course plan.
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College of Nursing
- Make an appointment with the GPH Advisor for Nursing co-majors to review the GPH degree requirements.
- Send an email of interest to the NYU Meyers Office of Advising & Academic Services (nursing.advising@nyu.edu) to declare the co-major . Include your N# in the email.
- Meet with your Nursing advisor to review your course plan.
- Review the GPH/Nursing Co-major Degree Planning Checklist.
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Global Liberal Studies
- Make an appointment with the GPH Advisor for GLS co-majors to review the GPH degree requirements.
- Complete the GLS Declaration Form.
- Meet with your GLS advisor to review your course plan.
- Review the GPH/GLS Co-major Degree Planning Checklist.
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Silver School of Social Work
- Make an appointment with the GPH Advisor for Social Work co-majors to review the GPH degree requirements.
- Students can declare the co-major themselves in Albert and/or by meeting with their Social Work advisor.
- Meet with your Social Work advisor to review your course plan.
- Review the GPH/Social Work Co-major Degree Planning Checklist.
