Global Health Minor

Cornell’s Global Health Minor

• Begun in 2006 with cofunding from the US National Institutes of Health and Cornell University

• Complements any academic major offered at the University • Open to all undergraduate students in all colleges.• 3 specific educational objectives:

– to learn more about the problems of global health in a classroom setting;

– to experience the issues in global health first-hand in a field setting; and

– to be exposed to the variety of careers available in global health by working with graduate and medical students and faculty who are currently engaged in the field.

Global Health Minor - Summary of Requirements Who can pursue the minor? Open to all undergraduate students in all colleges

Credits – How many? 15 (NS 2600 (Required before Field Experience) --> Core and Elective Courses --> Field Experience --> NS 4600)

Core courses – How many? 3

Core Courses – What are they? 1.NS 2600 - Introduction to Global Health (SPRING)2.Choose one:– NS 3060 - Nutritional Problems of Developing Nations (Fall)– NS 4570/ECON 4740 - Health, Poverty and Inequality (Fall)– AEM 4450/NS4550 - Food Policy for Developing Countries– ENTOM 2100/B&SOC 2100 – Plagues and People (Fall)– ANTHR 2468 – Medicine, Culture and Society (Fall)– ANTHR 3682 – Healing and Medicine in Africa (Spring)– B&SOC 2051 – Ethical Issues in Health and Medicine – HE 4900 - Multicultural Practice – HE 4950 – Culture, Medicine and Professional Practice in a

Diverse World: New York3.NS 4600 - Explorations in Global Health

Elective Courses – How many? 2, distributed across different departments

Elective Courses – What are they? See the list of approved elective courses on the website.

Abroad Field Experience – Do I have to do one?

Yes. It must be in a resource poor setting. A total of 8 weeks of active engagement is required. It must be approved by the Global Health Program office before your departure and take place after completing NS 2600.

How do I learn more? http://www.human.cornell.edu/DNS/globalhealth/undergraduate/index.cfm

Total Enrollment in the Minor

2008 2009 2010

Male

Female80

76

31

Enrollment By Major Enrollment By College

Human Ecology(49%) CALS

(28%)

A&S(19%)

ILR&ENG

Where did students travel during Summer 2010?

Africa

Asia

Latin America

Global Health Summer Program Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College

MOSHI,TANZANIA

Global Health Summer Program Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCMC)

MOSHI,TANZANIA

Travel Grant AwardsIn 2010, the Travel Grant Awards ranged from $300-$1000

Number of Students Receiving Travel Grants

What is the Global Health Minor offering you—inside or outside the classroom--that isn’t already included in your major?

Email survey of GH minors, Fall 2010, 22 respondents thus far

Summary of themes from student responses:• Global Health Field Experience, connecting classroom with

experience; experiencing first-hand• Personal growth, transformation, new perspectives and ways of

seeing• Focus on inequalities/developing countries/resource-poor

settings/cross-cultural/international• Learning is complex and interdisciplinary; multiple perspectives;

critical thinking• Being part of a community on campus/access to role models (both

peers and staff/faculty)

GH Minor Economic Survey Results45 students enrolled in NS 4600 completed the survey (Spring2010)

% of Student Tuition from Financial Aid

None (51%)

75-100% Tuition (27%)

25% or less(18%)

Combined Family Income

$120,000+(36%)

$80,000-$120,000(22%)

$40,000-$80,000(11%)

$20,000-$40,000(18%)

Less than $20,000(4%)

25-75% Tuition(4%)

GH Minor Economic Survey ResultsStudent Concern with Cost of Field Experience

Great Concern(20%)

Significant Concern(36%)

Neutral Response

(18%)

Somewhat of Concern

(18%)

SmallConcern

(9%)

Funding Sources

Personal/Family Contribution

(63%)

GH Travel Grant(13%)

Other Cornell

(9%)

Outside Sources(13%)

GH Minor Economic Survey ResultsStudent Satisfaction with Field Experience

Very Satisfied(56%) Satisfied

(31%)

Neutral(9%)

Somewhat Dissatisfied

(4%)