Anthropology and Global Health
Joint Degree Program
Masters in Anthropology/Masters in Public Health (MPH)
Requirements
Required Coursework for Joint Degree:
The coursework for the joint degree will include 1) core courses in Anthropology, 2) core courses in Public Health, 3) core courses in either Community Health Sciences or Epidemiology, 4) new core courses for the Anthropology and Global Health program, and 5) electives.
Required coursework for MA in Anthropology: ANTH 500 Social and Cultural Theory I, ANTH 501 Social and Cultural Theory II, ANTH 502 Method and Theory in Archaeology, ANTH 503 Hominid, Phylogeny and Adaptations, ANTH 595 Graduate Seminar in Anthropology
Required coursework for all Masters of Public Health: CHSC 400, BSTT 400, HPA 400, EPID 403, EOHS 400, IPHS 698, IPHS 650. Remaining courses and their distribution depend on the specific Masters of Public Health chosen. School of Public Health offers five areas in which students can earn MPHs within their four divisions (Community Health Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Administration). Our joint program will offer Masters of Public Health in Community Health Sciences and Epidemiology (see justification). The further required coursework for these degrees are:
- Community Health Sciences Core Requirements: MPH students in Community Health Sciences must complete CHSC 431, CHSC 433, CHSC 446, CHSC 480. In addition, students must select one of the following: CHSC 527, CHSC 543 or HPA 430
- Epidemiology Core Requirements: MPH students in Epidemiology must complete EPID 404, EPID 406, EPID 410, EPID 411, EPID 591 and BSTT 401.
New Required Core Courses in Anthropology and Global Health:
Required core courses for Anthropology and Global Health: ANTH/IPHS 415, Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health I; ANTH/IPHS 416, Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health II; and ANTH/IPHS 516, Anthropology and Global Health Integrative Seminar.
The Anthropology and Global Health core courses will emphasize the integration of Medical Anthropology with Public Health, specifically in the area of Global Health. Students in the joint program will take two foundation courses in their first year of study that will provide an overview of cultural medical anthropology and biomedical anthropology, focusing on their intersections with global health concerns. An integrative seminar in the third year of the program will orient students to the intersections of Anthropology and Global Health. The seminar, which will be team-taught by Anthropology and Public Health faculty, will emphasize the integration of the fields of medical anthropology and public health and explore the basic issues, challenges, and initiatives in contemporary global public health through in-depth case studies. The course sequence will develop students' awareness of the complexity of health problems in so-called “developing” and “developed” nations and the consequent difficulties of developing effective long-term solutions. The development of these courses is one of the most important and unique facets of the proposed program. As we discuss in more detail in the Justification section, of the three medical anthropology programs in the US that currently offer integrated Anthropology/Public Health degrees, only one other program has developed joint courses to highlight and synthesize the topical overlap between the fields.
ANTH 415 Foundations in Global Health I is an established course that is being renamed, revised and cross-listed with IPHS for the new program. ANTH/IPHS 416 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health II and the Anthropology and Global Health Integrative Seminar (ANTH/IPHS 516) are both new courses specifically developed for the program. Two new 200 level anthropology courses will be added as prerequisites for undergraduates interested in taking ANTH 415 or ANTH 416. The new course requests for these new undergraduate courses will be submitted by December, 2007.
Joint Degree requirements:
AGH core (12 hours)
Anthropology core (19 hours)
School of Public Health core (20 hours)
Community Health Science core (15 hours) or Epidemiology core (18 hours)
2 Electives (6-8 hours)
72-77 total credit hours
AGH core (12 credit hours):
ANTH/IPHS 415 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health I (4)
ANTH/IPHS 416 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health II (4)
ANTH/IPHS 516 AGH Integrative Seminar (4)
Anthropology core (19 credit hours):
ANTH 500 Social and Cultural Theory I (4)
ANTH 501 Social and Cultural Theory II (4)
ANTH 502 Method and Theory in Archaeology (4)
ANTH 503 Hominid, Phylogeny and Adaptations (5)
ANTH 595 Graduate Seminar in Anthropology (2)
SPH core (20 credit hours):
CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practices (3)
BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (may also be met by ANTH 455) (4)
HPA 400 Principles of Management in Public Health (3)
EPID 403 Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles/Methods (3)
EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3)
IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1)
IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3)
CHSC core (15 credit hours):
CHSC 431 Community Assessment in Public Health (3)
CHSC 433 Public Health Planning and Evaluation (3)
CHSC 446 Research Methods in Community Health (3)
CHSC 480 Health Education and Health Promotion (3)
One of the following three courses:
CHSC 527 Critical Issues in Long-term Care Policy (3)
CHSC 543 MCH Policy and Advocacy (3)
HPA 430 Introduction to Public Health Policy Analysis (3)
EPID core (18 credit hours):
EPID 406 Epidemiological Computing (3)
EPID 404 Intermediate Epidemiological Methods (4)
EPID 410 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease (2)
EPID 411 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3)
EPID 591 Current Epidemiologic Literature (2)
BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4)
Electives: 6-8 credit hours chosen in consultation with graduate advisors. These electives may be Anthropology or Public Health classes. They may include courses in the Women’s Health concentration or from other LAS departments. Coursework in Pharmacognysy may be of interest to some students as well. New elective courses (cross-listed in Anthropology and Public Health) will be added by the new medical anthropology faculty in the Department of Anthropology as well.
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