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The CHHS & GS minor degree program in International Health Policy (IHP) provides students from across campus with an opportunity to develop sufficient depth of knowledge and professional skills to pursue successful careers and graduate degree programs in their respective fields and areas of interest related to International Health Policy.

Collaborative Health & Human Services MLOs:

CHHS MLO 3 Cross Cultural Competency - CC
Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between self and others and be comfortable engaging in a process of relationship building characterized by mutual respect and sensitivity; assess the needs and capabilities of culturally diverse populations, and communicate effectively across cultural groups.

CHHS MLO 6 Knowledge of Health and Human Services – HH (Community Health Concentration)
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental principles and issues common to the major fields of health and human services including community health, social welfare and public policy, and demonstrate competence in the selected areas of concentration.

CHHS MLO 10 Public Policy Analysis – PP (Public Policy Concentration)
Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze public policy issues and begin to master the skills necessary to identify and define public problems, analyze existing policies, develop alternatives to current policy and recommend alternatives.

Global Studies MLOs:

GS MLO 4 Understanding of global issues and the Third World: Students will be able to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate important global issues that have a particularly adverse affect on the ‘poorer’, so called Third World countries. They will also be able to comprehend, analyze and evaluate the role played in the Third World or ‘South’ by the more powerful states and corporations of the First World ‘North.’

GS MLO 5 World Views: Students will be able to comprehend, analyze, compare, evaluate and develop respect for the wide array of different philosophical, religious, ethical, political, economic and social views held by people around the world. They will also be able to comprehend the adverse effects of ethnocentrism upon intercultural communications and relations. They will be able to comprehend and reflect critically upon their own world view and be able to empathize with people who hold world views that are different from their own.

GS MLO 8 Understanding of global political economy: Students will be able to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate the major structures, processes and effects of the evolving global economy. They should also be able to comprehend, analyze and evaluate the interrelationships between global political and economic conditions. The program pays particular attention to the gendered nature and and informal aspects of the global political economy.

Courses and other pathways for meeting the requirements of the minor:

Requirements for this minor provide students with significant breadth and appropriate depth of knowledge and skills in international politics and economics, public health, and international health policy analysis. The curriculum includes CHHS and Global Studies (GS) courses and a 120-hour field placement requirement. There are three distinct pathways for students to select, depending upon their Major.

Pathway # 1: Global Studies students with a minor in International Health Policy
Total additional units required for Pathway # 1: CHHS = 13 units (GS students take 12 units in GS included in regular course requirements to satisfy the GS major.)

Collaborative Health & Human Services (CHHS) Courses (for GS students)

• CHHS 320 Introduction to Community Health (CHHS MLO 6), 4 units
  
  
• CHHS 320S 1 Introduction to Community Health: Field Practicum (CHHS MLO 6)
  
  
• CHHS 360 4 International & Multicultural Women’s Health & Social Issues
  (CHHS MLO 3 & MLO 6 and Culture & Equity ULR)
  
  
• CHHS 450 4 Health & Social Policy Analysis (CHHS MLO 10)
  
  

Pathway # 2: CHHS students with a minor in International Health Policy
Total additional units required for Pathway # 2: GS = 12 units (CHHS students take 13 units in CHHS included in regular course requirements to satisfy the CHHS major with a concentration in Community Health.)

Global Studies (GS) Courses

• GS 320 Global Issues in the Third World, 4 units
  
  
• GS 330 World Views, 4 units
  
  
• GS 370 Global Political Economy, 4 units
  

Pathway # 3: Campus-wide students with a minor in International Health Policy
Total additional units required for Pathway # 3: GS – 8 units + CHHS – 9 units = 17 units.

Global Studies (GS) Courses

• GS 330 World Views, 4 units
  
  
• GS 370 Global Political Economy, 4 units
  

Collaborative Health & Human Services (CHHS) Courses

• CHHS 320 Introduction to Community Health (CHHS MLO 6), 4 units
  
  
• CHHS 320S Introduction to Community Health: Field Practicum (CHHS MLO 6), 1 unit
  
  
• CHHS 360 International & Multicultural Women’s Health & Social Issues, 4 units
  (CHHS MLO 3 & MLO 6, contributes to CHHS MLO 10 and Culture & Equity ULR)
  

Field Practice Requirement

Students will complete approximately 120 hours of field work during this program. Agencies are approved by the students’ CHHS & GS advisors, based on (1) the opportunities available for students to work on issues of importance in the area of international health, and (2) the agency’s ability to meet the minimum requirements for providing mentoring and organizational support for the student. Stipends and travel expenses (especially outside the U.S.) are encouraged. The CHHS Field Practice Program policies and documentation may be used, as appropriate, for assisting students and field mentors in organizing and assessing students learning opportunities and accomplishments in the field.

Faculty advisors

CHHS Faculty: Kim Judson, DrPH
GS Faculty: Robina Bhatti, PhD