Global & Public Health Sciences (GPHSHE-BS)

Global & Public Health Core Courses (14 Credits)

1. NS 1600

   Introduction to Public Health
   3
2. NS 2060

   Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global and Public Health Sciences
   2
3. NS 2600

   Introduction to Global Health
   3
4. NS 3600

   Epidemiology
   3
5. NS 4600

   Explorations in Global and Public Health
   3

Social & Behavioral Health Selective (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following options:

1. NS 2450

   Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition
   3
2. NS 4480

   Economics of Food and Malnutrition
   3
3. NS 4510

   Nutrition and Health Equity
   3
4. NS 4570/ECON 3910

   Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective

   Not resolved to a course
5. ANTHR 2468

   Medicine, Culture, and Society
   4
6. COMM 2850

   Communication, Environment, Science, and Health
   3
7. COMM 4760

   Population Health Communication
   3
8. HD 4600

   Professional Development in Geriatric and Palliative Research
   1.5
9. GDEV 3020

   Political Ecologies of Health
   3
10. PUBPOL 3180

    Health Disparities
    3
11. PUBPOL/GDEV 3280

    Fundamentals of Population Health

    Not resolved to a course
12. PUBPOL 4280/ECON 3710

    The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

    Not resolved to a course
13. SOC 4120

    Health and Social Context
    3

Biological Aspects of Public Health Selective (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following options:

1. NS 3060

   Nutrition and Global Health
   3
2. NS 3150

   Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight
   3
3. NS 4140

   Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health
   3
4. NS 4200

   Diet and the Microbiome
   3
5. NS 4210

   Precision Nutrition and Health
   3
6. NS 4300

   Proteins, Transcripts, and Metabolism: Big Data in Molecular Nutrition
   3
7. NS 4410

   Nutrition and Disease
   4
8. NS 5510

   Nutrition Assessment
   3
9. BIOMG 4390

   Molecular and Cellular Basis of Human Disease
   3
10. BIOMG 4870

    Human Genomics
    3
11. BIOMI 2600

    Microbiology of Human Contagious Diseases
    3
12. BIOMI 2950

    Biology of Infectious Disease: From Molecules to Ecosystems
    3
13. BIOMI 3210

    The Gut Microbiome
    3
14. BIOMI 4040

    Pathogenic Bacteriology
    2-3
15. BIONB 3920

    Drugs and the Brain
    4
16. ENTOM 4000

    Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases
    3
17. PLSCI 2100

    Medical Ethnobotany
    3

Environmental Health Selective (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following options:

1. DEA 2700

   Healthy Places: Design, Planning and Public Health
   3
2. GDEV 3020

   Political Ecologies of Health
   3
3. GDEV 3400

   Agriculture, Food, Sustainability and Social Justice
   3
4. BIOMI 2500

   Public Health Microbiology
   3
5. BIOMI 2950

   Biology of Infectious Disease: From Molecules to Ecosystems
   3
6. BIOMI/BIOMS 4310

   Medical Parasitology

   Not resolved to a course
7. COMM 2850/STS 2851

   Communication, Environment, Science, and Health

   Not resolved to a course
8. ENTOM 2100/BSOC 2101

   Plagues and People

   Not resolved to a course
9. ENTOM 4520

   Biology of Disease Vectors
   3
10. FDSC 3960

    Food Safety Assurance
    2
11. PLSCI 2100

    Medical Ethnobotany
    3
12. PLSCI 2400

    Green World, Blue Planet
    3
13. PLSCI 4140

    Global Cropping Systems and Sustainable Development
    3
14. PLSCI 4450

    Urban Plants and Public Health
    3

Health Policy & Practice Selective (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following:

1. NS 4450

   Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries
   3
2. NS 4500

   Public Health Nutrition
   3
3. NS 4510

   Nutrition and Health Equity
   3
4. NS 4570

   Health, Poverty, and Inequality: A Global Perspective
   3
5. AMST 2225

   Controversies About Inequality
   4
6. ANTHR 4458

   Girls, Women, and Education
   3
7. CRP 3430

   Affordable Housing Policy and Programs
   3
8. GDEV 3020

   Political Ecologies of Health
   3
9. GDEV 3700

   Comparative Social Inequalities
   3
10. GOVT 3032

    Politics of Public Policy in the U.S

    As published: “Politics of Public Policy in the U.S.”
    4
11. HD 4600

    Professional Development in Geriatric and Palliative Research
    1.5
12. PUBPOL 2030

    Population and Public Policy
    4
13. PUBPOL 2050

    Critical Perspectives in Global Health and Policy
    3
14. PUBPOL 2208

    Social Inequality
    4
15. PUBPOL 2350

    The U.S. Health Care System
    3
16. PUBPOL 3110

    Pharmaceutical Management and Policy
    3
17. PUBPOL 3230

    Public Policy for an Aging Society
    3
18. PUBPOL 3320

    Mental Health Care Delivery and Policy
    3
19. PUBPOL 3650

    Social Care Navigation to Advance Health Equity
    3
20. PUBPOL 3780

    Global Comparative Health Care Systems
    3
21. PUBPOL 3870

    Economic Evaluations in Health Care
    3
22. PUBPOL 4370

    The Economics of Health Care Markets
    3

Introductory Chemistry (4-8 Credits)

Select one of the following options:

OPTION A: (two-semester sequence required for pre-health)

1. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071& CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081

   General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratoryand General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II Laboratory

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION B: (single semester not adequate for pre-health)

1. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071

   General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratory 1, 2

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION C: (not for pre-health)

1. CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561

   Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry Laboratory 1

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION D: (not for pre-health)

AP Chemistry Score of 5 AND

1. CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081

   General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II Laboratory

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION E: (not for pre-health)

AP Chemistry Score of 5 AND

1. CHEM 2150

   Honors General and Inorganic Chemistry

   As published: “Honors General and Inorganic Chemistry 2, 3”
   4

Introductory Biology (8 Credits)

Select one of the following labs:

1. BIOG 1500

   Investigative Biology Laboratory
   2
2. BIOSM 1500

   Investigative Marine Biology Laboratory
   3

Select two out of the three lecture options: 4

1. BIOMG 1350

   Introductory Biology: Cell and Developmental Biology
   3
2. BIOG 1440

   Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology

   As published: “Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology 5”

   or: BIOG 1445 Introduction to Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Individualized Instruction
   3
3. BIOEE 1610

   Introductory Biology: Ecology and the Environment

   As published: “Introductory Biology: Ecology and the Environment 5”

   or: BIOEE 1780 An Introduction to Evolutionary Biology and Diversity
   3-4

Organic Chemistry Lecture (3+ Credits)

Select one of the following options:

OPTION A:

1. CHEM 1570

   Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry

   As published: “Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry (not for pre-health)”
   3

OPTION B:

1. CHEM 3530

   Principles of Organic Chemistry
   4

OPTION C:

1. CHEM 3570& CHEM 3580

   Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciencesand Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

   Not resolved to a course

OPTION D:

1. CHEM 3570

   Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

   As published: “Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences (single course not adequate for pre-health) 6”
   3

OPTION E:

1. CHEM 3590& CHEM 3600

   Honors Organic Chemistry Iand Honors Organic Chemistry II 7

   Not resolved to a course

Physiology (3-4 Credits)

Select one of the following:

1. NS 1150

   Nutrition, Health, and Society
   3
2. NS 1220

   Nutrition and the Life Cycle
   3
3. NS 3410

   Human Anatomy and Physiology
   4
4. BIOG 1440

   Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology

   As published: “Introductory Biology: Comparative Physiology 8”

   or: BIOG 1445 Introduction to Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Individualized Instruction
   3

Biochemistry (4-6 Credits)

Select one of the following: 9

1. NS 3200

   Introduction to Human Biochemistry
   4
2. BIOMG 3300

   Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction
   4
3. BIOMG 3310& BIOMG 3320

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolismand Principles of Biochemistry: Molecular Biology 2

   Not resolved to a course
4. BIOMG 3310& BIOMI 2900

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins and Metabolismand General Microbiology Lectures 3

   Not resolved to a course
5. BIOMG 3350

   Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology

   As published: “Principles of Biochemistry: Proteins, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology (S)”
   4

Statistics (4 Credits)

Select one of the following: 10, 11

1. STSCI 2150

   Introductory Statistics for Biology

   or: STSCI 2200 Statistics I
   4

Human Ecology Core Requirement1,2

Core Courses

1. HE 1800

   Blazing Your Trail in Human Ecology

   As published: “Blazing Your Trail in Human Ecology (Required in the first fall semester of matriculation to Human Ecology) 1”
   1
2. HE 1850

   Introduction to Human Ecology

   As published: “Introduction to Human Ecology (Required in the first spring semester of matriculation to Human Ecology)”
   1
3. HE 2000

   Social Justice, Thriving, and the Human Experience

   As published: “Social Justice, Thriving, and the Human Experience 2”
   2

Human Ecology Distribution Requirement

Natural Sciences 3

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Natural Sciences requirement:

BIO-AG, BIO-AS, BSC-AG, PBS-HE, PHS-AS, PSC-AG

Social Sciences

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Social Sciences requirement:

ETH-AG, ETM-AS, KCM-AG, KCM-HE, SBA-AG, SBA-HE, SSC-AAP, SSC-AS, SSC-HA

Humanities

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Humanities requirement:

ALC-AAP, ALC-AS, ALC-HA, CA-AG, CA-HE, HA-AG, HA-HE, HST-AS, LA-AG

Quantitative Analysis

Courses that carry any of the following distribution codes will count toward the Quantitative Analysis requirement:

DLG-AG, DLS-AG, MQL-AG, MQR-AAP, MQR-HE

First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) - Must be completed during the first two semesters at Cornell 4

Select one of the following options:

Two Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar (FWS) courses

One Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar course and a score of 5* on AP English Language or AP English Literature

One Knight Program First-Year Writing Seminar course and a score of 7* on IB English Literature or IB English Language

45 Human Ecology Credit Requirement4,5,6

Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits from the following Human Ecology subject areas:

Design and Environmental Analysis (DEA)

Fiber Science & Apparel Design (FSAD)

Human Development (HD)

Human Ecology non-departmental (HE) at the 1500 level or higher

Nutritional Sciences (NS)

Public Policy (PUBPOL)

Advanced Placement and Advanced Standing Credit

FWS (English Language/English Literature)

AP Credits

Score of 5 = 3 credits; placement out of one First‑Year Writing Seminar

IB Credits

Score of 7 = 3 credits; placement out of one First‑Year Writing Seminar

Psychology

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

Statistics

AP, IB, A*/A credits not accepted

Economics (Micro/Macro)

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A*/A accepted

Calculus

AP Credits (AB/BC)

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A*/A accepted

Biology 1

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A accepted

Chemistry

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-Level Credits

Score of A/A* accepted

Physics

AP Credits

Score of 5 accepted

IB Credits

Score of 6 or 7 accepted

A-level Credits

Score of A/A* accepted