GH Minor Practice Capstone

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

The Global Health Practice Capstone is a required course for all Global Health Minor students and gives students the opportunity to apply knowledge gained through coursework to an area of global health practice. This practice component has three options: Experiential learning: students will spend a minimum of 4 weeks work in a global health setting which may include, community organizations, health departments/agencies, non-governmental, governmental, or international organizations. This may be a supervised internship or summer fellowship (such as those offered by the Institute for Social Concerns). Research: students will collaborate with a faculty member on research project. This could include a research paper on a topic of interest, secondary analysis of an existing data set, work on an existing project, or conducting a literature review on a topic of interest. Literature Review/Development of a Policy Brief: students will choose a topic of interest and a location(s) and prepare a literature review (15 pages) or a policy brief (5 pages).