Interdivisional
Updated
August 13, 2018
Advising
Faculty
1.
Michael
Tibbetts – Biology (coordinator)
2.
Helen
Epstein - Human Rights (spring only)
3.
Felicia
Keesing – Biology
4.
Michelle
Murray - Political Studies (leave of
absence fall ‘18)
Bard's Global Public Health (GPH)
concentration is designed to expose students to the range of disciplines and
approaches that provide the backdrop for and inform public health research
and policy. The field of public health focuses on the health of communities,
which can be as small as local neighborhoods or as large as entire regions.
Public health specialists take an inclusive view of health, focusing on topics
as wide-ranging as access to medical care, disease prevention, and support for
healthy lifestyles. The field is particularly concerned with preventing health
problems before they arise and with overcoming disparities in health among
groups. Practitioners of public health can choose to focus on research,
education, intervention, policy-making, or some combination of all of these
areas.
Moderation
Requirements:
GPH students are required to take a total of
six courses before graduation, three at the 300-level or above. To moderate into the concentration,
students must have taken two courses that fulfill GPH requirements.
Normally, moderation into GPH happens
alongside the student’s moderation into their primary program. In addition to
the course requirements, students must write a one-page plan of study that
describes their interest in the GPH concentration and details plans for future
course work, study abroad and/or away, and the Senior Project. Any student
interested in moderating into GPH should contact Professor Tibbetts to discuss their plans.
Graduation
Requirements:
GPH addresses the social, scientific, and
political dimensions of public health. Concentration requirements include
taking courses in each of these areas. Sample
courses that fulfill the requirements are listed on the website (see link
above).
1.
Course
in the Social Dimensions of Public Health.
Courses may come from any of the social studies disciplines that offer
health courses, including anthropology, philosophy, political studies, and
sociology.
2.
Course
in Biology at the subcellular level.
3.
Course
in Biology in organismal diversity.
4.
Course
in Political Studies (and related disciplines) on theories of international
relations.
5.
Course
in Political Studies (and related disciplines) on theories and practice of
globalization.
In some cases, students can substitute a
second course in theories and practice of globalization for a course in
theories of international relations. While the majority of courses that fulfill
these requirements are listed in political studies, courses from other
disciplines, such as history and anthropology, may also be suitable.
6.
Course
in statistics.
7.
Senior
Project I
8.
Senior
Project II
The two-semester Senior Project, based in the
student’s primary discipline, must address global health themes by
incorporating the interdisciplinary lessons they’ve learned during their GPH
course work.