Credits Required
Total credits in the minor (in addition to units completed as part of major program requirements):
12 for CHHS majors
15 for GS majors
16 for all other majors
Outcomes, Courses and Assessment
The International Health Policy minor is a cross-disciplinary program between the Department of Health, Human Services & Public Policy and the Division of Social, Behavioral & Global Studies. To complete the minor, you must fulfill Learning Outcomes from both departments, listed below, by successfully completing courses or alternative assessment options.
You may add the IHP minor to your course of study at any time during your undergraduate studies at CSUMB. However, we recommend contacting one of the program faculty members as early as possible, so that you can integrate the minor requirements into your Individual Learning Plan. See the chart of pathways for CHHS majors, GS majors and all other CSUMB majors in the section below.
Collaborative Health and Human Services LOs
Cross-Cultural Competency - CCC ~ 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
Knowledge of Health and Human Services - KHHS ~ 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
Professional Development - PD ~ Demonstrate ability to apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for growth and development as an entry level professional by producing evidence of increasing self-awareness and self-correcting behavior
Public Policy Analysis - PPA ~ 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 LOs
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.'
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.
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 informal aspects of the global political economy.
Course Pathway Requirements
Depending on your CSUMB major, you must follow a specific pathway to complete IHP minor course requirements. You may achieve each of the Learning Outcomes in your pathway by successfully completing the listed courses, or by passing alternative assessment options determined with your advisor:
Pathway #1: CHHS majors (12 units)
Complete all of the following:
GS 320GS 320: Global Issues & 3rd World
GS 330GS 330: World Views
GS 370GS 370: Global Political Economy
Pathway #2: GS majors (15 units)
Complete all of the following:
PH 320PH 320: Intro to Community Health
PH 417PH 417: Global Women's Health Issues
CHHS 450CHHS 450: Intro to Policy Analysis
Pathway #3: All other majors (16 units)
Complete all of the following:
PH 320PH 320: Intro to Community Health
GS 330GS 330: World Views
GS 370GS 370: Global Political Economy
PH 417PH 417: Global Women's Health Issues