The Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems program will offer an interdisciplinary major and minor for students interested in shaping or influencing the policies and systems that impact individual, community, and global health outcomes. The program has been designed to help students develop the requisite skills needed to successfully enter work in nonprofit, governmental, or other health-related settings both in US based or global contexts. This program will provide an important and distinctive avenue for students who are interested in the broad and dynamic landscape of health advocacy. In particular, there are a variety of career pathways emerging that are focused on advancing racial equity and improving health disparities in communities. This program will help students cultivate the skills needed to access the workforce from different entry points.
Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems is an interdisciplinary program that offers a Bachelor of Arts degree and a minor.
The major requires students to complete a total of 10 courses (30 semester hours minimum): 5 required core courses and 5 elective courses in a domestic or globally focused concentration.
The minor (15 hours) includes 2 core courses and 3 electives that can be chosen from either the domestic or global concentration.
POLI 100. Survey of Political Science (3 hrs) or POLI 105. Introduction to Public Policy (3 hrs)
NFPM 130/SOCI 130. Making Change: Public Policy, Advocacy, and Grassroots Organizing (3 hrs)
One methodology course
HADV 390. Health Advocacy Practicum (Field Placement) (3 hrs)
HADV 395. Health Advocacy Capstone Project (3 hrs)
Health Advocacy and Leadership in Domestic Contexts (25 hrs)
Choose five (5) of the following electives:
Additional relevant courses from other disciplines may be substituted for one of the courses listed above as approved by the program co-directors.
This course provides students with an applied learning experience that integrates theoretical and practical aspects of health advocacy in a community-based setting. Students will complete a 60-hour field placement in an approved community organization or government office under the supervision of an agency staff member and in consultation with a Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems faculty member. To enhance and contextualize their field placement experience, students will meet in a weekly seminar to engage in reflection and discussion about their work. This course is required of majors in their senior year. Juniors may take this course with permission of the instructor.
This capstone course is designed to serve as a culminating experience for Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems majors. Students will complete a substantive problem-based learning project that demonstrates preparedness for professional level work in the field using a systems thinking and practice approach. Students will engage in interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborate with other students to design a solution to a health problem that faces the community. Prerequisites: ADVC 390. This course is required of majors in their senior year. Juniors may take this course with permission of the instructor.
Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems is an interdisciplinary program that offers a Bachelor of Arts degree and a minor.
The major requires students to complete a total of 10 courses (30 semester hours minimum): 5 required core courses and 5 elective courses in a domestic or globally focused concentration.
The minor (15 hours) includes 2 core courses and 3 electives that can be chosen from either the domestic or global concentration.
POLI 100. Survey of Political Science (3 hrs) or POLI 105. Introduction to Public Policy (3 hrs)
NFPM 130/SOCI 130. Making Change: Public Policy, Advocacy, and Grassroots Organizing (3 hrs)
One methodology course
HADV 390. Health Advocacy Practicum (Field Placement) (3 hrs)
HADV 395. Health Advocacy Capstone Project (3 hrs)
Health Advocacy and Leadership in Domestic Contexts (25 hrs)
Choose five (5) of the following electives:
Additional relevant courses from other disciplines may be substituted for one of the courses listed above as approved by the program co-directors.
This course provides students with an applied learning experience that integrates theoretical and practical aspects of health advocacy in a community-based setting. Students will complete a 60-hour field placement in an approved community organization or government office under the supervision of an agency staff member and in consultation with a Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems faculty member. To enhance and contextualize their field placement experience, students will meet in a weekly seminar to engage in reflection and discussion about their work. This course is required of majors in their senior year. Juniors may take this course with permission of the instructor.
This capstone course is designed to serve as a culminating experience for Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems majors. Students will complete a substantive problem-based learning project that demonstrates preparedness for professional level work in the field using a systems thinking and practice approach. Students will engage in interdisciplinary inquiry and collaborate with other students to design a solution to a health problem that faces the community. Prerequisites: ADVC 390. This course is required of majors in their senior year. Juniors may take this course with permission of the instructor.