Our Program
Globally, the growing threat of pandemics, environmental- and climate-related disease, terrorism, and natural disasters has increased the need for nurse leaders with a rich understanding of the international connectedness of the precursors, causes, and consequences of these challenges. The Global Health minor is offered in response to these societal needs, and seeks to train the next generation of nurses to rise to these formidable challenges.
Available exclusively to Penn Nursing graduate students, our Global Health minor is an opportunity to increase your knowledge of the world and the factors that contribute to the health of populations. We take a cross-disciplinary approach to help you integrate your knowledge of nursing, culture, and diversity to more effectively engage with patients locally, nationally, and around the world.
Curriculum
Open to students in full- or part-time Master’s or Post-Master’s study, this three-course concentration builds on three core dimensions of global health: sociocultural influences of health; methods for assessing population health; and coursework in a geographic area of interest to you.
Click the link below to view the curriculum for this program in the University catalog.
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Contact
Program Coordinator
Nancy Biller, MA, MPH
Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs
(215) 573-3050
nbiller@nursing.upenn.edu
