Language and International Health, BS

Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Science program in Language and International Health is jointly administered by the Department of Languages and the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences. Students acquire knowledge in public health theory and practice, including the history and philosophy of public health and medicine; the organization, management, and financing of health services; the social and behavioral aspects of health, epidemiology, health evaluation methods, and health communications. Students also acquire communicative competence in the target language and its culture, literatures, health environments, and multicultural issues.

The program requires the completion of a semester internship abroad. Graduates will be qualified to assume positions in a variety of settings, including integrated hospital systems, consulting firms, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, as well as multicultural community centers. They can also pursue graduate degrees in community health, epidemiology/biostatistics, health administration, health systems and research.

In addition to the curriculum requirements below, students in the Language and International Health program will be required to pass a noncredit examination and submit a noncredit senior dossier to assess their language competence in various areas. Both assessments take place in the student’s last full semester at the University.

Students who have completed fewer than 50 credit hours may change majors into Language and International Health with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5. Students with 50 or more credit hours may apply for a change of major into Language and International Health, based on space availability, with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.75.

Total Semester Hours: 121-122

¹ Select one of the following emphasis areas:

Health Administration Emphasis Area-Select one course from four of the following groups

• Accounting-ACCT 2010  
• Economics-ECON 2110 , ECON 2120  
• Finance-FIN 3060  
• Health-AGRB 3610 , HLTH 3610 , HLTH 4750  
• International Trade-CHIN 3160 , CHIN 4160 , FR 3160 , FR 4160 , SPAN 3160 , SPAN 4050 , SPAN 4160 , SPAN 4170  
• Law-LAW 3220  
• Management-IE 4440 , MGT 2010 , MGT 2180 , MGT 3900 , MGT 4110 , MGT 4160 , MGT 4220 , MGT 4230 , MGT 4440 , MGT 4520  
• Marketing- MKT 3010  

Community Development Emphasis Area-Select one course from four of the following groups

• Applied Economics-AGRB 2020 , AGRB 3520  
• Community Development-AGRB 3570 , AGRB 4110 , AGRB 4120  
• Economics-ECON 2110 , ECON 2120  
• Health-AGRB 3610 , HLTH 3610  
• International Trade-CHIN 3160 , CHIN 4160 , FR 3160 , FR 4160 , SPAN 3160 , SPAN 4050 , SPAN 4160 , SPAN 4170  
• Rural Sociology-RS 4010 , RS 4590 , SOC 4010 , SOC 4590 , SOC 4710  
• Sociology-SOC 4330  

² Select two courses (six credits) from two different fields: ANTH 2010 , GEOG 1030 , HIST 1720 , HIST 1730 , HIST 1930 , POSC 1020 , POSC 1040 , PSYC 2010 , SOC 2010     

³ See General Education Requirements . For students not taking the CH 1050 /CH 1060  sequence, three of these credits must also satsify the Science and Technology in Society Requirement.

⁴ Internship must be taken in a country where the target language is spoken. The study abroad courses and internship must be taken concurrently as listed during the second semester of the junior year or later, or during the summer.

⁵ Select from any 3000-4000-level courses in the target language, except FR 3100  and SPAN 3100  

⁶ Select from any 3000-4000-level courses in HLTH