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Nov 27, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Language and International Health, BS
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Program Description
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. This program pairs a modern language concentration (Chinese, French or Spanish) with coursework in public health theory and practice. The language component emphasizes linguistic and cultural proficiency in the target language by studying specific peoples, cultures, literatures, technical language, health environments, and multicultural issues. The public health component includes 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.
Graduates are 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 professional health degrees (e.g., medical, dental, physical or occupational therapy) or graduate degrees in community health, epidemiology/biostatistics, health administration, health systems, and research.
An internship of at least 135 contact hours and study abroad are mandatory. Both the internship and study abroad must be conducted in a target-language setting and selected from a list of L&IH pre-approved programs. Students may petition for L&IH approval of an alternate program by application; these are considered on a case-by-case basis.
In addition to the curriculum requirements below, students are required, as a condition of graduation, to pass a noncredit language examination in their last full semester at the University.
Students may apply to change majors into Language and International Health with decisions based on available space and approval by the L&IH Advisory Board, which includes faculty and staff from the departments of Languages and Public Health Sciences. Applications are accepted in the fall semester beginning on the first day of class with a deadline of the last day of classes. Accepted change-of-major students must be signed into the program by the academic advisor. Applicants must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 with 49 or fewer earned credits or a 2.75 with 50 or more earned credits. For more detailed information, please contact the Department of Languages.
Footnotes
1 See General Education Requirements .
2 Students should consult their advisor. Select twelve credits from ACCT 2010 , AGRB 2020 , AGRB 3570 , AGRB 4110 , AGRB 4120 , ANTH 3010 , ANTH 3200 , ANTH 3250 , ANTH 3510 , ANTH 4230 , ANTH 4280 , ARCH 4850 , BIOL 1040 /BIOL 1060 , BCHM 3050 , CH 1020 , CH 1060 , CH 2230 /CH 2270 , CH 2240 /CH 2280 , CHIN 3160 , CHIN 4110 , CHIN 4120 , CHIN 4160 , ECON 2110 , ECON 2120 , FIN 3060 , FR 3160 , FR 3170 , FR 3270 , FR 4160 , GBS 4680 , GEN 3000 , HIST 3170 , HIST 3390 , HIST 4910 , any HLTH course not otherwise required, IE 4440 , LANG 2500 , LANG 3000 , LANG 3710 , LANG 3910 , LANG 4000 , LAW 3220 , MGT 2010 , MGT 2180 , MGT 4160 , MGT 4220 , MGT 4230 , MKT 3010 , NUTR 2030 , PES 4760 , PHIL 3260 , PHIL 3280 , PHIL 3400 , PHIL 3460 , PHYS 2070 /PHYS 2090 , PHYS 2080 /PHYS 2100 , POSC 3620 , POSC 4300 , PSYC 3400 , PSYC 3570 , PSYC 4800 , RS 4010 , RS 4590 , SOC 4030 , SOC 4140 , SOC 4330 , SOC 4600 , SOC 4710 , SOC 4800 , SPAN 3160 , SPAN 3180 , SPAN 4050 , SPAN 4160 , SPAN 4170 , SPAN 4350 , SUST 2010 , WS 3010 , WS 3500 , and WS 4230 .
3 See South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations section.
4 Select from any 3000-4000-level courses in the target language, except FR 3100 and SPAN 3100 .
5 Internship abroad and study abroad must be approved by the Language and International Health director. All students are required to study abroad for a full semester. In addition, an internship of 135 contact hours must be completed in a country where the target language is spoken.
6 Select from any 3000-4000-level courses in HLTH.
7 Select from CHIN 4990 , FR 3070 , SPAN 3070 , or SPAN 3080 .
8 Select from CHIN 4010 , CHIN 4020 , FR 3000 , FR 3040 , SPAN 3040 , SPAN 3110 , or SPAN 3130 .
NOTE: A transfer course may not be used to satisfy the General Education Global Challenges Requirement. While a transfer course may fulfill other degree requirements, students must enroll in a Clemson course(s) on the Global Challenges list to fulfill the Global Challenges Requirement.
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