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May 09, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate 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, nonprofit organizations, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, as well as community health organizations. 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.
To meet the requirements of the Language and International Health program, students must complete an internship consisting of at least 135 contact hours and a semester-long (at least 12 total weeks) study abroad program, both of which must take place in a target-language setting. These programs must be selected from a list of pre-approved options. Students may apply for approval of an alternate program or internship, to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the Language and International Health Committee and approved by the Language and International Health Internship Coordinator.
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 , any 3000- or 4000-level CHIN course, ECON 2110 , ECON 2120 , FIN 3060 , any 3000- or 4000-level FR course, GBS 4680 , GEN 3000 , HIST 3170 , HIST 3390 , HIST 4910 , any HLTH course not otherwise required, LANG 2500 , LANG 3000 , LANG 3710 , LANG 3910 , LANG 4000 , LAW 3220 , MGT 2010 , MGT 2180 , MGT 4160 , MGT 4220 , MGT 3030 , 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 , any 3000- or 4000-level SPAN course, 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 .
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