The Department of Global Health is home to a diverse community of scholars engaged in research and practice who address public health-related issues in a global context. The mission of the department combines intellectual pursuit with real-world impact and field experience. We see global health as a foundational knowledge of the world and aim to instill in our students a passion for acting as a catalyst for social justice and health equity. As one of the first undergraduate Global Health programs in the country (since 2002), the Bachelor of Science in Global Health degree responds to the growing need for well-qualified professionals able to deal with health problems that cut across national boundaries and require collaboration between a complex web of organizations.<br><br>The Global Health major provides a unique undergraduate education in the field of global health and development by providing both academic training in a variety of carefully selected health-related subjects and field-based research experiences at premier health and research institutions across the globe.<br><br>The Global Health curriculum blends public health and health systems management. Students study the interaction of environment, culture, law, and the political economy of health and development, and analyze how these relationships influence global health outcomes. Experts from the World Health Organization, the World Bank, USAID, and many other global health and development oriented non-governmental and research organizations participate in a variety of curricular activities.