Healthcare Policy
Departmental Affiliation: History and Political Science
Healthcare Policy
The Healthcare Policy Major is a cross-disciplinary program designed for students seeking a career in the healthcare policy sector. Students will complete courses taught by political science, nursing, biology, and psychology faculty. This program will train students in both the science and politics of healthcare. Students may choose to focus on local, national or international health care policy issues. Students participate in either a travel study that involves a world healthcare issue or an internship in the healthcare field, ensuring an education in both theory and practice. Graduates of this program will be well prepared for positions with pharmaceutical companies; lobbying organizations; government agencies; and healthcare advocacy organizations.
The Global Healthcare Policy concentration and the Global Healthcare Policy minor are designed to give students the opportunity to explore the political and socioeconomic determinants of healthcare access, health status, environmental health, nutrition from a international, or comparative, perspective. Students are encouraged to examine healthcare systems and solutions across regions, history, institutions and societies within a social justice framework. Emphasis is placed on developing research skills, including a deeper understanding of issues surrounding data collection, and evaluation methods. GWSTEM Honors Program courses may be approved by Global HCP advisor(s).
The Global Healthcare Policy Concentration is an option for Healthcare Policy Majors. The Global Healthcare Policy Minor may be coupled with any major.