USC offers several interdisciplinary global health degrees and many global health courses. See below for graduate and undergraduate programs, and a selection of courses taught by IIGH faculty. For information on specific courses and when they are offered, please refer to the USC Schedule of Classes.
Graduate Level
Courses taught by IIGH Faculty
PM 589 – Global Health Governance and Diplomacy in Practice in Geneva (4.0 units)
Investigates the way health is organized and administered at the global level by exposing students to the inner workings of key global health organizations and integrating them directly into side events and other opportunities connected to the meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization
Instructors: Sofia Gruskin, Laura Ferguson
LAW 707/PM 577 – Global Health, Law, and Human Rights (3.0-4.0 units)
Offered by both KSOM and Gould School of Law, highlights the multi-disciplinary nature of global health, explores the complex interactions between global health, law and human rights, across a range of topics including HIV, sexual and reproductive health, and non-communicable disease, with a focus on global, national, and local health governance mechanisms.
Instructor: Sofia Gruskin
PM 577 (online) – Global Health, Law, and Human Rights (4.0 units)
The course identifies and discusses the complex interactions between global health, law and human rights, with particular emphasis on the use of human rights norms and standards for public health thinking and practice.
Instructor: Jonathan Cohen
PM 529 – Pre-Departure Training to Optimize Short-Term Global Health Experiences (1.0 unit)
Pre-departure training prepares learners for the responsible, ethical, and safe practice of global health before pursuing short-term global health educational experiences through USC.
Instructor: Taylor Burkholder
Undergraduate Level
Courses taught by IIGH Faculty
HP 270: Introduction to Global Health (4.0 units)
Introduction to concepts of global health and disease control. Issues of globalization, global governance, emerging diseases, infectious disease treatment, and outbreak challenges.
Instructor: Laura Ferguson