Harvard College

Undergraduates at Harvard College have many opportunities to engage in global health learning. They can pursue a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy, enroll in a general education course on global health, engage in activities as part of the many student groups focused on global health, and participate in experiential internships during the summer or January term. They can take advantage of seminars, workshops, and other activities sponsored by the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator, both university-wide entities, and both deeply committed to creating opportunities for undergraduates.

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Featured Course

The Spring 2024 seminar course What is History of Public Health explores public health through the lens of history and government. The course examines specific signal cases to discuss topics such as the permeable boundary between disease surveillance and body politics, as well as the limits of public health in the face of popular opposition.

Featured Course

In the Spring 2024 course Maternal & Reproductive Health and Health Policy, Harvard College students will learn about prominent issues in reproductive, maternal, and newborn health and the different policy approaches high-, middle-, and low-income countries have taken to address them. Students in the course will discuss both health systems and health equity as they relate to maternal and reproductive health.