Enroll in Public Health Courses
Public health courses provide hirable skills and interdisciplinary training relevant to careers and majors in medicine, health care, business, technology, policy and more.
Available Winter Quarter Classes
All current UW students can enroll in the following public health courses that require no prerequisites.
5 credit courses:
- NUTR 200 Nutrition for Today, NSc
- NUTR 202 Research Methods in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health (5) NSc, RSN
- NUTR 241 Culinary Nutrition Science (5) NSc
- EPI 325 STIs: Causes and Consequences (5) NSc, RSN
- HSERV 344 Public Health and Health Systems Management (5)
- PHG 301 Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (5) NSc/SSc
- G H 101 Introduction to Global Health: Disparities, Determinants, Policies, and Outcomes (5) SSc
4 credit courses:
- BIOST 310 Biostatistics for the Health Sciences (4) RSN
- HSERV 482 / G H 482 The Health of Populations (4) SSc, DIV
3 credit courses:
- ENV H 111 Exploring Environment and Health Connections (3) SSc/NSc
- ENV H 220 / G H 220 Global Environmental Change and Public Health (3) SSc
- G H 305 Global Health and Justice (3) SSc
- G H 375 Global Perspectives on Local Health Issues: Glocal Health (3) SSc, DIV
- G H 402 Current Research and Programs in Global Health (1/3)
- G H 418 Understanding and Managing the Health Risks of Climate Change (3) SSc
- HSERV 204 Health Promotion and Communication in Clinical and Public Health Practice (3)
- HSERV 454 Homelessness in Seattle: Destitute Poverty in a City of Affluence (1/3, max. 3) SSc, DIV
- NUTR 405 Physical Activity in Health and Disease (3) NSc