The curriculum in Global Public Health/Nutrition and Food Studies: Food Studies requires completion of 128 credits. These are divided into three categories:
| Courses | Required Credits |
| College Core Curriculum (CORE) | 44 |
| Liberal Arts Electives | 16 |
| Global Public Health Core | 16 |
| Global Public Health Elective | 4 |
| Global Public Health Internship | 4 |
| Food Studies Core | 44 |
| Additional Requirements* | 0* |
* New Student Seminar
Students must enroll in New Student Seminar SAHS-UE 0001 (0 pts) during the first semester in residence, to review basic college-level skills and to obtain an introduction to NYU's academic and personal resources and services.
Academic Standards
Global Public Health/Food Studies majors matriculating at NYU in Fall 2014 or later are expected to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in order to make satisfactory academic progress.
| Liberal Arts Requirements (CORE + Electives) | 60 | |
| College Core Curriculum (CORE) | 44 | |
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Foreign Language |
8 |
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|---|---|---|
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Expository Writing |
8 |
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EXPOS-UA 1 |
Writing the Essay |
4 |
|
ACE-UE 110 |
The Advanced College Essay |
4 |
|
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry |
12 | |
|
UGPH-GU 20 |
Biostatistics for Public Health |
4 |
|
Natural Science (choose one) |
Principles of Biology I (BIOL-UA 11) OR Brain and Behavior (CORE-UA 306) OR other course by advisement |
4 |
| NUTR-UE 1068 | Intro to Human Physiology | 4 |
|
Foundations of Contemporary Culture |
16 | |
|
CORE-UA 4xx/ST-CORE-UE** |
Texts and Ideas** |
4 |
|
CORE-UA 5xx/ST-CORE-UE |
Cultures and Contexts |
4 |
|
Choose one Social Science (e.g. Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Psychology, Sociology) |
Societies and the Social Sciences |
4 |
|
CORE-UA 7xx/ST-CORE-UE |
Expressive Culture |
4 |
| Liberal Arts Electives (By Advisement) | 16 | |
| Required Global Public Health Core Courses | 16 | |
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UGPH-GU 10 |
Health and Society in a Global Context |
4 |
|
UGPH-GU 30 |
Epidemiology for Global Health |
4 |
|
UGPH-GU 40 |
Health Policy in a Global World |
4 |
|
UGPH-GU 50 |
Environmental Health in a Global World |
4 |
| Global Public Health Elective (Choose 1) | 4 | |
|
UGPH-GU 15 |
Intro to Bioethics |
4 |
|
UGPH-GU 25 |
Public Health Ethics |
4 |
|
UGPH-GU 35 |
Behavioral Risk - Taking in the Global World |
4 |
| UGPH-GU 55 | Biopsychological Aspects of Children | 4 |
| UGPH-GU 65 | Public Health Approaches to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) | 4 |
| UGPH-GU 75 | From Medical Ethics to Bioethics: Historical Perspectives | 4 |
| UGPH-GU 293 | Global Medicine and Disease: The Challenges We Face | 4 |
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UPADM-GP 101 |
The Politics of Public Policy |
4 |
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Global Public Health Internship |
4 | |
|
UGPH-GU 60 |
Undergraduate Experiential learning in GPH |
4 |
|
Required Food Studies Core Courses |
44 | |
|
NUTR-UE 85 |
Intro to Foods & Food Science |
3 |
|
NUTR-UE 91 |
Food Management Theory |
3 |
|
NUTR-UE 119 |
Nutrition and Health |
3 |
|
FOOD-UE 71 |
Food Issues of Contemporary Society |
4 |
|
FOOD-UE 1033 |
Food Systems: Food & Agriculture |
4 |
|
FOOD-UE 1051 |
Food and Identity |
4 |
|
FOOD-UE 1056 |
Internship in Food Studies & Food Management |
3 |
|
FOOD-UE 1130 |
Communic Workshop in Foods & Nutrition |
2 |
|
FOOD-UE 1135 |
Essentials of Cuisine: International |
3 |
|
FOOD-UE 1180 |
Food & Nutrition in Global Society |
4 |
|
FOOD-UE 1204 |
Food in the Arts |
2 |
|
FOOD-UE 1210 |
Introduction to Food History |
4 |
|
FOOD-UE 1217*** |
Advanced Foods*** |
3 |
| Additional Requirements*: | ||
| SAHS-UE 1 | New Student Seminar | 0 |
| Writing Proficiency Examination | ||
| TOTAL POINTS REQUIRED | 128 | |
** Steinhardt Liberal Arts Courses
***Prerequisite: NUTR-UE 85