The BS in Applied Psychology/Global Public Health is a 128-credit program that exposes you to the global nature of the field, emphasizing the ways in which populations and environments interact across the globe to shape health outcomes. Through this program, you have the opportunity to gain fluency in the key approaches and current issues in the field of public health, both in the United States and throughout the world.
Core Course Sequence
College Core Curriculum (CORE)
NYU’s College Core Curriculum provides a foundational academic experience of general education in the liberal arts for undergraduates at NYU. The Core Curriculum includes courses in foreign language, expository writing, and foundations of contemporary culture and scientific inquiry. In addition to these required subject areas, you will also have the opportunity to explore liberal arts electives in the topics that most interest you, gaining the skills and breadth of intellectual perspective to flourish in your major programs of study and in your later careers.
Major and Co-Major Requirements
You will take foundational classes in psychological theory and research, emphasizing application to real-world contexts. In addition to developing knowledge in key content areas, you will also have the opportunity to create a strong grasp of important connections between research and practice and the influence of cultural context on theory, research, and application. As a Global Public Health/Applied Psychology major/co-major, you will also have the opportunity to take courses within the Public Health Core (on topics such as epidemiology and health policy) to provide a foundation to your training in public health. A hallmark of our program is the fieldwork experience that you will complete in both Public Health and Applied Psychology settings before graduation. These professional experiences and exposure to advanced academic writing skills prepare you for professional and educational experiences post-graduation.
Sample Electives
As a Global Public Health/Applied Psychology major/co-major, you will have the opportunity to select from a range of elective courses in Applied Psychology and Public Health. Elective courses in Applied Psychology are structured around three content areas: Development and Learning, Clinical and Counseling, and Social Interventions.
Development and Learning electives include courses on parenting and culture, educational psychology, contexts of immigrant youth experiences, and child development and social policy. Clinical electives include coursework on multicultural counseling, abnormal psychology, sexual identities across the lifespan, and the historical, social, and political perspectives that inform the practice. Social Intervention electives include courses in social and community psychology, child development in school settings, and social interventions in schools and communities.
Public Health Electives include topics like behavioral risk-taking, global topics and disease, and public health entrepreneurship. You also have the opportunity to complete Specialization Electives to further extend or broaden your understanding of related fields. Specialization Electives consist of additional coursework in the Applied Psychology Program or through courses in other schools in the areas of child and adolescent mental health studies, cognitive courses, art therapy, drama therapy, or music therapy.
Culminating Experience
Students in Global Public Health/Applied Psychology complete a semester of study away at sites like Accra, Berlin, London, and Sydney where you can gain hands-on experience in a public health setting through key GPH major coursework including the Experiential Learning requirement. You will emerge from the program with the knowledge and skills needed to improve health outcomes across diverse populations, cultures, and contexts with a strong foundation in the important connections between the fields of Applied Psychology and Global Public Health.