Dual Major and Minors

Dual Major: Global Public Health and Social Work

The Dual Major in Global Public Health and Social Work provides a truly interdisciplinary public health education by addressing the world’s most pressing health problems and supporting cutting-edge and collaborative research on public health issues nationally and internationally.

Global public health and social work graduates will be well prepared for exciting careers in a variety of settings, including community and governmental organizations, clinical healthcare settings, social service agencies, and educational/research institutions.

Dual Major Requirements

The Dual Major Program requirements consist of 56 Liberal Arts credits and 72 Dual Major Program credits.

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

EXPOS-UA 1 Writing the Essay (4 credits)
EXPOS-UA 17 Writing in Community OR ACE-UAE 110 Advanced College Essay (4 credits)
PSYCH-UA 1 Introduction to Psychology (4 credits)
SOC-UA 1 Introduction to Sociology (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 113 Human Biology (4 credits)

Liberal Arts Distribution

Three Humanities Courses (12 credits total)
Three Social Science Courses (12 credits total)
Three Unrestricted Elective Courses (12 credits total)

Social Work Requirements

UNDSW-US 1 – Society and Social Welfare
UNDSW-US 13 – Social Welfare Programs & Policies
UNDSW-US 12 – Social Work Research
UNDSW-US 21 – Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
UNDSW-US 31 – Social Work Practice I
UNDSW-US 32 – Social Work Practice II
UNDSW-US 55 – Diversity, Racism, Oppression, Privilege

Global Public Health Requirements

UGPH-GU 10 – Health and Society in a Global Context
UGPH-GU 20 – Biostatistics for Public Health
UGPH-GU 30 – Epidemiology for Global Health
UGPH-GU 40 – Health Policy in a Global World
UGPH-GU 50 – Environmental Health in a Global World

Field Instruction and Internship

UGPH-GU 60 – Experiential Learning in Global Public Health or UNDSW-US 40 – Field Experience Lab
UNDSW-US 41 – Field Instruction I
UNDSW-US 42 – Field Instruction II

Two Global Public Health and/or Social Work Electives

UNDSW-US/UGPH-GU__ – GPH/SW Elective
UNDSW-US/UGPH-GU __ – GPH/SW Elective

Dual Major Sample Curriculum by Year

First Year

Fall	Spring
First Year Impact Seminar I*
Society and Social Welfare*	Health and Society in a Global Context**
Writing the Essay	Writing in Community or Advanced College Essay
Introduction to Psychology	Introduction to Sociology
Unrestricted Elective	Unrestricted Elective
*Social Work Course	**Global Public Health Course

Second Year

Fall	Spring
Social Work Elective*	Epidemiology for Global Health**
Biostatistics for Public Health**	Social Science
Human Biology	Humanities
Social Science	Social Science
*Social Work Course	**Global Public Health Course

Third Year

Fall	Spring
Human Behavior I*	Experiential Learning in Global Public Health** or Field Experience*
Diversity, Racism, Oppression & Privilege*	Environmental Health in a Global World**
Health Policy in a Global World**	Humanities
Humanities	Unrestricted Elective
*Social Work Course	**Global Public Health Course

Fourth Year

Fall	Spring
Social Work Practice I*	Social Work Practice II*
Field Instruction I*	Field Instruction II*
Social Welfare Programs & Policies*	Social Work Research*
Social Work Elective*
*Social Work Course

Social Work Minors

Undergraduate students across NYU may take courses at the Silver School of Social Work and explore our three minor programs. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of many of today’s complex social problems, occurring domestically and internationally, and what can be done to alleviate and address these problems. Students can formally declare a minor in Albert and are required to take specific courses for a total of 16 - 18 credits as noted in the minor descriptions below.

Social Work Minor Requirements

This minor requires 16 credits.

UNDSW-US 1 - Society and Social Welfare - required for all minors (4 credits)

AND

Any THREE Social Work Electives. (4 credits each) Recent offerings are:

Social Justice and Peacemaking
Homelessness
Services to Children and Families
Social Work and Substance Abuse
Social Work and Family Violence
Society and Mental Health
Social Deviance & Taboos
Mindfulness
Diversity for Non-Social Work Majors

TWO Social Work Electives (4 credits each) AND any TWO Service Learning Courses (2 credits each) Recent offerings are:

Service Learning with Immigrant Youth
Service Learning Through Visits with Holocoust Survivors

To learn more about the Minor in Social Work, students are welcome to contact the School’s Undergraduate Program office for guidance and academic planning: silver.bs@nyu.edu

This program will help you understand the complex problem of inequality and its consequences as it affects children, families, the homeless, the disabled, and many other disenfranchised members of our communities. Gain first-hand knowledge of the conditions faced by these populations and the impact of political and economic factors on the day-to-day realities of service provision.

Inequality Studies Minor Requirements
This minor requires 18 credits.

One required course - either:

UNDSW-US 1 – Society and Social Welfare (4 credits)

OR

UNDSW-US 11 – Agencies & Organizations (4 credits)

AND

UNDSW-US 110 Strategies to Reduce Inequality (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 85 Service Learning and Food Insecurity (2 credits)
UNDSW-US xx An approved Social Work Elective (4 credits)
An External Elective from CAS, Tisch, or Steinhardt related to Inequality as approved by the program office (4 credits)

The Minor in Multifaith and Spiritual Leadership, offered by NYU Silver and NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, consists of academically rigorous, civically engaged classes that provide students of all faith backgrounds (including those who are unaffiliated with a particular faith tradition) the opportunity to engage purposefully in holistic dialogue, service, and academic work. It also equips students to better understand their own faith traditions and spiritual beliefs while simultaneously engaging in multifaith learning, in and beyond the classroom.

Multifaith & Spiritual Leadership Minor Requirements
This minor requires 16 credits.

UPADM-GP 253 Multifaith Leadership in the 21st Century – required for all minors (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 81 Whose Social Justice is it Anyway? – required for all minors (4 credits)
RELST-UA 1 Religious Studies course approved by the program office – required for all minors (4 credits)

AND

Choose from the following:

UNDSW-US 88 Answering the Call plus one more Service Learning course (4 credits)
OR
UNDSW-US 114 Diversity for Non-Social Work Majors (4 credits)