Bachelor in Global Health Studies

Founded on the belief that undergraduate liberal arts education can play an essential role in meeting the world’s health challenges, the Global Health Studies program draws upon Allegheny’s longstanding commitments to project-based and interdisciplinary learning, civic engagement, diverse perspectives, and internationalization.

Hands-on experiences

Hands-on experiences are essential to students of global health. Students are encouraged to take part in a variety of different professional and experiential opportunities:

• Off-campus studies  such as domestic or international semesters or summer away
• Volunteer opportunities through local agencies and international organizations  such as RAM (Remote Area Medical), and CFHI (Child-Family Health International)
• Research experiences  such as summer or semester student/faculty research, nationally competitive REUs (Research Experiences for Undergraduates), and research positions at partner universities, agencies, and companies

At Allegheny College, we invite our students not to limit themselves — but instead to explore all of their interests.

Every Allegheny student takes courses in each division of knowledge — humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences — declaring both a major and a minor (outside the division of their major) by the end of their sophomore year.

Students combine their interests and expand their concentrations beyond one division, developing the sort of big-picture thinking that is in high demand in today’s global marketplace.

Our Mission

Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares young adults for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world.

Statement of Community

Allegheny students and employees are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful and safe residential learning community that will actively confront and challenge racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of harassment and discrimination. We encourage individual growth by promoting a free exchange of ideas in a setting that values diversity, trust, and equality. So that the right of all to participate in a shared learning experience is upheld, Allegheny affirms its commitment to the principles of freedom of speech and inquiry, while at the same time fostering responsibility and accountability in the exercise of these freedoms. This statement does not replace existing personnel policies and codes of conduct.