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Minor

Humanitarian Engineering Minor

Oregon State University College of Engineering 86 courses 27 total credits

About This Program

The Humanitarian Engineering minor provides multidisciplinary academic coursework for students interested in the application of engineering, science, and technology-based solutions to global development challenges such as access to basic resources (e.g., clean water, clean energy), improved quality of life, and increased ability to earn a livelihood particularly in rural, resource-limited or low-to-middle income settings. A core of coursework in humanitarian engineering, science and technology (HEST) is required. Both in the core coursework and in the electives, there is an emphasis on context including social, cultural, economic, resource, political, and environmental.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 27 credits

List I (recommended)

Code Course Title Credits
ANTH 330 *Evolution of People, Technology, and Society 3
ANTH 374 +*Biosocial Approaches to Global Health Inequity 4
ANTH 380 *Global Conflicts: Anthropological Perspectives 3
ANTH 466 *Rural Anthropology 4
ANTH 481 *Natural Resources and Community Values 3
ANTH 482 *Anthropology of International Development 4
ENG 220 *Topics in Difference, Power, and Discrimination 4
ENG 322 *Studies in Globalism, Text, and Event 4
ENGR 350 *Sustainable Engineering 3
ES 445 *Native American Science and Technology 4
FW 325 +*Seeking Solutions to Global Crises in Resource Ecology 3
FW 340 +*Power and Justice in U.s. Natural Resource Management 3
GEO 306 +*Minerals, Energy, Water and the Environment 4
GEO 308 *Global Change and Earth Sciences 3
GEOG 300 +*Sustainability for the Common Good 3
GEOG 330 *Geography of International Development and Globalization 3
GEOG 331 +*Population, Consumption, and Environment 3
GEOG 333 +*Environmental Justice 3
GEOG 340 *Introduction to Water Science and Policy 3
H 225 +*Social Determinants of Health 4
H 445 *Occupational Health 3
HDFS 447 +Families and Poverty 4
MB 330 +*Disease and Society 3
PH 313 *Energy Alternatives 3
PHL 205 +*Introduction to Ethics 4
PHL 443 *World Views and Environmental Values 3
PS 345 *Politics of Developing Nations 4
PS 458 International Political Economy 4
SOC 480 *Environmental Sociology 4
SOC 481 *Society and Natural Resources 4
SUS 350 +*Sustainable Communities 4
WGSS 223 +*Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3
WGSS 280 +*Women Worldwide 3
WGSS 380 *Muslim Women 3
WGSS 414 +*Systems of Oppression in Women's Lives 4
WGSS 440 *Women and Natural Resources 3
WGSS 480 *Gender and Transnational Activisms 3
WSE 210 +*Biology, Structure, and Utilization of Woody Plants 4

List II (all eligible thematic electives)

Code Course Title Credits
AEC 250 +*Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy 4
AEC 253 *Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics 4
ANTH 210 +*Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3
ANTH 211 +*Indigenous Peoples of North America 3
ANTH 213 +*Latin America Cultures 3
ANTH 215 +*Peoples and Cultures of Africa 3
ANTH 218 +*Peoples and Cultures of China 3
ANTH 314 *Peoples of the World-Middle East 3
ANTH 317 *Peoples of the World-Pacific 3
BOT 101 +*Botany: a Human Concern 4
ECON 201Z +*Principles of Microeconomics 4
ECON 202Z +*Principles of Macroeconomics 4
ENG 210 *Literatures of the World: Asia 4
ENG 212 +*Literatures of the World: Latin America & Caribbean 4
ENG 213 *Literatures of the World: Middle East 4
ENG 260 *Literature of American Minorities 4
ENSC 210 +*Environmental Earth Sciences 4
ES 101 *Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3
ES 231 +*Introduction to Asian American Studies 4
ES 241 *Introduction to Native American Studies 4
GEOG 105 *People, Places, and Perspectives in the Global South 3
GEOG 106 *Western Tradition & Emerging Challenges in the Global North 3
HST 351 *Modern Latin America 4
HST 391 *Traditional China and Japan 4
HST 392 *Modern China and Japan 4
MUS 108 *Music Cultures of the World 3
NUTR 216 +*Food and Culture 3
PHL 160 +*Religions of the World 4
PS 205 *Introduction to International Relations 4
SOC 204Z +*Introduction to Sociology 4
SOC 205Z *Social Change and Institutions 4
SOIL 205 Soil Science 3
SOIL 206 +*Soil Science Laboratory for Soil 205 1
SUS 102 +*Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability 4
WGSS 224 *Women: Personal and Social Change 3

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