Global Health, Certificate
Overview
Modern society operates in a global environment with increasing intercontinental travel, trade, and communication. The great frequency of every-day interactions with people from different parts of the world has increased the need for clinical and public health professionals to understand health environments and policy that extend beyond local borders. Certificate of Graduate Study in Global Health (CGSGH) will prepare students with the knowledge and skills that are necessary to conduct international work, by focusing on topics such as comparative health systems and policies; health care administration, finance and services; sociocultural perspectives on health; and development and evaluation of health promotion programs that are sensitive to local context.
Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate understanding of global health issues and efforts to alleviate shortfalls through various methods of in-depth investigation and research.
- Students will demonstration of an understanding of environmental stressors and pollution; their sources in the natural, home and workplace environments; their modes of transport and transformation; their ecological and public health effects; and, methods of prevention/remediation.
Degree Requirements (18 Hours)
Core Courses (9 Hours)
Course | Title | Credits |
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HPEB 722 | Health Education Curriculum Development | 3 |
HSPM 709 | Perspectives in Rural Health | 3 |
HSPM 799 | 3 | |
Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Select One of the Following Tracks (9 Hours)
Population Health
Course | Title | Credits |
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Select three of the following: | 9 | |
Social Networks, Social Capital, and Health | ||
Concepts and Methods in Health Promotion | ||
Community Health Development | ||
Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Population Health | ||
Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Environmental Health
Course | Title | Credits |
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Select three of the following: | 9 | |
Parasitology | ||
Environmental Pollutants and Human Health | ||
Infectious Disease Ecology | ||
Fundamentals of Air Pollution | ||
Risk Assessment and Interactions of Environmental Toxicants | ||
Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Food and Nutrition
Course | Title | Credits |
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Select three of the following: | 9 | |
Nutrition Through the Life Cycle | ||
Nutrition Assessment and Counseling | ||
Maternal and Child Nutrition | ||
Nutrition and Immunology | ||
Total Credit Hours | 9 |
Health Care Policy and Systems
Course | Title | Credits |
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Select three of the following: | 9 | |
Health Economics | ||
Applied Public Health Law for Administrators | ||
Financing of Health Care | ||
Health Care Finance I | ||
Total Credit Hours | 9 |