Global Health Certificate

The goal of the graduate certificate program in Global Health is to provide a general foundation in the understanding of global health issues and the complex multiplicity of factors that affect them, and to provide some basic tools in health assessment methods to measure their impact. Given the widespread globalized nature of our world today, there is an increasing need for understanding the impact of globalization on health, both in terms of health patterns common across regions, and in terms of how what were once considered focal, limited local issues can transcend national and continental borders. The program is designed to prepare students for the increasing demand for international, interdisciplinary skills in the areas of public health prevention, health care and other health-related disciplines. The global health certificate will include a minimum of 15 credit hours - 12 of classroom coursework and 3 based on a required international internship course. The program is housed in the college of public health, but it is intended to be multidisciplinary and open to a variety of graduate students in any of the health sciences or other disciplines across campus. It is also available to professionals or other college graduates interested in obtaining this additional training.