UNDERGraduate Certificate
Global Health Undergraduate Certificate
Developed and implemented by public health experts with extensive experience of global health research and practice, and underpinned by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals as the guiding framework, the University of Arizona’s Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health will equip participants with foundational knowledge and skills that are necessary to engage effectively in global health practice ‐ whether at home in a diverse setting, along the border in a bi‐cultural environment, working side‐by‐side in indigenous homelands or abroad where populations and communities are displaced and under‐resourced, and where health systems are severely constrained. Participants will be introduced to the world’s vast diversity of determinants of health and disease. They will have an opportunity to critically appraise health systems in different parts of the world, and analyze current and emerging global health priorities, including infectious diseases, poverty, conflicts and emergencies, health inequity, principles and impact of health systems reforms, and major global initiatives for disease prevention and health promotion. Delivered entirely online, participants can complete the certificate in one academic year and will have the ability to transfer the associated 12 units to future undergraduate programs in public health at the university of Arizona.
Campuses
Available via Main Campus & Arizona Online
Pre-requisites to declare
- Incoming students must meet University of Arizona admission requirements.
- No outlines prerequisite courses.
Admissions Information
Open to degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students.
Advising
Please Email COPH-Undergrad@arizona.edu with any questions regarding the certificate.
Courses Required (and semester(s) typically offered) – 12 units
Note: Semesters and campuses typically offered for each course are subject to change. Always consult the schedule of classes and/or check in with your Academic Advisor to confirm offerings.
Main Campus
Core Courses – 9 units
- EHS 100 – One Health in Action (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online Campus)
- GHI/HPS 302 – Introduction to Program Evaluation in Global Health (3u; Offered Spring & Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- PHP 308 – Community Health Education for Disease Outbreaks (3u; Offered Spring & Fall: Main & Online Campus)
Electives – complete 3 units
- SPAN 341 – Beginning Translation and Interpretation: Social Justice to Practice (3u; Offered Spring & Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- HPS 406 - CURES Immersive Experience in Women's Research (3u; Offered Spring: Main Campus)
- HPS 409 – Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online Campus)
- GHI 414 – Comparative Health Analysis from a Global Perspective (3u; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- CPH 423 - Health Promotion Approach to Address Health Inequity (3u; TBD)
- HPS 417 – Health Systems in Global Health (3u; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- EHS 425 – Public Health Lens to Climate Change (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online)
- GHI 432 – Food in 2050 and Beyond: Climate Change and Global Health (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online Campus)
- HPS 433 – Global Health* (3u; Offered Spring: Main Campus; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- EHS 439A – Outbreak & Environmental Microbiology: Then and Now* (3u; Offered Summer: Main & Online Campus)
- GHI 440 – Intercultural Communication for Health Sciences - 3u; TBD)
- HPS 456 - A Circular Approach to Global Indigenous Research (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online Campus)
- GHI 457 – Global Maternal Health: Cultural Perceptions and Policy Approaches (3u; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- HPS 459 – Management of Public Health Emergencies (fall) (3u; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- GHI 481 – Food System Preparedness for Global Emergency Risks (3u; Offered Spring: Main & Online Campus)
- EHS 489 – Public Health Preparedness (3u; Offered Fall: Main & Online Campus)
- ANTH 495F – Special Topics in Applied Anthropology: Disasters & Humanitarian Assistance: Theory and Practice (3u; TBD)