Undergraduate One Health Certificate

UNDERGraduate Certificate

One Health Undergraduate Certificate

Available ONLINE & In Person  Accredited Program
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The Undergraduate Certificate in One Health will provide the current and future public health workforce professional additional knowledge and skills regarding the protection of the public’s health by being able to create better surveillance on the interaction between human health, animal health and the environment. Students will be able to complete the 12 unit program in one year. The public health workforce will upgrade their knowledge and skills regarding the importance of epidemiology, the environment, outbreaks and disease prevention and surveillance as in relation to protecting the public’s health.

Campuses

Available via Main Campus and Arizona Online

Prerequisites

  • 2.0 UA GPA
  • Note: UA GPA requirement will be waived for students who don’t have an established UA GPA.

Admissions Information

Open to degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students from Main and AZ Online campuses.

 

Advising

Main campus students (In Person): Find your advisor as determined by your last name, same as COPH degree advising.

Arizona Online:

Degree-seeking students: First-term and continuing students: coph-undergrad@arizona.edu 

Non-degree seeking students: UG NDS advisor in Arizona Online: Heidi Creel (heidim@arizona.edu)

Course Requirements

Required Courses (6 units)

  • EPID 445 - One Health Foundations
  • EHS 446 -  One Health Approach & Case Studies 

Elective Options (6 units)

Students are required to complete 6 units of elective with only 3 units allowed as lower division:
  • EHS 100 – One Health in Action
  • EHS 220 - Deadly Hype!
  • CPH 230 - Public Health, Climate Change & Resilient Food Systems
  • ACBS 317 - Emerging Infectious Disease: An Introduction to One Health
  • EHS 426 - Topics in Environmental Justice
  • CPH 402 - Climate and Health
  • HPS 459 - Management of Global Public Health Emergencies
  • EPID 479 - Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • EHS 439A* – Outbreaks and Environmental Microbiology: Then to Now 

Relevant Advising Policies

  • Minimum GPA for required coursework: 2.0
  • Double dipping: No more than 50% of the units of credit used to complete the certificate can also be used for a current degree requirement (i.e., major, minor, or General Education), second certificate, or previously awarded degree program.
  • Visit the Undergraduate Advising page to determine you advisor and their contact information

*Pre-req info: prerequisite requirements are waived for One Health certificate participants.

How to Declare the Certificate

STEP ONE

Take time to review the certificate options and requirements to ensure you choose the certificate that is best suited for your career goals and interest. 

STEP two

Email the Undergraduate Advising shared inbox to request the certificate be added to your program in UAccess. 

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