12 semester credit hours
Available to degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students.
This certificate is intended for students interested in exploring how globalization is affecting the determinants of health, the health status of the population, and the capacity of nation-states to deal with the determinants of health and disease. The goal is to prepare students for positions that involve public health decision-making and research in a changing world.
Course of Study
The following courses are required for an Certificate in Global Health:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Degree-Seeking Students Certificate Requirements | ||
| PH 5610 | Global Health Overview | 3 |
| PH 5612 | Global Health Seminar | 1 |
| Select 8 credits of electives | 8 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Elective list for degree-seeking students | ||
| PHM 1113L | Advanced Methods for Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs (Intervention Mapping) | 3 |
| or PHD 1113L | Advanced Methods for Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs (Intervention Mapping) | |
| PHM 1116 | Introduction to Intervention Mapping | 2 |
| or PHD 1116 | Introduction to Intervention Mapping | |
| PHM 1120L | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| or PHD 1120L | Program Evaluation | |
| PH 1228 | Food Policy | 3 |
| PH 2926 | Fundamentals and Applications of GIS | 3 |
| PH 2132L | Infection Control and Biosafety | 3 |
| PHM 2230L | Water Environment | 3 |
| or PHD 2230L | Water Environment | |
| PHM 2280L | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| PH 2809L | Immunology | 3 |
| PH 2615L | Epidemiology II | 3 |
| PH 2730L | Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| PH 2742L | Epidemiology of Mental Health | 3 |
| PH 2795 | Disease Detectives: International Epidemic Investigations | 3 |
| PH 2800L | Tropical Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| PH 2808L | Overview of Tropical Medicine | 2 |
| PHM 3630 | Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | 3 |
| PHD 3812 | Comparative Health Systems | 3 |
| PHM 3922 | Economic and Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| or PHD 3922 | Economic and Social Determinants of Health | |
| PHD 3926L | Health Survey Research Design | 3 |
| PH 3998 | Special Topics in Management, Policy and Community Health (ST: Public Health and Human Rights) | 1-4 |
| PH 5098 | Special Topics in Interdivisional Courses (ST: The History and Culture of Disease and Healing) | 3 |
| PH 5613 | Critical Cinema for Public Health | 2 |
| INTL 4055 | Global Health Governance, Diplomacy, and Leadership 1 | |
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Course available through The University of Texas Medical Branch.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Degree-Seeking Student Certificate Requirements | ||
| Leveling Course | ||
| Epidemiology I | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| PH 5610 | Global Health Overview | 3 |
| PH 5612 | Global Health Seminar | 1 |
| Select 8 credits of electives | 8 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Elective list for non-degree seeking students | ||
| PH 1228 | Food Policy | 3 |
| PH 2926 | Fundamentals and Applications of GIS | 3 |
| PH 2132L | Infection Control and Biosafety | 3 |
| PHM 2230L | Water Environment | 3 |
| or PHD 2230L | Water Environment | |
| PH 2280L | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| PH 2809L | Immunology | 3 |
| PH 2730L | Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| PH 2742L | Epidemiology of Mental Health | 3 |
| PH 2795 | Disease Detectives: International Epidemic Investigations | 3 |
| PH 2800L | Tropical Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| PHD 3812 | Comparative Health Systems | 3 |
| PHM 3922 | Economic and Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| or PHD 3922 | Economic and Social Determinants of Health | |
| PH 5098 | Special Topics in Interdivisional Courses (ST: The History and Culture of Disease and Healing) | 3 |
For more information, see the Global Health certificate planner.