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Overview | Requirements | Department Advisors | Foundation Courses
 Orientation for Global Health Certificate
Friday, August 29, 4pm
1305 McGavran-Greenberg, UNC School of Public Health
Come ask questions about the program. Snacks provided. |
Overview and General Information
 The purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Global Health prepares
residential graduate students to work in changing environments and with diverse populations,
and to respond competently to the challenges presented by permeable
geographic and cultural boundaries.
The Certificate complements currently enrolled graduate students' departmental requirements by offering courses, seminars, and
fieldwork or internships that provide for a comprehensive understanding
of global health conditions, needs, and solutions that cross borders in
both developing and industrialized countries and regions. Students will
gain competence in identifying and analyzing factors that generate
disparities in health status, health resources, and access to health
information and health services, particularly for ethnic minorities and
other marginalized and vulnerable population groups.
The Graduate Certificate in Global Health is open to students currently enrolled
in a residential graduate degree program of the UNC School
of Public Health. Students must discuss this with their departmental Global Health Certificate Faculty Advisor. Students enrolled in graduate degree programs of
other units of UNC may apply by requesting an interview with the
Director of the Office of Global Health.
Requirements
- Five graduate-level courses (only courses numbered 400 and above) with
global health content, totaling 10 credit hours
- One of the five courses must be a foundation course,
either HPAA 664/MHCH 664 (Globalization and Health) OR PUBH 510 (Interdisciplinary
Perspectives in Global Health)
- One of the five courses must be the Global Health Discussion Series (2 semesters, 1/2 credit each semester) -- PUBH 500
- The 5 required courses must total a
minimum of 10 graduate credits.
- See list of approved Certificate courses.
- Master’s paper/thesis should have a
global health focus
- Regular attendance at local global
health-related events
- Global health-related internship or field placement (strongly recommended)
For more details on the above requirements and other aspects of the
Certificate, please review the full description of the Global Health Certificate Program.
Please complete and submit an enrollment form (Word document) to 2219 McGavran-Greenberg, or email it to us. Call (919-966-3564), email, or drop by if you have any questions. The Office of Global Health is located in 2219 McGavran-Greenberg during the summer, but will be moving to 124 Rosenau Hall in late August 2008.
**Please Note: Students who entered their graduate program before Fall 2007 have the the option of completing the former requirements (pdf file) or the requirements listed above.
Departmental Global Health Certificate Faculty Advisors
Please be sure to discuss your interest in pursuing the Global
Health Certificate with your departmental certificate advisor -- see
list below. Each of these faculty members serves on the Global Health
Advisory Committee for the Office of Global Health and are the liaisons
between your department and the Office of Global Health. They will best
be able to advise you in your course selections so that you are able to
fulfill your department requirements, as well as complete the
Cerificate at the same time.
Foundation courses to fulfill core course requirement
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health (PUBH 510)
3 credit hours
Fall 2008: (new day and time) Wednesdays, 12:30-2:50pm
This course will explore contemporary issues, problems, and
controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary
perspective; examine the complex tapestry of social, economic,
political, and environmental factors that affect global health; analyze
global health disparities through a social justice and human rights
lens; and expose students to opportunities in global health work and
research.
Instructors:
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Margaret Bentley, Associate Dean of Global Health, UNC School of Public Health
- Gretchen Van Vliet, Director, Office of Global Health, UNC School of Public Health
PUBH 510, section 001 (graduate students only)
PUBH 510, section 002 (junior and senior undergraduates only)
 Globalization and Health (HPAA 664/MCH 664)
3 credit hours
Spring 2008
The course examines multiple
dimensions of globalization and explores their direct and indirect effects on
determinants of health through presentations, case studies, class discussions
and interactive sessions, small group seminars, readings, weekly written
assignments, a critical book review, and a final paper and poster session. An expected outcome of the course is that
students will gain a deeper understanding of how the changes and
transformations of globalization and development affect health, and will have
examined responses and approaches to current and projected global patterns that
contribute to positive and adverse health effects, and health inequalities. Instructors:
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Bruce Fried, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, UNC School of Public Health
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Lynn Knauff, Adjunct Professor, Maternal and Child Health, UNC School of Public Health
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