Global Health Certificate

 

The Global Health Certificate is a 17-credit program of study designed to provide the learner with specific knowledge and skills in global health from an inter-professional perspective. The certificate is designed for learners interested in global health. The certificate includes curricular and practice based opportunities, both here and abroad. The Global Health Certificate is open to graduate and professional students interested in global health and is available on campus and fully online. 

Students in the Global Health Certificate are required to complete an international field experience. Costs for this will vary based on location. Students are expected to fund this experience personally or through scholarship funds. Scholarships are available through the ETSU Education Abroad Scholarship program and information can be found online.

Students will work with the coordinator for the global health certificate to choose six (6) credits of elective courses. These courses can be discipline specific and can be online or onsite. If a student chooses to complete EPID 5700, Interprofessional Perspectives on Global Health, as one of their electives it cannot count as their international field placement.  Elective course offerings by semester are detailed in the program below.

Students will complete an international field placement in a low resource setting. Students must spend a minimum of two weeks in country and the location and project must be approved by the certificate coordinator and the Global Health Certificate Advisory Committee. This can be completed through a study abroad course or a field placement course.  Field Placement offerings by semester are detailed in the program below.

Cost Estimator

Fall

Required:

  • PMPR 7131 - Global Healthcare: Disease Treatment and Prevention* (3 credits) OR
    PMPR 7126 - Global Healthcare: Perspectives and Practice (3 credits)
  • COBH 5050 - Low-resource Training in Global Health* (1 credit)
  • COBH 5707 - International Health: An Overview of Problems and Issues* (3 credits)

Elective Options for Fall:

  • COBH 5270 - Cultural Competence and Spirituality (3 credits)
  • COBH 5457 - Emerging Technologies for the Health Professions^ (3 credits)
  • COBH 5900 - Grant and Proposal Development** (3 credits)
  • EPID 5430 - Epidemiology of Infectious Disease** (3 credits)

International Field Placement Options:

  • COBH 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Community and Behavioral Health** (1-6 credits)
  • EPID 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Epidemiology** (1-6 credits)

Spring 

Required:

  • COBH 5707 - International Health: An Overview of Problems and Issues* (3 credits)
  • COBH 5040 - Seminar in Global Health* (1 credit)

Elective Options for Spring:

  • HSMP 5200 – Health Leadership and Management** (4 credits)
  • HSMP 5400 – Data Informed Decision- Making** (3 credits)
  • SOWK 5957 – Special Topics: Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Justice^ (3 credits)
  • HSRV 5200 – Ethics & Social Justice^ (3 credits)

International Field Placement Options:

  • COBH 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Community and Behavioral Health** (1-6 credits)
  • EPID 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Epidemiology** (1-6 credits)

Summer

International Field Placement Options:

  • COBH 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Community and Behavioral Health (1-6 credits)
  • EPID 5700 - Interprofessional Perspectives on Global Health** (3 credits)
  • EPID 5850 - Public Health Program Field Experience - Epidemiology (1-6 credits)

*online only
**online or onsite
^onground only

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