Program Overview
There is an increasing awareness that universities can play an active role in addressing existing and emerging global health problems. These problems are interdisciplinary and dynamic. Addressing them effectively requires engaging researchers and professionals from a wide range of fields. Faculty and graduate students from across the UF campus are actively involved in research and training closely related to global health, including public health, medicine, veterinary medicine, agricultural sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, social sciences, engineering, biology, geography, business, and more.
Course Requirements
A total of 12 graduate credits are needed for this certificate. All students must take a course on the fundamentals of global health (PHC 6764 Global Health and Development I, or an approved substitute). Any substitutions need to be approved in advance and would need to provide the student with an introduction to the range of global health threats and an ability to assess the effect of social, economic, and environmental factors on their distribution.
In addition, students must take a total of 9 credits approved by the certificate advisory committee. Number of course credits are in parenthesis.
- AEC 6419: Communications and Competencies for Global Leadership
- AFH 3931: Special Topics: History and Anthropology of Health & Medicine in Africa (3)
- AFH 3931: Special Topics: History Health and Anthropology of Mental Health and Madness (3)
- AFS 6062: Design Methods in Sustainable Development
- AFS 6306: Gender and Empowerment in Development Practice
- AFS 6307: Foundations of Economic Sustainable Development
- AFS 6357: Anthropology of Humanitarian Intervention (3)
- AGR 5277C: Tropical Cropping Systems
- ANG 6304/ANT4930/WST 6935: Gender and International Development (3)
- ANG 5702/ANT 4930: Anthropology and Development (3)
- ANG 6930: Special Topics: Feminist Anthropology (3)
- ANG 6930: Anthropology and Global Health
- ANG 5531: Culture and Nutrition (3)
- ANG 6930: Special topics: Maternal Health and Nutrition (1–3)
- ANG 6930: Special topics: Anthropology and Global Health (1–3)
- ANG 6930: Special topics: Gender-Based Violence (1–3)
- ANG 6407: Sickness and Power (3)
- CLAS 6943: Development Theory & Practice in Latin America (3-6)
- GEO 6471: Introduction to Medical Geography (3)
- GEO 6451: Introduction to Medical Geography
- HSC 6625: Trends in International Health (3)
- HSC 6665: Health Communication
- HUN 6936: Topics in Nutritional Sciences: Global Nutrition
- INR 6708: Foundations of Economics for Sustainable Development
- LAS 6045: Gender and Empowerment in Development Practice
- LAS 6046/AFS 6303: Development Administration
- LAS 6049/AFS 6062: Design Methods for Sustainable Development
- LAS 6938: Power & Environment
- LAS 6943/AFS 6305: Global Classroom: Development Theory and Practice, Latin Am. & Africa (3)
- PHC 6195: Health Information for Diverse Populations: Theory and Methods
- PHC 6445: Global Public Health and Development II
- PHC 6451: Resilience from a Public Health perspective
- PHC 6937: Special Topics: Public Health and Medical Anthropology in El Salvador (1-6)
- PHC 6937: Global Health Seminar (1-3)
- PHC 6937: Global Health Disparities (3)
- PHC 7307: Quantitative Assessment of Environmental Health Impacts (3)
- PHC 6937: Clinical and Public Health Management of Diarrheal Disease Outbreaks (3-4)
- PHC 6937: Independent Research in Global Health (1-3)
- PHC 6520: Introduction to Foodborne Disease (3)
- PHC 6762: International Public Health (3)
- URP 6409: Sustainable Community Development
- URP 6610: International Development Planning (3)
- VEM 6969: Topics in International Shelter Medicine (3)
- VME 6934: Special Topics: Research in International Health (1–4)
Up to three credits come from a field practicum in global health if approved by the certificate advisory committee.
The courses must be selected to meet the following distributional requirements:
- At least one course should be outside of the student’s primary department or area of specialization and expose the student to a new methodological approach.
- At least one course should provide added expertise on a particular category of global health threats (e.g., nutrition, mental health, vector-borne disease, water and sanitation, emerging infectious diseases).
Apply Here
The University of Florida offers many certificate programs that enable students to learn advanced skills in a specialized course of study. Certificate programs have fewer courses and requirements than a degree program. In the certificate application process, the Office of Admissions must receive all of the following materials and complete a review before your application can be referred to our department:
- Determination of satisfactory conduct record
- Application fee payment of $30, plus a $7 processing fee
- Validation of transcripts and previous degrees
- Verification of residency classification
If you wish to apply to this certificate program, please fill out the form below. Additionally, for currently enrolled UF students, apply here. You will need your GatorLink username and password to apply. For non-UF, new students, apply here.
Once you have applied, please notify us via email .