Requirements for the Certificate in Civic and Global Leadership - Community and Global Health Track

Courses in the community and global health track expose students to the nature and significance of health and health care to human life and social development. Students learn about the effects of health on the human condition, debates over what justice requires in terms of providing access to health care, as well as political and policy debates over access to health care, internationally, nationally, and locally.

This certificate of curricular study requires successful completion of the following:

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
CIVC 100		4
CIVC 400	Civic and Global Leadership Capstone	4
Select twelve hours representing a minimum of two disciplines from the from the following courses:		12
ANTH 319	Medical Anthropology
ART 242	The Lens and the Landscape: Documentary Studies and the Environment
BIOL 180	Principles of Human Nutrition
ECON 312	Health Economics
MHUM 108	Introduction to Medical Humanities: The Human Condition
MHUM 110	Introduction to Sociology and Human Health
PHIL 235	Bioethics
POLS 223	Public Policy
POLS 411	The Politics of Aids
POLS 321	Global Health Governance
PSYC 227	Health Psychology
Total Semester Hours		20

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Additional Requirements
Students must complete an approved practicum requiring sustained engagement on one specific social issue working in a specific community, with a community organization, or on a specific social issue in multiple sites. The practicum requires an extended commitment over the period of two semesters and a summer or its equivalent (500 hours total). The practicum is overseen jointly by a faculty member and a site supervisor.