Social Justice in Global Health, Undergraduate Certificate

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

This 16-credit hour certificate is designed for degree-seeking students in any major with an interest in exploring social justice issues, particularly as related to social, political, and economic factors affecting inequities in global health. This certificate’s focus is on the social factors affecting inequalities in global health, and developing student skills applicable to actively working for improving these factors. This certificate is not focused on health care training itself.

Program Requirements

Required Courses I (10 hours)

Health Inequality Issues

ANT 205/SOC 205	Social Justice in a Global Society	3(3-0)
CGL 499	Cultural and Global Studies Portfolio Workshop	1(1-0)
COM 369	Health Communication	3(3-0)
SOC 514	Sociology of Health and Illness	3(3-0)

Required Courses II (3 hours)

Activism Project

Select one of the following:

ANT 250WI	Water as Life, Death, and Power	3(2-2)
MKT 599	Humanitarian Logistics Project	3(Spec)

Electives (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

ANT 250WI	Water as Life, Death, and Power	3(2-2)
ANT 358	Diseases and Human Evolution	3(3-0)
ANT 520	Medical Anthropology	3(3-0)
ANT 532/SOC 532	Global Aging: Cross-Cultural Aging in a Globalized World	3(3-0)
GEO 320	Population Geography	3(3-0)
MKT 599	Humanitarian Logistics Project	3(Spec)

Total: 16 semester hours