Global Health and Populations Studies

Course Requirements

A minimum of 15 credits is required by the certificate program. Students complete 7-10 core credits, 5-8+ elective credits, and a capstone project.

Required courses include:

GHPS/PH 652 Interdisciplinary Seminar (1 credit)
GHPS/PH 690 Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)*
GHPS/PH 677 Public Health Management (3 credits)**
Capstone project which may be completed as a standalone entity with no credit, or students may enroll in GHPS 699 Directed Reading/Research for up to 3 credits.

*GHPS/PH 690 Global Health Challenges (effective Spring 2013)
**GHPS/PH 677 Global Health Management (effective Spring 2013)

Elective courses:

PH 765 Program Evaluation (3 credits) is highly recommended.
5-8 credits required. Courses numbered 600 or above that are relevant to the program. Program director may accept up to 3 credits of 400-level courses.

Advisor
It is the responsibility of the student to identify an appropriate faculty member. The GHAPS Director appoints the faculty advisor in consultation with the student and the proposed faculty advisor.

Capstone Project and Evaluation
Students may choose to enroll in GHPS 699 Directed Reading/Research for up to 3 credits. The capstone project consists of one of the following:

A literature review or editorial of publishable quality on a global health or population topic or
A substantial grant proposal with the student as principal investigator or
Other project with the prior written approval of the director of the program

The length of the paper must be 4,000 words, excluding the title page, references, figures and tables. The capstone project will be evaluated by a two-member assessment committee consisting of the faculty advisor and one other faculty member appointed by the program director. Students are required to work with their GHPS advisor as they develop their capstone. A student who fails the assessment may respond to feedback and repeat it once at the discretion of the GHPS Director. A student who fails the second assessment is dropped from the program. The capstone project will be evaluated by a two-member assessment committee consisting of the faculty advisor and one additional faculty members appointed by the Program Director.

Transitioning
Existing students may comply with the previous curriculum requirements or may adopt the new requirements shown above.

Courses and Competencies
The Association of Schools of Public Health produced competencies on global health that were adopted by this program. The table below shows the core courses and the competencies they seek to develop in students.

ASPH Global Health	Competencies	PH 690	PH 677	PH 652
Capacity strengthening	Develop workforce development strategies		X
	Ensure health program sustainability		X	X
	Manage community health capacities to overcome barriers		X	X
Collaborating and partnering	Manage diverse health partnerships	X	X	X
	Build trust and conflict resolution		X	X
	Employ appropriate communication skills		X
Ethical reasoning and professional practice	Be aware of human protection in diverse cultures	X	X
	Know public health emergency response issues		X
	Promote integrity in professional practice	X	X	X
Health equity and social justice	Apply principles in PH policies and engage special pops	X		X
Health equity and social justice	Critique policies and analyze resource distribution to meet health needs of special groups	X		X
Program management	Use research, evidence & stakeholders to achieve all project phases		X
Program management	Develop project monitoring and evaluation frameworks		X
Socio-cultural and political awareness	Be aware of GH influencing entities	X	X	X
	Know transnational health, foreign policy & health diplomacy	X
	Design health advocacy-strategies	X	X
	Describe multi-agency responses to health emergencies	X
Strategic analysis	Analyze situations and design interventions in different contexts			X
	Implement a community health needs assessment			X
	Conduct comparative analyses of health systems		X	X
	Explain economic analyses from socioeconomic & health data	X		X
Additional Population Competency	Understand the relationship between population-based factors and their relationship to public health and health care	X		X

*PH 690 - Global Health Challenges (3), PH 677 Global Health Management [organizational perspective] (3), PH 652 - Interdisciplinary Seminar (1), PH 765 - Program Evaluation [program perspective] (3).

Double Counting credits
Two Graduate Certificates: Double counting credits is not allowed.

Graduate Degree and Graduate Certificate: Double counting credits is at the discretion of the each graduate program. If credits will be double counted, the student's primary program (i.e., master's degree program, doctoral degree program) should write the memo requesting that the courses be double counted.

Transfer and PBU Credits
Transfer credits are not applicable toward graduate certificate requirements, however, up to six UHM PBU credits may be applied.

Minimum Residence Requirements
Residence is defined as registration. Transfer credits may not be used to reduce UHM residence requirements. For part-time students, each eight credits completed as a degree-seeking graduate student will be equivalent to one full-time semester of residence. The minimum residence requirement for graduate certificate students is one full-time semester or the equivalent in credits.