The Anthropology of Global Health Certificate offers students the opportunity to pursue the rapidly growing field of global health from an anthropological perspective, which examines global health problems by situating them in local contexts. Global health issues such as refugee health, global mental health, and emergent "superbugs" (e.g., Ebola, Zika), are of increasing concern and interest. Health is also the focus of the work of numerous public, private, non-governmental and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and abroad. This certificate allows UCF students interested in health to pursue this educational focus, regardless of their major.
Admission Requirements
Certificate Requirements
- A minimum overall 2.0 GPA is required in courses used to satisfy requirement.
- At least 12 hours used toward the certificate must be earned at UCF.
- Anthropology majors may apply only two anthropology courses from the certificate program curriculum toward the required anthropology major courses.
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
Required Courses
6 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- ANT4480 - Global Health in Anthropological Perspective (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- ANT4408 - Culture, Disease, and Healing (3)
- INR2002 - International Relations-Theory and Practice (3)
Restricted Electives
9 Total Credits
- Complete at least 3 of the following:
- ANT3701 - Engagement & Social Change: Public Anthropology (3)
- ANT4013 - Anthropology of Fast Food (3)
- ANT4081 - Science, Technology, and Culture (3)
- ANT4462 - Medical Anthropology (3)
- ANT4467 - Nutritional Anthropology (3)
- ANT4481 - Anthropology of Drugs and Addiction (3)
- ANT4482 - Anthropology of Mental Health (3)
- ANT4483 - Health and Healing in the Ancient World: An Anthropological Perspective (3)
- ANT4702 - Culture, Inequality and Global Development (3)
- COM4550 - Public Communication Campaigns (3)
- CPO3034 - Politics of Developing Areas (3)
- CPO3103 - Comparative Politics (3)
- ENC3453 - Writing About Health and Medicine (3)
- ENC4378 - Writing in Global and Transnational Contexts (3)
- GEO3471 - World Political Geography (3)
- HSA3012 - Issues & Trends in Public Health (3)
- HSC4201 - Community Health (3)
- HSC4652 - Health Law and Ethics (3)
- INR3016 - Global Political Issues (3)
- INR4008 - Global Perspectives (3)
- INR4011 - Politics of Globalization (3)
- INR4035 - International Political Economy (3)
- INR4075 - Human Rights Policy (3)
- INR4076 - Global Drug Policy (3)
- INR4085 - Women, Gender, and Globalization (3)
- INR4350 - Global Environmental Politics (3)
- MCB4276 - Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (3)
- SYO4400 - Medical Sociology (3)
- SYO4401 - Social Determinants of Health (3)
- SYO4132 - Global Family Trends (3)
- SYP4454 - Global Inequality and Society (3)
- WST3020 - Girls' Studies (3)
- WST4415 - Global and Transnational Feminism (3)
- ANT4486 - Anthropology of the Body (3)
- ANT3451 - Race Matters: Anthropological Approaches to Racism (3)
- ANT4535 - Scientific Prejudice and Anthropology (3)
Grand Total Credits: 15
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 15
Other Requirements
- Relevant internship, research, or independent study credit can be used to replace one elective course only with prior approval from the certificate advisor.
- One substitution for an elective course with another relevant course will only be allowed with prior approval from the certificate advisor.
