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Course Format
The Continuing Education GHS online course curriculum consists of:
Online GHS Core (6 credit hours)
- GHS 600: Fundamentals of Global Health: Programs, Policies, & Practice
- GHS 601: Case Challenges in Global Health
Online GHS Electives (Choose 3 modules from the list below):
- GHS 604: Infectious Diseases of Global Health Significance
- GHS 605: Disabilities and Global Health
- GHS 606: Critical Issues in Global Maternal and Child Health
- GHS 608: Food and Nutritional Issues in Resource Limited Settings
- GHS 609: Environmental Health in Low-Resource Settings
- GHS 610: Refugee and Immigrant Health
Please click here for the 2012 schedule of course offerings.
Course Delivery
The online courses are offered using UAB’s Moodle online platform, which encompasses a variety of features to facilitate and enrich online teaching and learning. All course participants will be provided technical support in the use of the online platform features.
Optional GHS Internship (1 module)
Participants may elect to complete a 2-week intensive course at The Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT). Alternatively, with approval from the course administration, participants can also arrange with adequate supervision, to undertake a field study component with relevant global health institutions/agencies that are accessible to each course participant, including but not limited to, ministries of health, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), bilateral and multilateral agencies, and faith-based organizations. Participants will be required to write a technical report on their field study experience.
