- The remaining six to eight credits must be taken from the following list of undergraduate courses, although alternative courses may be suggested and accepted as satisfying the certificate requirements on a case-by-case
- Elective courses can be taken for a grade or pass/fail (if option is available). A “Pass” grade or a minimum grade of “C” (2.0) will be required in all elective classes taken in fulfillment of the
- It is strongly recommended that students take elective courses outside of their degree
- Elective courses must include at least one course outside the College of Veterinary
- The remaining elective credits can be taken in one of nine different colleges across These courses will give the student more in-depth knowledge in different areas of health within several tracks and allow students to explore different viewpoints, increase their understanding of interdisciplinary convergence, and enhance their awareness of how the intersection of different disciplines can affect health.
Elective Courses (additional courses may be eligible and will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis). To see an outline of each course, please go to https://bulletin.uga.edu/CoursesHome
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
https://www.caes.uga.edu/
AAEC 2710, Food Fights: Analysis of Global Food Policy Issues (3 credits)
AAEC (AFST) (ENVM) 4720, Applied International Development Economics (3 credits)
AGCM 2200, Communicating in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
AGCM 3200, History and Philosophy of Communication in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
AGCM 3400W, Writing for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
FDST 2010, Food Issues and Choices (3 credits)
FDST 3000, Introduction to Food Science and Technology (3 credits)
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
https://www.franklin.uga.edu/
SOCI 1101, Introductory Sociology (3 credits)
SOCI 3100, Medical Sociology ((3 credits)
SOCI 4XXX**, Special Topics in Sociology: The Science of Happiness (3 credits)
Odum School of Ecology
https://www.ecology.uga.edu/
ECOL 2100, Global Climate Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits)
ECOL 3220, Water Sustainability in the Anthropocene (3 credits)
ECOL 3530, Conservation Biology (3 credits)
ECOL 3770S, Urban Ecology (3 credits)
ECOL 3820, Evolutionary Medicine (3 credits)
ECOL 3880H Ecosystems of the World (3 credits)
ECOL (BIOL) 4150/6150-4150L/6150L (4 credits) Population Biology of Infectious Diseases
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
https://www.warnell.uga.edu/
FANR(MARS) 1100, Natural Resources Conservation (3 credits)
FANR 1500, Fundamentals of Sustainable Development (3 credits)
FANR (ANTH) (ECOL) (GEOG) (INTL) 4271, People, Planet and Profit (1-9 credits, up to 3 credits may be counted towards certificate requirements)
WILD(ECOL)(POPH) 4575/6575, Conservation Medicine (6 credits)
WILD(POPH) 5100/7100, Principles and Management of Wildlife Diseases (3 credits)
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
https://grady.uga.edu/
ADPR 5110, Advertising, Public Relations, and Health (3 credits) ADPR 5120, Crisis Communication (3 credits)
JOUR 3030, Media, News, and Consumers (3 credits)
School of Law
http://www.law.uga.edu/
JURI 2990, Law, Justice, and the State (3 credits)
JURI 3200S, Law and Social Justice: Strategic Advocacy (3 credits)
JURI 3400, Introduction to Global Governance (3 credits)
College of Pharmacy
https://rx.uga.edu/
PMCY 2020, Pill, Potions, and Drugs in Modern Medicine (3 credits)
PMCY 3200, Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Sciences (3 credits)
College of Public Health
https://publichealth.uga.edu/
EHSC 3060, Introduction to Environmental Health Science (3 credits) GLOB 3100, Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)
GLOB 3150, Culture and Global Health (3 credits)
GLOB 3200, Global Health and the Links Among Food, Culture, and Disease (3 credits)
HPRB 5310, Introduction to Public Health Communication (3 credits)
College of Veterinary Medicine
https://vet.uga.edu/
IDIS 3100, People, Parasites, and Plagues (3 credits)
IDIS(POPH)3110,FoodAnimalInfectiousDiseases(3credits)
VPAT 3100H, Introduction to Disease (Honors) (3 credits)
VPAT 4000/6000, On the Origins of Disease (3 credits)
VPAT 4100, Common Diseases of Production Animals (3 credits)
VPHY 3100,Elements ofPhysiology(3credits)