Program Overview

Introduction to the Graduate Embedded Certificate in Climate Change and Health

The School of Public Health offers a Graduate Embedded Certificate in Climate Change and Health, which complements the education of graduate students with an interest in public health and/or the human dimensions of climate change impacts and responses. This action-oriented certificate positions graduates to effectively apply their knowledge and skills to consider climate change as central to all health programs, policies, practice, and research.

Program Overview

The Graduate Embedded Certificate in Climate Change and Health is open to students enrolled in all School of Public Health (SPH) graduate degrees, as well as students enrolled in graduate degrees in other Faculties. Students must be in good academic standing at the time of application for the embedded certificate. SPH students are required to register for the embedded certificate no later than September 30 of their second year, or if studying part-time, no later than completion of 12 units of their degree program.

Entrance Requirements

• The embedded certificate is open to students enrolled in all School of Public Health (SPH) graduate degrees, as well as students enrolled in graduate degrees in other Faculties.
• Students must be in good academic standing at the time of application for the embedded certificate.
• SPH students are required to register for the embedded certificate no later than September 30 of their second year, or if studying part-time, no later than completion of 12 units of their degree program.

Program Requirements

The Graduate Embedded Certificate in Climate Change & Health comprises 12 units. Students must complete the following:

Required Courses (7 units)

• SPH 556 - Climate Change and Human Health (3 units)
• SPH 557 - Hot Topics in Climate Change and Health (3 units)
• SPH 558 - Climate Change & Health Integrative Project (1 unit)

Approved Elective Options (5 units)

Approved elective options include courses that have direct relevance to climate change and health practice and research, such as:

• INT D 500 - An Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research
• MACE 503 - Methods of Community Based Research
• MACE 550 - Introduction to Qualitative Inquiry
• SPH 501 - Determinants of Health (or equivalent course related to determinants of health)
• SPH 512 - Environmental Risk Assessment and Management (or equivalent course related to environmental risk assessment)
• SPH 514 - Introduction to Environmental Health
• SPH 515 - Investigation of Foodborne Illness
• SPH 516 - One-Health
• SPH 523 - Advocacy for Public Health
• SPH 527 - Food Safety
• SPH 561 - Topics in Public Health (One Health; Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Malaria; Environmental Epidemiology)
• SPH 562 - Understanding and Improving the Health of Populations
• SPH 566 - Special Seminars - WASH in the Arctic
• SPH 596 - Epidemiology Methods I
• SPH 600 - Health Policy Development
• SPH 603 - Scientific Communication in Public Health
• SPH 623 - Qualitative and Community-Based Approaches in Health Research
• SPH 640 - Introduction to Global Health (or equivalent course related to global health)
• SPH 697 - Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases

Additional Elective Options

Additional elective options must be approved by the GEC coordinator in consultation with the students supervisor or academic advisor.

Note

The embedded certificate will be awarded at the time the student earns their degree.

Tuition and Fees

All students admitted to the School of Public Health must establish their own funding prior to their admission. Graduate students can finance their studies at the University of Alberta in several ways, including general graduate awards, research grants, and external scholarships.

Scholarships and Financial Support

The Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies administers over $29 million each year in scholarships, awards, and financial support for graduate students. Additional scholarships are also available for specific faculties and programs.