全球健康 aims to show us the big picture. 错误地, people assume that the target of "全球健康" involves mainly tackling problems in the developing world. Diseases and health problems do not recognize borders. All countries can learn from the experiences of other countries. Neglecting to address health problems in a global scale may affect people's health, well-being and national security around the world including in developed countries such as the United States.
This competency-based graduate level certificate program aims to provide comprehensive training on 全球健康. The 全球健康 Certificate is designed as an 在线项目 for professionals who are practicing or who plan to practice in a worldwide setting. 研究生s of the 全球健康 Certificate can expect to find employment in a variety of fields including health-related governmental/non-governmental organizations, university research programs, international healthcare consultancies, and multinational corporations (Education Advisory Board, 2013).
Students who want only the women's studies graduate certificate without a graduate degree may attain it, 但必须适用, 尽管如此, for graduate standing in the Institute of Humanities. They must gain admission to the Humanities graduate program before the completion of nine graduate hours and must satisfy all of the admission requirements for the program, 包括GRE. Only students who hold a B.A. 或B.S. degree with an overall GPA of 2.75 may apply for the women's studies graduate certificate.
Other students who choose to obtain a master's degree in such fields as English, 历史, 国际研究, 应用社会学, or counseling have the option of combining that degree with the women's studies graduate certificate. Students should fill in an application in the 妇女研究 Department. Often this can be done without adding more than a few extra credit hours beyond those required for the master's degree. 入学 and course requirements vary from department to department.
Over the past several years, GPIS has added faculty with expertise in this area, and has received significant external funding for modeling and simulation projects. A number of connections have been built between GPIS and the Virginia 建模, 分析, 仿真中心. M&S in 国际研究 concentration could be pursued by students in several ways, which are outlined below. In each case, courses would be selected in close consultation with the M&S轨道协调器. 建模 and simulation in the social sciences generally, and in 国际研究 particularly, takes several different forms. The most prominent of these are:
- 统计建模
- Formal modeling/game theory
- 模拟/agent-based modeling
- Geographic/spatial modeling
- 网络分析
- Event simulation exercises
职业生涯 in 国际 Development involve working for a variety of organizations, both locally in the United States and abroad, mandated to support development efforts in lesser developed nations on topical issues such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, 公共卫生, 扶贫, 债务减免, 良好的治理, and economic development.
Prospective employers include government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for 国际 Development (USAID); international and nongovernmental organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, United Nations Population Division, 世界银行, 亚洲开发银行, Inter-American Development Bank, Oxfam 国际 and local affiliates, 国际 Committee of the Red Cross, 和平医生协会, 及世界宣明会. The categories of employment often include skills such as program management, 采购, 物流, and monitoring and evaluation.
全球健康 aims to show us the big picture. 错误地, people assume that the target of "全球健康" involves mainly tackling problems in the developing world. Diseases and health problems do not recognize borders. All countries can learn from the experiences of other countries. Neglecting to address health problems in a global scale may affect people's health, well-being and national security around the world including in developed countries such as the United States.
This competency-based graduate level certificate program aims to provide comprehensive training on 全球健康. The 全球健康 Certificate is designed as an 在线项目 for professionals who are practicing or who plan to practice in a worldwide setting. 研究生s of the 全球健康 Certificate can expect to find employment in a variety of fields including health-related governmental/non-governmental organizations, university research programs, international healthcare consultancies, and multinational corporations (Education Advisory Board, 2013).
Students who want only the women's studies graduate certificate without a graduate degree may attain it, 但必须适用, 尽管如此, for graduate standing in the Institute of Humanities. They must gain admission to the Humanities graduate program before the completion of nine graduate hours and must satisfy all of the admission requirements for the program, 包括GRE. Only students who hold a B.A. 或B.S. degree with an overall GPA of 2.75 may apply for the women's studies graduate certificate.
Other students who choose to obtain a master's degree in such fields as English, 历史, 国际研究, 应用社会学, or counseling have the option of combining that degree with the women's studies graduate certificate. Students should fill in an application in the 妇女研究 Department. Often this can be done without adding more than a few extra credit hours beyond those required for the master's degree. 入学 and course requirements vary from department to department.
Over the past several years, GPIS has added faculty with expertise in this area, and has received significant external funding for modeling and simulation projects. A number of connections have been built between GPIS and the Virginia 建模, 分析, 仿真中心. M&S in 国际研究 concentration could be pursued by students in several ways, which are outlined below. In each case, courses would be selected in close consultation with the M&S轨道协调器. 建模 and simulation in the social sciences generally, and in 国际研究 particularly, takes several different forms. The most prominent of these are:
- 统计建模
- Formal modeling/game theory
- 模拟/agent-based modeling
- Geographic/spatial modeling
- 网络分析
- Event simulation exercises
职业生涯 in 国际 Development involve working for a variety of organizations, both locally in the United States and abroad, mandated to support development efforts in lesser developed nations on topical issues such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, 公共卫生, 扶贫, 债务减免, 良好的治理, and economic development.
Prospective employers include government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for 国际 Development (USAID); international and nongovernmental organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, United Nations Population Division, 世界银行, 亚洲开发银行, Inter-American Development Bank, Oxfam 国际 and local affiliates, 国际 Committee of the Red Cross, 和平医生协会, 及世界宣明会. The categories of employment often include skills such as program management, 采购, 物流, and monitoring and evaluation.