Global Health Monitoring and Evaluation

Degree Offered

Certificate

Program Description

The 12-credit Global Health Monitoring and Evaluation graduate certificate program equips students with the essential tools needed to understand and judge the impact that global health interventions and policies have in communities. This curriculum prepares students to understand the global burden of disease; globalization of health and health care; social and environmental determinants of health; global health ethics; professional practice and various other proficiencies. 

At the conclusion of their studies, students in the Global Health Monitoring and Evaluation program will be prepared to: 

• Understand program management.  
• Plan, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based program. 
• Apply project management techniques throughout program planning, implementation, and evaluation. 
• Comprehend strategic analysis and identify how demographic and other major factors can influence patterns of morbidity, mortality, and disability in a define population. 
• Execute a community needs assessment.  
• Conduct a situational analysis across a range of cultural, economic, and health contexts. 
• Design context-specific health interventions and evaluations based upon situational analysis. 

Program Admission

Candidates for admission must meet the minimum standards of admission established by the Graduate School and provide the requisite credentials. Admission to the certificate program is selective. A U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a non-U.S. educational institution is required. No specific undergraduate course of study is required or recommended. Graduate Record Examinations are not required for admission. 

Degree Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 12 credits. Students must maintain a minimum, cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. All courses must be taken for letter grade; courses taken as Pass/Fail (P/F) or Audit (AU) do not count toward the certificate. All requirements for the certificate must be completed within three years after admission and all credits for the certificate must be completed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Complete guideline and requirements for progression and completion are outlined in the Academic Performance and Progress in a Postbaccalaureate Certificate Program section of this catalog. 

Required Courses

GLBH 607	GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM MONITORING & EVALUATION I	3
MHS 610	NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO HEALTHCARE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL	3
GLBH 612	GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAM MONITORING & EVALUATION II	3
GLBH 620	GLOBAL DISEASE CONTROL	3

Details are given in the Course Descriptions part of this catalog.