Education

Whether you're a freshman or a postdoc, UC has global health education and training opportunities to give you the knowledge, skills and experience you need to improve health both locally and globally. From degree programs at every level to individual courses and interest groups, the UC campuses have a wide variety of global health offerings. Be sure to check out UCGHI's signature online courses for all UC undergraduates.

UCGHI through UC Online offers an array of online global health courses open to all University of California students. The courses aim to connect UC students interested in global health and inspire them to explore and contribute to this growing discipline.

Featured Courses

Course

Description

Start Date

Global Mental Health

GLBH 171R

GMH recognizes mental, neurological, or substance use disorders as the leading causes of disability worldwide and works to counteract social stigma and discrimination commonly associated with such conditions.

1/6/2025

Women's Health, Gender, and Empowerment

PBHLTH W108

The course aims to expand students' understanding of the interconnected factors that influence women's health and empowerment - including foundations of sexual and reproductive health, economic development, political frameworks and global reproductive rights, demographic and social changes, basic principles of empowerment theory, educational opportunities, and efforts to ensure gender equity.

1/21/2025
Global Health Ethics

PUBHLTH 174

This course provides a foundation for understanding and application of key issues in global health ethics. Emphasizes competencies needed to practice global health during outbreaks, pandemics, emergencies and disasters, which raise several ethical issues for health professionals, first-responders, researchers, and government agencies.

 1/6/2025
Migration and Health

PH 114

Provides an introduction to the history, current status, and future of migration and health using the social determinants of health model to foster a multidisciplinary analysis of the status of migrant health around the world.

 1/21/2025

Global Health Ethics

This course covers issues of scientific integrity and satisfies the requirements for training in public health ethics. It includes guidelines for responsible conduct of research, federal and international codes, administrative review and approval, conflict of interest, and privacy and safety of research participants. Learn more.