Undergraduate Embedded Certificate in Planetary Health

Please Note [October 4, 2024] - ADDENDA. This is a new Certificate program, effective Winter Term 2025. See Amendments to the Calendar for more information.

The physical and social environments in which we live significantly impact our health. Global processes such as climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem integrity interface with regional factors like access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, access to safe and secure food and exposure to air pollution to affect population health. Intertwined with these environmental influences are the determinants of health, which can shape how specific populations respond to changes in their natural and built environments.

This Undergraduate Embedded Certificate in Planetary Health aims to introduce students from across the University of Alberta to the foundations of public health and how the environment impacts the health of populations in Canada and globally.

Certificate eligibility and completion requirements

Students from any faculty can complete this certificate.

Students wanting to complete this certificate will be expected to complete 15 credits of courses. Nine of these credits derive from the three core courses (SPH 200 , SPH 414 and SPH 416 ). The remaining six credits can be selected from the approved course list. At least one elective course must be from a faculty other than the School of Public Health.

Students interested in pursuing this Undergraduate Embedded Certificate should declare their interest to their home faculty as well as the School of Public Health (sphprograms@ualberta.ca) as early as possible.

Undergraduate Embedded Certificate in Planetary Health

Certificate eligibility and completion requirements

Required courses

List of approved elective courses

School of Public Health

ALES

Arts

Augustana

Engineering

Native Studies

Science