About the program
Improve lives in our city, the region, the nation and the world
Offered through Clark’s International Deveopment, Community and Environment Department (IDCE), the Certificate in Global and Community Health helps you take on some of the biggest public health challenges facing humanity by working with communities right here in Worcester or across the globe. You engage in thoughtful, critical analysis of domestic and international health policy in order to prepare for — or enhance — a health career in the United States and abroad.
Current and aspiring professionals learn the social, political and economic causes of health challenges facing communities domestically and internationally. You can focus your studies on policy analysis and project management or train in quantitative methods, including biostatistics and epidemiology.
WHY STUDY GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AT CLARK?
- Unique chance to focus internationally or domestically.
- Opportunity to chose a policy/project management or quantitative/ epidemiology track.
- Connections to our partners in the United States and abroad.
- A culturally rich, diverse, international learning community.
- Courses with faculty from our renowned International Development, Community and Environment Department.
COURSEWORK
The Certificate in Global and Community Health is open to anyone who is currently employed in global or community health, or who plans to enter these fields, from practitioners in the Worcester community to those working at institutions around the world. It is also open to current Clark master’s degree and doctoral students.
Whether or not you’ve worked professionally in the field, you can gain experience and perspective as an intern, by consulting with companies or joining research projects that connect you directly with organizations you’re passionate about.
Curriculum: The Global and Community Health certificate gives you a well-rounded understanding by teaching from the intersection of public health, environmental and spatial analysis, and international and community development. Studying health from these multiple perspectives and disciplines leads to deeper understanding, innovative thinking and more effective solutions. Courses offer you the opportunity to:
- Focus domestically or internationally and choose a policy/project management or quantitative/epidemiology track.
- Explore the social and environmental dimensions of global and domestic health challenges.
- Engage in thoughtful and critical analysis of domestic and international health policy.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
- Create an account on our online application portal to complete your Clark Graduate School Application and upload any additional credentials as required.
- Application fee: $75 (non-refundable), submitted with your online application.
- Personal statement: Please discuss your academic interests and goals. Include your current professional and research interests as it they relate to global and community health, as well as your long-range professional objectives. Please be as specific as possible about how your objectives can be met at Clark. Please do not exceed 800 words.
- Resume: Required.
- Letters of recommendation: Three letters of recommendation must be submitted from people who are competent to judge your qualifications for graduate study (at least one of the three required recommendations should be from an academic source).
- Foreign language proficiency: Required of all international applicants. Please contact us if you believe you qualify for an exemption.
- TOEFL code: 5969 (TOEFL Information)
- IELTS: Please notify IELTS to send scores electronically to the Graduate Admissions Office. (IELTS Information)
- Official transcripts: Have your transcripts mailed directly from the institution to:
Clark University
Graduate Admissions Office
950 Main St.
Worcester, MA 01610
USA
- Monitor your application: Check the status of your application via the online application portalto ensure all of your credentials were received and view your final decision.
- Any questions? If at any point you have questions or concerns about your application, please contact the Graduate Admissions Office for assistance.
For Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and City Year Volunteers
All AmeriCorps, Peace Corps or City Year volunteers applying to a program in the International Development, Community and Environment department are required submit a description of service as part of their application. If you are currently serving and have not yet received your description of service, a letter from your supervisor stating your current status and when your serve is expected to end will be acceptable. All descriptions of service or supervisor letters should be uploaded through your application status page or emailed to gradadmissions@clarku.edu.
For International Applicants
Official transcripts
All transcripts that are submitted as part of your application must be translated into English prior to submission. Transcripts from international programs that do not include the original language and the English translation will not be considered for admission. If you submit an official final transcript, please make sure to include confirmation of earned degree.
Financial documents
We ask that all international applicants refrain from sending financial documents as part of their application for admission. Financial documents will be needed only after you have received an offer of admission and choose to enroll at Clark University.
Required documents
After you accept the offer of admission and pay the non-refundable deposit, the following items are needed:
- International Student Information Form
- A copy of your passport
- Bank statement that is no more than 6 months old*
- Signed Affidavit of Support if the bank statement is not in your name and if you will not be using personal funds to finance your education*
Upload the documents listed above to your online application account.
*The bank statement and affidavit of support are needed for those who would like Clark University to issue an I-20 form (for students who want to obtain an F-1 student visa) or a DS-2019 (for students who want to obtain a J-1 visa)
Tuition
- Tuition rates are set for each academic year. Historically, Clark tuition increases approximately 3 to 5 percent each year.
- If you have received a merit-based tuition remission award, you should deduct that from the total cost of tuition.
- Estimated cost of a full-time (three courses) IDCE student bill for the first semester (before merit-aid, if earned): $18,284; learn more about calculating your bill for one semester.
- Billing processes and schedules vary by program; they also are determined by your status (full-time or part-time) and entry date (fall or spring). Learn more about billing processes and schedules.
- Health insurance is required for all international students. U.S. students may waive the charge with proof of comparable coverage. Learn more about health insurance.
- Full-time graduate students are encouraged to live on campus if possible; thus, the chart above reflects the estimated cost of on-campus housing and living expenses (utilities, Internet service, cable service and laundry). Learn more about on-campus housing options. If you are a full-time graduate student, and you choose to live off campus, your housing costs will depend on the apartment and utilities you choose, whether you have roommates and whether you incur additional living expenses. You can search for off-campus housing by visiting this listings page.
Financial Assistance
International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE) Department Merit Fellowships
IDCE offers merit-based fellowships to qualified U.S. and international students who have demonstrated leadership in their work experience and have excellent academic qualifications. Fellowships include:
- Signature Tuition Fellowships: IDCE awards two fellowships in each of the department’s six signature areas of focus – health, communities and the environment; people on the move; education, youth and community; land, food and natural resource governance; labor, livelihoods and development; and social, environmental and economic sustainability. Applicants should have prior experience and research interests in one of these signature areas. The award covers 75 to 100 percent of tuition expenses. Fellows conduct policy research, review academic and practitioner literature, organize speakers and events and use social media to post about department activities in their signature area.
- IDCE Fellowships: 75 to 100 percent tuition-remission award. An important circle of scholars within the IDCE community, IDCE Fellows search for thoughtful, realistic and innovative approaches to international development, advancing social change, building community and promoting environmental sustainability.
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