Accredited Universities of Sovereign Nations recognises the following postgraduate certificate in community and peace.

American University of Sovereign Nations

The course descriptions below have been provided by American University of Sovereign Nations on 11 July 2020. Please visit their website: American University of Sovereign Nations https://ausovereignnations.org/ccp/

Required Core Competencies and the Syllabus of Courses are provided in the linked pdf file.  Further information on Admissions, Scholarships, other Degrees, dissertation titles, the Modality of the Lectures, Credit Transfer, and general information are provided on the AUSN website.

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Course descriptions

Postgraduate Certificate in Community and Peace (CCP)

(AUSN-CCP-Description pdf file)

The Postgraduate Certificate in Community and Peace (CCP) is a hybrid educational program which is designed to give those college and university students, as well as working adults and professionals, who are dedicated to enhancing the health status and quality of life of all global communities, the basic competent knowledge and creative and critical-thinking ability to improve the public’s health, especially as the world faces epidemics and pandemics.

The AUSN CEEGH program is also linked to the International Public Health Ambassador program, in cooperation with Eubios Ethics Institute.

I. Mission
The Mission of the Certificate in Community and Peace (CCP) Program is to promote the solidarity of communities to work in construction of peaceful relations between all groups, and assist in community rebuilding after disasters.  The program will be designed to enhance the ethical reasoning of all peoples, by providing essential competent graduate education, knowledge, skills, research, service, creative and analytical critical thinking ability, and leadership to those graduate students who are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of all global communities.
II. Vision
The Vision of the AUSN CCP Program is to be the Certificate in community rebuilding and peace studies program of choice for those individuals who are committed to learning inter-cultural bioethics applicable for community, global leadership, and are dedicated to promoting ethical public policy and practices, and protecting the well-being of the environment and public of all nations and all peoples.

III. Values
Because community, disaster recovery and peace are inherently multi-disciplinary, the values that guide the AUSN CCP Program include the following:

• to increase the awareness of peace as a public good and fundamental right;
• to promote diversity in ethical decision-making, culture and political thought;
• to treat all people with respect and to promote intercultural understanding to promote community solidarity;
• to promote academic excellence and the pursuit of truth;
• to promote human rights, fundamental freedoms, peace, and the sense of human dignity and human respect of all peoples and communities;
• to promote and protect the human rights of all people in times of disaster and in times of conflict;
• to understand the ethical principles of different communities and sovereign nations of Peoples around the world and the United Nations;

IV. Summary Description
A. Program Description
The AUSN CCP Program is a primarily on-line certificate program intended to provide academically qualified individuals who are dedicated to enhancing peace, the status and quality of life all global communities, the basic competent knowledge and creative and critical-thinking ability to improve the public’s health.

The CCP Program is designed to give both college and university students, working adults and professionals, skills that will enhance their contributions to communities. The Certificate in Community and Peace course will prepare students for roles as community leaders around the world, in cooperation with the School of Indigenous Peoples and Global Studies. It will offer theoretical background to the associated community programs of Youth Peace Ambassadors International and Youth Looking Beyond Disaster, both of which are extensive international networks of young professionals and experts that were developed by Dr. Darryl Macer while he was UNESCO Regional Adviser.  AUSN is one of the cosponsors of the program, and this will also enhance linkages between US and international youth and experts.

B. Statement of Purpose
The purpose of the AUSH CCP program of study is to enhance peace in communities and give persons skills to recovery from disasters.  Upon successful completion of the AUSN CCP Program and master of its required competencies, graduate students will be better capable of assisting communities to work for peace which will also improve community health outcomes.  The Certificate extends bioethics to peace and disaster ethics.  The persons who complete the certificate can work for academic institutions, think tanks, public health agencies, non-governmental and volunteer organizations, hospitals, medical centers, clinics, nursing homes or rehabilitation centers.

C. Length in Time / Units – Clock Hours
The core subjects of the AUSN CCP program can be completed within a month. Students can work at their own pace and may take longer as they choose. The Core CCP Curriculum requires ten (10) semester credit hours; accordingly, there will be 150 clock hours of instruction.

V. AUSN CCP Required Core Competencies
Upon graduation, all AUSN CCP students will have the following core competencies as related to the various public health disciplines specified in the Associations of Schools of Public Health, Education Committee Report, Master’s Degree in Public Health Core Competency Development Project, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, UNESCO Youth Forum on Looking Beyond Disaster – Sendai Communique (See Eubios Ethics Institute LBD home page), and as included below.

A. Discipline: Public Health Ethics
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the public health core competencies such that they will be able to describe the legal and ethical bases for public health.

B. Discipline: Health Policy and Management
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the public health core competencies such that they will be able to explain methods of ensuring community health safety and preparedness.

C. Discipline: Social and Behavioral Sciences
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the public health core competencies such that they will be able to:

• Identify the role of social/community factors in public health problems.
• Explain the features of racial and ethnic disparities.
• Identify historical events leading to the development of public health.

D. Discipline: Environmental Health Science
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the public health core competencies such that they will be able to:

• Describe the direct and indirect human effects of major environmental and occupational agents.
• Specify current environmental risks and hazards.

E. Discipline: Epidemiology
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the public health core competencies such that they will be able to:

Explain the importance of epidemiology in public health and general medicine.
Identify key sources of epidemiologic data.
Identify the principles of public health screening programs.
Apply the basic terminology and definitions of epidemiology.

F. Discipline: Bioethics

AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the bioethics core competencies such that they will be able to:

• Analyze ethical situations that arise in health care, public health, pastoral care, patient advocacy, genetics, medical social work, medical research, environmental sciences and the life sciences.
• Identify ethical dilemmas through different lens, including those of gender lens, ability studies, and the perspectives of indigenous communities.
• Create and scrutinize policies and practices in various settings.
• Professional ethics and responsibilities in different fields of medicine, science, public health, geology, hydrology, engineering and technology, that are particularly relevant to assisting communities in rebuilding from disasters.

G. Discipline: Peace Building
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the peace core competencies such that they will be able to:

• Understand the main structural and psycho-cultural theories about the cause of conflict and methods to overcome this.
• Be aware of the options for intervention, and the theories behind different conflict resolution approaches.
• Understand the range of peace activities that have been used in different countries and communities, and how community service organizations can complement the government services.

H. Discipline: Disaster Prevention and Management
AUSN CCP graduates shall have sufficiently mastered the disaster prevention core competencies such that they will be able to:

• Understand different approaches to disaster prevention, management and recovery that are associated with different forms of natural disaster.
• Be aware of the importance of education for all stages of a disaster.
• Be aware of triage, and the importance of disaster preparedness plans and lines of authority that communities can benefit from in response to disasters.
• Understand the range of community activities that have been used in different countries and communities in rebuilding communities affected by disaster, and how community service organizations can complement the government services.
• Have an introduction to the wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, geology, hydrology, health care, information technology, psychology, conflict management, etc., that can assist in disaster prevention, and management.

Accreditation of Degrees of Graduates

The following graduates have been accredited by Accredited Universities of Sovereign Nations.

AUSN Postgraduate Certificate in Community and Peace (CCP)

VI. Goals and Objectives

The AUSN CCP Program Goals and Objectives, which are operationalized in case studies, assignments, and class-discussions presented in the CCP core curriculum, include Instructional, Research, Community Service, and Institutional Goals and Objectives, as follows:

A. Instructional Goal
The instructional goal of the AUSN CCP program is to offer excellent educational and academic training and develop students to become superior professionals, who are able to integrate and skillfully apply principles of community service, peace studies, conflict resolution and disaster management, through basic bioethics and public health knowledge in performing the “ten essential public health services” (as originally created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Core Public Health Functions Steering Committee and the U.S. Public Health).

Instructional Objectives
We will recruit graduate students with high academic qualifications who are committed to the advancement of society.
We will recruit a culturally and ethically diverse student body and endorse and promote diversity of thought, culture, gender and ethnicity.
We will offer high-quality academic and educational programs which have appropriate learning objectives.
We will assure that students have appropriate field research experience in applied public health practice.
We will offer a high-quality educational program with a curriculum that supports the development of core, cross-cutting, creative and critical-thinking competencies for public health.
We will assure that students have appropriate training in bioethics, public health practice or applied public health research through integration and practical application of the learned competencies through a field experience, and or other educational, research and service activities.
We will link the students to two youth-led social innovation programs and networks that are under collaboration between Eubios Ethics Institute and AUSN, namely, the Youth Peace Ambassadors International, and the Youth Looking Beyond Disaster Forums.

B. Research Goal
The research goal of the AUSN CCP program is to engage in research and evidence-based applications that advance peace and community.

Research Objectives
We will recruit Faculty interested in pursuing research activities and contributing to the advancement of bioethics critical-thinking and analysis.
We will recruit students interested in applied research activities with community involvement.
We will encourage AUSN CCP faculty to participate in research activities that advance peace, disaster prevention and good community practices.
We will require AUSN CCP students to participate in research activities that advance peace, disaster prevention and good community practices.
We will inform CCP students of research possibilities available through community involvement and with public health organizations.
We will encourage and support AUSN CCP faculty and student collaboration with practitioners in clinical and research activities that advance peace, disaster prevention and recovery, and associated practice.

C. Community Service Goal
The community service goal of the AUSN CCP program is to improve local and global reflection on peace and prevention of disasters, and recovery from them, through collaborative community service.

Community Service Objectives
We will collaborate with community-based organizations and public health organizations to create healthy communities.
We will maintain leadership and service to the profession and to AUSN.
We will encourage CCP faculty to participate in collaborative community service activities.
We will encourage and require CCP students to participate in collaborative community service activities.
We will encourage and require CCP faculty and students to work    together in collaborative community service activities.
We will link the students to two youth-led social innovation programs and networks that are under collaboration between Eubios Ethics Institute and AUSN, namely, the Youth Peace Ambassadors International, and the Youth Looking Beyond Disaster Forums, to enhance community service experiences.

D. Institutional Goal
AUSN shall create an environment that supports excellence in instruction, research and service.

Institutional Objectives
We will encourage open and honest communication at all levels of the AUSN community.
We will develop the leadership and management skills of both the faculty and staff.
We will develop an infrastructure to support state-of-the-art teaching, research, and service.
We will foster an environment that promotes creativity, collaboration, and interdisciplinary creative critical-thinking.