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Public Health Certificate, Graduate

The fully online Public Health Graduate Certificate provides students the foundational knowledge of public health and allows them to choose an interest in one of the main areas of the public health generalist. Students are exposed to real life applications within the public health profession.

In this program, students learn to:

  • interpret public health learnings that may complement work in an existing healthcare field;
  • understand community public health issues and systems; and
  • articulate the social and epidemiological factors that affect public health.

Students may choose this certificate as an add-on to a graduate degree or a standalone. Courses may be completed in one or two terms.  

Required Courses
PUBH 501FOUNDATIONS AND THEORIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH4
PUBH 560EPIDEMIOLOGY4
PUBH 565HEALTH EQUITY AND ADVOCACY4
Elective–choose one of the following4
HEALTH POLICY AND LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS
PROGRAM PLANNING, EVALUATION AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Total Credits16