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 501 | FOUNDATIONS AND THEORIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 4 |
| PUBH 560 | EPIDEMIOLOGY | 4 |
| PUBH 565 | HEALTH EQUITY AND ADVOCACY | 4 |
| Elective–choose one of the following | 4 | |
| HEALTH POLICY AND LAW | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | ||
| BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS | ||
| PROGRAM PLANNING, EVALUATION AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 16 | |