All students must meet the Requirements for the micro-Certificate of Graduate Study.
Overview
This micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Policy and Law is a 9-credit (3 courses) program designed for healthcare and public health professionals, students in health professions, other graduate students, and employees and managers of healthcare related programs, and organizations. This certificate provides a foundation and essential skills for advanced study in public health, public health practice, health advocacy, or a population-health focus for healthcare disciplines.
Specific Requirements
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO GRADUATE STUDIES FOR THE MICRO-CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATE STUDY
Students are required to have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, and have completed 1 college-level course in mathematics and 1 college-level course in science..
MINIMUM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The Graduate micro-Certificate in Health Policy and Law requires 9 credits including 2 courses (6 credits) from 2 core content areas and 1 elective course (3 credits) from an approved list of electives.
| 2 required core competency courses: | ||
| PH 6100 | Public Health Law and Ethics | 3 |
| PH 6260 | Legal Issues in Health Care | 3 |
| Choose 1 elective course from the list of approved electives, including but not limited to: | ||
| Controversies in Public Health | ||
| Public Health & Health Policy | ||
| Epidemiology I | ||
| Environmental Public Health | ||
| Public Health Biostatistics II | ||
| Global Public Health | ||
| Food Systems & Public Hlth | ||
| Environmental Risk & Risk Comm | ||
| Public Health Surveillance | ||
| Social Determinants of Health | ||
| Mgmt in Hlth Services&Med Care | ||
| Improving Health in Population | ||
| Public Health Communications | ||
| Controversies in HlthEconomics | ||
| Global Health Leadership | ||
| One Health: Zoonoses | ||
| Public Health Informatics | ||
| Investigating DiseaseOutbreaks | ||
| Climate Change & Human Health | ||
| Health in Humanitarian Crises | ||
| Climate Change Emergencies | ||
| Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Global Mental Health | ||
| Special Topics | ||