The undergraduate certificate in public health encourages students to extend the breadth of their undergraduate education to include elements of public health. Students are encouraged to take courses from a variety of participating departments to develop an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of public health.
For more information, visit the Public Health Certificate Program website.
Requirements
The certificate requirements include a minimum of 22 credit hours of coursework, including at least 9 upper-division credit hours. A maximum of 6 semester credit hours from other institutions will be accepted.
Required Courses and Credit Hours
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 10 | |
| Foundations in Public Health | ||
| Introduction to Global Public Health | ||
| Introduction to Epidemiology | ||
| Required biology course: | 3 | |
| Biology and Society | ||
or EBIO 1210 | General Biology 1 | |
or MCDB 1030 | Introduction to Molecular Biology | |
or MCDB 1150 | Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology | |
| At least one of the following courses in statistics: | 3-4 | |
| Quantitative Methods in Anthropology | ||
or BCOR 1025 | Statistical Analysis in Business | |
or CHEN 3010 | Applied Data Analysis | |
or EBIO 1010 | Introduction to Statistics and Quantitative Thinking for Biologists | |
or EBIO 4410 | Biological Statistics | |
or ECON 3818 | Introduction to Statistics with Computer Applications | |
or GEOG 3023 | Statistics and Geographic Data | |
or MATH 2510 | Introduction to Statistics | |
or PSCI 2075 | Quantitative Research Methods | |
or PSYC 2111 | Psychological Science I: Statistics | |
or SOCY 2061 | Introduction to Social Statistics | |
or STAT 2600 | Introduction to Data Science | |
| Electives | ||
| Six credit hours of public health electives. At least one course (at least 3 credits) must be at the upper-division level, and at least one course (at least 3 credits) must be from outside of the student's major. | 6 | |
| Biomedicine and Health | ||
| Microbiology | ||
| Parasitology | ||
| Introduction to Nutrition | ||
| Clinical Nutrition | ||
| Infectious Disease | ||
| From Bench to Bedside: The Role of Science in Medicine | ||
| Hearing Loss Epidemiology | ||
| Global, Population and Environmental Health | ||
| Topics in Health Economics | ||
| Intermediate Environmental Problem Analysis: Topical Cornerstones | ||
| Capstone: Critical Thinking in Environmental Studies | ||
| International Development: Economics, Power, and Place | ||
| Population Geography | ||
| Health and Medical Geography | ||
| Special Topics in International Affairs | ||
| Global Development | ||
| Disabilities in Contemporary American Society | ||
| Global Human Ecology | ||
| Medical Humanities | ||
| Epidemic Disease in US History | ||
| Music and Global Health | ||
| Introduction to Medical Ethics | ||
| Bioethics | ||
| Spanish Health Professions | ||
| Gender, Sexuality and Global Health | ||
| Topics in Writing | ||
| Social, Cultural and Behavioral Health | ||
| Nutrition and Anthropology | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Behavioral Genetics | ||
| Psychological Treatment: An Evidence-Based Approach | ||
| Research Methods in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Advanced Topics in Social Psychology | ||
| Ethics and Social Issues in U.S. Health and Medicine | ||
| Social Epidemiology | ||
| Topics in Population and Health | ||
| Sociology of Death and Dying | ||
| Medical Sociology | ||
| Social Inequalities in Health | ||
| Suffering and Care in Society | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 22-23 | |
Global Public Health is an unofficial track of the Public Health Certificate designed specifically for IAFS students. Students interested in pursuing the Global Public Health track of the Public Health Certificate can find additional information on the International Affairs Program website.