Program Overview

Details: Public Health, Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificate Public Health

Overview

A Graduate Certificate in Public Health (GCPH) provides an understanding of the organized measures required to prevent disease, promote health and prolong life. The GCPH is beneficial to a variety of professionals, equipping them with core public health knowledge they can put into practice within the workplace.

Curriculum

The online GCPH curriculum explores disease distribution, population, global and environmental health issues as well as the social and behavioral aspects of health behavior. Students who earn the certificate and then wish to pursue the Master of Arts (MA) in aging studies may transfer all credit hours to the Public Health concentration of the MA program.

Admission to the Program

There are two paths to admission to the program:

• For those already enrolled in graduate school, simply complete the Declaration of Intent to Pursue a Certificate Form.
• Prospective students should apply using the Graduate School application for admission.

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