Program Overview

LGBTQ+ Public Health - Graduate Certificate

Overview

The LGBTQ+ Public Health graduate certificate provides the foundational topics and complex issues that contribute to public health and individual health inequities affecting sexual and gender minorities through community- and systems-level strategies that promote health and healthy behaviors.

Admissions

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum 3.000 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale
• Official transcript(s)
• English Language Proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions to waive) by earning one of the following:
  • Minimum 79 TOEFL iBT
  • Minimum 6.5 IELTS score
  • Minimum 58 PTE score
  • Minimum 110 DET score

Coursework

• Certificate Requirements:
  • HPM 63020: COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT (3 credits)
  • SBS 64600: EMERGING ISSUES IN LGBTQ+ PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE (3 credits)
  • SBS 64630: SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE (3 credits)
  • SBS 64634: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH BEHAVIORS (3 credits)
• Minimum Total Credit Hours: 12

Graduation Requirements

• Graduation Requirements Summary - Certificates:
  • Minimum Certificate GPA: 3.000
  • Minimum Overall GPA: 3.000

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

1. Comprehend unique considerations, definitions, nomenclature and common language necessary to engage and competently interact with populations in the delivery of LGBTQ+ health interventions and program development.
2. Examine barriers to healthcare access, commonly observed multilevel health disparities and evidence-based approaches to advancing health among the LGBTQ+ community.
3. Identify gaps in contemporary strategies for improving state, county and city government health and welfare services for LGBTQ+ people.