**The Graduate Certificate in Public Health is not currently accepting applications.**

Overview

The Public Health Certificate is designed for students and working professionals involved in health programming, evaluation, education policy, engineering administration, research and other areas related to public health. It is a 15 credit program with courses in each of the five core disciplines: epidemiology, biostatistics, health administration and policy, social and behavioral health and environmental health.

The Certificate allows students to choose courses that are customized to the student's interests.

Curriculum [15 credit requirement]

Epidemiology - 3 credits
Epidemiology (NURS 727) or
Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (PH 704)

Biostatistics - 3 credits
Biometry (BIO SCI 465) or
Educational Statistical Methods (ED PSY 624) or
Introduction to Biostatistics (PH 702)

Environmental Health - 3 credits
Environmental Health (CLSci 590) or Environmental Health Sciences (PH 703)

Social & Behavioral Health "S"electives- 3 credits
Perspectives in Community and Behavioral Health (PH 706)
Social and Environmental Justice in Public Health (PH 819)
Public Health Nutrition and Food Politics (KIN/CLSci 590)
Development of the Family Over the Life Span (SOC WRK 771)
Communication in a World of AIDS (COMMUN 681)

Public Health Policy & Administration "S"electives- 3 credits
Principles in Public Health Policy and Administration (PH 705)Health Policy (NURS 803)
Seminar in Nonprofit Organizations (POL SCI 704)
Nonprofit Advocacy & Public Policy (POL SCI 791)
Budgeting & Finance in the Public Sector (POL SCI 630)

Students interested in the MPH Program should note that only the following certificate courses transfer into the degree curriculum:

PH 702 Introduction to Biostatistics*
PH 703 Environmental and Occupational Health
PH 704 Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
PH 705 Principles of Public Health Policy and Administration
PH 706 Perspectives in Community and Behavioral Health

*Students must receive a passing grade on the statistics diagnostic test to take PH 702. Contact Darcie K.G. Warren (darcie@uwm.edu) for a copy of the test.