Admissions Requirements:

Students must have completed a bachelor’s degree with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 and apply for admission to the Graduate School with the classification of “Graduate Certificate.” To apply students must submit:

1. Transcripts of undergraduate degree program and any prior graduate study to Graduate Admissions.
2. An application and one-page letter describing their intent to pursue the certificate and its relevance to their career goals to the Academic Services Coordinator of the School of Public Health.
3. Applicants for whom English is not their primary language are required to meet the University’s minimum required TOEFL score or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score.
4. Acceptance into the certificate program is not an implied acceptance into any master’s degree program.

Program Requirements:

Completion of six courses (18 semester credit hours), as follows:

• PUBH 7150 - Biostatistical Methods I ** Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 7170 - Epidemiology in PUBH I** Credit Hours: (3)
• HADM 7105 - Hlth Policy & Org Hlth Svs ** Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 7160 - Soc/Behav Science Principles ** Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 7120 - Environmental Health I ** Credit Hours: (3)
• PUBH 7180 - Foundations of PUBH ** Credit Hours: (3)

Graduation Requirements:

The student must complete all five required courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. Only grades of B or better will be accepted for transfer into the MPH Program.

All courses towards certification must be completed within eight years.

In the semester of graduation, the student must submit the Apply to Graduate Form to the Graduate School and a Graduate Certificate Candidacy form to the School’s Program Coordinator and Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline specified by the Graduate School.