Michigan State University offers top-quality public health graduate certificates through the College of Human Medicine.
Our program focuses on practical instruction, research, and community partnerships to promote health equity. Our online curriculum provides flexible, affordable, and focused opportunities to help students achieve their goals.
Public health has an impact on every aspect of modern society. Our public health program offers three graduate certificates that can help extend the knowledge into many professional fields:
The online Core Disciplines of Public Health Graduate Certificate is designed to provide students with a basis for understanding the breadth and scope of the public health field. Students gain competency in all the core disciplines through taking these core courses: intro to public health, epidemiology, health policy and management, social and behavior sciences, and environmental health sciences.
The online Rural Public Health Graduate Certificate provides students with the skills and knowledge to effectively work as public health leaders and practitioners in rural communities, both domestically and globally. Students completing the Rural Public Health Graduate Certificate will understand the unique social, cultural, political, and environmental characteristics of rural communities.
The online Public Health Data Management and Analytics Graduate Certificate equips students with the skills to use various public health and health care data sources for applied public health practice. A data equity framework is integrated into this program to ensure fairness and equality. Students completing the Public Health Data Management and Analytics Graduate Certificate will access, manage, assess, analyze, and report findings from different data sources commonly used in public health, such as vital records, surveys, and surveillance.
Our graduate certificates target professionals interested in public health but who may not want to fully commit to a master’s degree in public health.
Current public health professionals benefit by enhancing their existing skills and gaining an official credential. Medical students find this certificate enhances their education by learning the population-based side of medicine in addition to their traditional patient-centric training. Other professionals who also benefit from this certificate include, nurses who want to broaden their clinical perspectives, accountants who work in health and want to gain a greater understanding of the health care industry, or an attorney who wants to utilize this certificate to help specialize in public health and health policy. Since public health affects every aspect of modern society, the applications of this knowledge are far-reaching into many other professional disciplines.
*** PH 802 is a pre-requisite for PH 878. A waiver for PH 802 is available for those with equivalent experience or coursework.
No transfer credits allowed.
State Authorization: Distance Education Restrictions Based on Permanent Residence. Michigan State University is obligated to comply with existing state laws regarding distance education (programs/departments offering courses delivered exclusively online). State laws regarding distance education vary state-by-state, and even program-by-program within a state. The Master of Public Health offered through the College of Human Medicine’s Division of Public Health at Michigan State University requires a practicum experience that constitutes a physical presence in some states, therefore restricting enrollment in our program to residents of those states. Prior to applying, please access the State-by-State Summary, for the most up-to-date approved and restricted states. For more information, please visit MSU's State Authorization website. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
The university reserves the right to make changes in the types, structures, rates for fees, and tuition. Every effort will be made to give as much advance notice as possible. In addition to tuition and fees, there are other expenses associated with your Cost of Attendance. A breakdown of a graduate student budget can be found on the "Estimate Your Cost of Attendance" page.
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