Micro-Certificate Programs

The Public Health Program offers eight 9-credit, online Micro-Certificate Programs of Graduate Study, each focusing on a specific topic area: Public Health, Health Equity, Epidemiology, Public Health Informatics, Global Health, Climate Change & Human Health, Health Services Administration, or Health Policy & Law.

Micro-certificate programs

Global Health

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The University of Vermont’s online Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Global Health is a 9-credit (3-course) program that gives students the opportunity to explore the global nature of health and disease including the environment, infectious disease, climate change, global health data, and social health determinants.

Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Global Health is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6110 Global Public Health
  • PH6160 Social Determinants of Health

Students choose one course from topical electives

  • Courses taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Individualized academic advising
  • Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Climate Change and Human Health

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The Larner College of Medicine Division of Public Health’s Micro-Certificate Graduate Study in Climate Change and Human Health is a 9-credit, 3-course program that gives students the opportunity to explore the human health impacts of climate change.

Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Climate Change and Human Health is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6040 Environmental Public Health
  • PH6270 Climate Change and Human Health

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Healthcare Services Administration

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Healthcare Services Administration is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6170 Management in Healthcare Services and Medical Care
  • PH6210 Controversies in Health Economics

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Health Policy and Law

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Policy and Law is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6100 Public Health Law and Ethics
  • PH6260 Legal Issues in Healthcare

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses are taught by faculty experts from UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Individualized academic advising Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Public Health

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Public Health is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6010 Public Health & Health Policy
  • PH6020 Epidemiology I

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Health Equity

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Equity is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6010 Public Health &Health Policy
  • PH6160 Social Determinants of Health

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Epidemiology

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Epidemiology is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6020 Epidemiology I
  • PH6030 Biostatistics I

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses are taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

Public Health Informatics

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Curriculum

The Micro-Certificate of Graduate Study in Epidemiology is a 9-credit, 3-course program consisting of 2 required courses and 1 elective course from a relevant elective course list.

Required courses:

  • PH6020 Epidemiology I
  • PH6240 Public Health Informatics

Students choose one course from topical electives

Courses are taught by faculty experts from UVM’s College of Medicine, the Vermont Department of Health, and experts trained at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Individualized academic advising

Courses offered during Spring, Fall, Summer terms to ensure that you can fit the program into your work or academic schedule

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