12 semester credit hours

Available to degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students.

This certificate provides an orientation for individuals who are working in public health or health care and seeking to focus their work to the recognition, description and elimination of health disparities that have been defined as differences in “the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality or survival rates.”

Course of Study

The following courses are required for an Certificate in Health Disparities:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PH 5102	Health Disparities Core Seminar	1
PHM 3800L	Working with Diverse Communities	3
or PHD 3800L	Working with Diverse Communities
PHM 3922	Economic and Social Determinants of Health	3
or PHD 3922	Economic and Social Determinants of Health
PH 1352L	Racism, Equity & Public Health	2
Select 3 credits of the following:		3
PH 1112L	Community Assessment Methods in Public Health
PH 1236	Issues in Aging
PH 1237	Obesity, Nutrition, & Physical Activity
PH 1241	Disability and Public Health
PH 1251	Seminar on the Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Persons
PH 1321L	Social Networks and Health
PH 1410L	Addiction and Society
PH 2491	Public Health Preparedness & Disaster Response
or PH 2991	Public Health Preparedness & Disaster Response
PH 2742L	Epidemiology of Mental Health
PH 2730L	Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases
PHD 3631L	Community Engagement/ Community-Based Participatory Research
PH 5220	Gender and Leadership
Total Hours		12

For more information, see the Health Disparities certificate planner.