15 semester credit hours
Available to degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students.
This certificate program is designed to train governmental, health care, and public health professionals to engage in public health policy research, analysis and practice as policy researchers and legal epidemiologists, with skills that bridge public health law.
Course of Study
The following courses are required for an Certificate in Public Health Law Research and Policy Surveillance:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PH 3738L | Legal Issues in Healthcare | 3 |
| PH 3732L | Research Methods in Public Health Law | 3 |
| PH 3733L | Law and Policy | 3 |
| PH 3734L | Public Health Policy Surveillance and Legal Epidemiology | 3 |
| PH 3999 | IS: Management, Policy and Community Health 1 | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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Students enrolling in an independent study course are required to complete the independent study plan form and obtain approval prior to enrolling. The independent study may be either a population health law research project or an internship with an agency, non-profit, or other organization where certificate students will apply skills learned in the certificate courses to public health policy questions of their choice.
For more information, see the Public Health Law Research and Policy Surveillance certificate planner.