Certificate in Public Health

The Certificate in Public Health is awarded for successful completion of core coursework in the five core public health disciplines totaling 16 hours. This same core is required for the MPH, and it is recommended that the core is completed before taking other public health classes.

Classes taken in the Certificate Program can be transferred to the MD/MPH. Conversely, core classes taken in the MD/MPH program can be applied to the Certificate if the student opts to withdraw from the MPH degree program.

If students opt to switch to the certificate program, they should do so as an MS3 to ensure that the biostatistics credit is applied to the MS program.