As the world becomes more interconnected, our communities and populations face increasingly complex health challenges emerging through the interaction of individual vulnerability and behavior, cultural and social factors, environmental and geographic influences as well as economic and political dynamics. Addressing these public health challenges requires innovative approaches arising from multiple disciplines.
Purpose
The Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health encourages students to extend the breadth of their undergraduate education to include elements of public health. Students are encouraged to take courses from a variety of participating departments to develop an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of public health.
Certificate Requirements (18 credits minimum)
Public health spans multiple disciplines and fields of study. Therefore, the structure of the Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health is designed to be flexible to accommodate diverse student interests. Students are responsible for identifying and completing course prerequisites prior to enrolling in certificate courses. A grade of C- or better is required for all courses applied towards the certificate. Degree seeking students must also complete all requirements for their respective majors as well as their Colleges core curriculum.
1. Biological Sciences: (Lower division) - 3 credits minimum
EBIO 1030 (3) Biology: A Human Approach 1 or
EBIO 1210 (3) General Biology 1 or
MCDB 1030 (3) Plagues, People and Microorganisms or
MCDB 1150 (3) Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
2. Statistics: (Lower or upper division) - 3 credits minimum
To participate in the certificate program, students must possess basic skills in quantitative reasoning to critically evaluate primary literature and understand how data are used to measure population health and disease burden, monitor intervention and screening programs and inform policy decisions.
ANTH 4000 (4) Quantitative Methods in Anthropology or
EBIO 4410 (4) Biometry or
ECON 3818 (4) Introduction to Statistics with Computer Applications or
GEOG 3023 (4) Statistics for Geography or
IPHY 2800 (4) Introduction to Statistics or
PSCI 2075 (3) Quantitative Research Methods or
PSYC 3101 (4) Statistics and Research Methods in Psychology or
SOCY 2061 (3) Introduction to Social Statistics
3. Core Courses (Upper division) - 6 credits
Collectively, the core courses of the Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health will provide a foundational knowledge on the burden and distribution of disease and mortality around the world, the determinants of global health disparities, the development of global health policies, and the outcomes of global health interventions. Additionally, students will examine the history and uses of epidemiology, measures of disease frequency and occurrence, association and causality, analytic epidemiology, evidence-based screening and infectious disease outbreak investigations.
GEOG 3XXX (3) Introduction to Global Public Health (Under Development - Fall 2015) and
IPHY 3490 (3) Introduction to Epidemiology (Approved - Spring 2015)
4. Elective Courses (Lower or upper division) - 6 credits minimum
Students are required to take at least one Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health elective course outside of their major department. NOTE: This list is NOT final and new courses will be added as they become available. These courses can come from study abroad courses as long as they transferred successfully back to CU Boulder from a CU-approved study abroad program.
ANTH 4610 (3) Medical Anthropology
EBIO 3400 (4) Microbiology
EBIO 3630 (4) Parasitology
ECON 4646 (3) Health Economics
ENVS 3525 (3) Health and the Built Environment (Under Development - Jill Litt)
GEOG 3682 (3) Geography of International Development
GEOG 4732 (3) Population Geography
GEOG 4852 (3) Health and Medical Geography
HIST 3416 (3) Seminar on the History of Disease in the United States
HIST 4326 (3) Health and Disease in the United States
IAFS 3000 (3) Special Topics in International Affairs: Global Health Issues
IPHY 2420 (3) Nutrition for Health and Performance
IPHY 3440 (3) Nutrition for Health and Wellness
IPHY 2500 (1) Perspectives in Health and Medicine
IPHY 3500 (2) Applied Clinical Research
MCDB 4201 (3) From Bench to Bedside: The Role of Science in Medicine
PHIL 3160 (3) Bioethics
PSCI 4012 (3) Global Development
PSYC 3102 (3) Behavioral Genetics
PSYC 4541 (3) Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice (Under Development - Sona Dimidjian)
SOCY 1022 (3) Social and Ethical Issues in U.S. Health and Medicine
SOCY 3015 (3) Social Demography of Race and Ethnicity
SOCY 3042 (3) Topics in Population and Health: Sociology of HIV/AIDS
SOCY 3052 (3) Medical Sociology (Approved - Ryan Masters & Rick Rogers)
SOCY 4052 (3) Social Inequalities in Health
SOCY/ENVS 4007 (3) Global Human Ecology
5. Experiential Education
While not required for the Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health, gaining educational experiences outside of the classroom is a valuable asset to any undergraduate curriculum, especially in the field of public health. Students interested in public health are strongly encouraged to explore opportunities for learning through CU Study Abroad Programs, CU in D.C., and internships offered through public health agencies and organizations.
Want Additional Information? Contact:
Matt McQueen, Sc.D.
Director, Undergraduate Certificate in Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG)
Faculty Associate, Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)
matt.mcqueen@colorado.edu
http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/ugrad/public-health/
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