Graduate Certificate in Healthy Cities at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

The Graduate Certificate in Healthy Cities lets University of Michigan graduate students study the links between policymaking, health science and spatial planning in urban public health. It integrates the social, physical and political determinants of urban health.

Faculty: Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning  |  Department: Urban and Regional Planning  |  Duration: 13 credit hours (five courses)  |  Intake: Fall (deadline March 1) and Winter (deadline December 1)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

Five course requirements totalling 13 credits, drawing on planning, public health and public policy. Goals include applying mixed-methods tools to design and evaluate urban health interventions and using policy levers to organise stakeholders and mobilise resources.

Career pathways

Suited to careers in public policy, urban planning, engineering, medicine, real estate development, affordable housing and transportation planning.

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