Graduate Certificate in Public Health at Virginia Tech

The Public Health graduate certificate is a 16-credit online and/or in person program that includes the core courses in our Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program. The program is helpful to non-degree seeking students who have completed an undergraduate degree in a related discipline and want to demonstrate content competence in public health. The certificate is also helpful to current graduate students at Virginia Tech from another discipline who want to gain essential public health knowledge to complement their other disciplinary area.

Location: Blacksburg, VA, United States

What you will study

16 graduate credits required. Core courses include PHS 5004 Foundations of Public Health (1 credit); PHS 5025 Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Public Health I (3 credits); PHS 5026 Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Public Health II (3 credits); PHS 5044 Public Health Policy and Administration (3 credits); PHS 5034 Health Behavior and Health Education (3 credits).

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