Certificate Requirements

All students enrolled in the certificate program must complete a minimum of 12 credits. Students must obtain a C or satisfactory in courses for those grades to count toward the certificate.

**This course list is not updated every term. Contact Abbi Crowder (crowdabi@umich.edu) if there is a course that you think might fit into the program**

  • PUBHLTH 500: Investigating Public Health Issues (Fall, 6 credits)
  • EPID 600: Introduction to Epidemiology (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 601: Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (Fall, 3 credits)

  • EPID 514: Social Epidemiology I (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 591: Social Epidemiology: From Frameworks To Policy (Spring, 3 credits)
  • EPID 617: Social Epidemiology II: Social and Economic Determinants of Population Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 618: Global Social Epidemiology (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 679: Epidemiology Of Psychiatric And Substance Use Disorders (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 684: Theory And Applications Of Spatial Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 688: Alcohol, Tobacco, And Other Drug Use: People, Populations, And Policies (Winter, 3 credits)

As a multidisciplinary program, students are encouraged to take courses outside of the Epidemiology department. Elective options include, but are not limited to, courses from the following Departments: Environmental Health Sciences, Health Behavior and Health Equity, Health Management and Policy, and Nutrition.

  • EHS 614: Water and Global Health (Winter, 2 credits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • EHS 683: Air Pollution and Global Health (Winter, 3 credits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • EPID 506: Health of Nations: Introduction to International Health (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 591: Social Epidemiology: From Frameworks To Policy (Spring, 3 credits)
  • EPID 608: Environmental Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 617: Social Epidemiology II: Social and Economic Determinants of Population Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 618: Global Social Epidemiology (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 663: Health, Evidence, and Human Rights (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 666: Health and Socioeconomic Development (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 677: Epidemiology of Aging (Fall, 2 Credits)
  • EPID 679: Epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 684: Theory and Applications of Spatial Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 761: Social Determinants of Population Health (Summer, 1 credit)
  • HBHEQ 540: Fundamentals of Reproductive Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 613: Confronting and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 614: Women’s Health and The Timing of Reproduction (Winter, 3-4 credits)
  • HBHEQ 615: Sexual Health Promotion, [No longer offered]
  • HBHED 617: Global Public Health (Fall, 3 credits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • HBHEQ 626: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Health Behaviors (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 629: Families and Health (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 634: Child Health and Development (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 640: Community Organization for Health Education (Winter, 3 credits) [No longer offered]
  • HBHEQ 645: Urban Health (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 677: Health Impacts of Immigration Law Enforcement in the U.S. (Winter, 3 credits) [No longer offered]
  • HBHEQ 679: Historical Roots Of Health Inequities (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 693: Seminar on Health and Poverty (Winter, 3ccredits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • HBHEQ 733: Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 823: Structural Influences on Health and Social Behavior (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HMP 626: Belonging and Difference In Health, Healthcare, and Health Policy (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HMP 627: Health and Populations [No longer offered]
  • HMP 638: Measuring and Monitoring Population Health (Winter, 3 credits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • HMP 639: Immigration and Health [No longer offered]
  • HMP 693: Mental Health Policy in the United States (Fall, 3 credits) Not offered 2024-2025
  • NUTR 540: Maternal and Child Nutrition (Winter, 2 credits)
  • NUTR 585: Food Service Management (Winter, 2 credits) [No longer offered]
  • NUTR 621: Eating Disorders Prevention & Treatment (Fall, 3 credits)
  • NUTR 650: Socio-ecological approaches to child and adolescent nutrition (Winter, 3 credits)
  • NUTR 662: [No longer offered]
  • PUBHLTH 507: Social Determinants Of Health And Health Communication (Fall, 2 credits)
  • PUBHLTH 508: Social Determinants Of Health (Fall, 1 credit) and PUBHLTH 510 Communication Fundamentals (Winter, 1 credit) may count retroactively (now for online students). PUBHLTH 507 Social Determinants of Health and Health Communication (Fall, 2 credits) replaced these courses for residential students. 
  • SW 600: Behavioral, Psychosocial and Ecological Aspects of Health, Mental Health and Disease (Winter, 3 credits)
  • SW 606: Mental Health Disorders in Adulthood (Winter, 3 credits)
  • SW 612: Mental Health and Mental Disorders of Children and Youth (Winter, 3 credits)

Competencies

The goal of this program is to give graduates the skills and knowledge that will allow them to meaningfully contribute to interprofessional and interdisciplinary teams working to address social determinants of health in a variety of settings.

  • Students will be able to define core terminology, concepts, and theoretical frameworks of social epidemiology in both historic and modern contexts.
  • Students will be able to explain the principles of social epidemiology and how they are applied in public health research and practice.
  • Students will be able to describe preventable and systemic causes of health inequities and inequalities.
  • Students will be able to use the tools of epidemiology to critically analyze the ways that social determinants of health contribute to the distribution and inequities of health outcomes in the population.
  • Students will be able to effectively communicate about social determinants of health and health inequities to a variety of audiences.