Health Education and Communication Certificate (Graduate)
The Health Education and Communication (HEDC) certificate prepares students to work in the areas of health promotion and disease prevention in order to decrease health disparities and advance health equity. Students’ training will focus on effective methods to support behavior change at the individual and community levels. Students will gain a comprehensive skillset in intervention design and evaluation, community engagement and organization, health communication, and social marketing that can be applied to any public health issue and setting. The HEDC certificate includes 12 semester credits for process courses in partial fulfillment of the required 25 hours of coursework to qualify to sit for the CHES exam.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| SBPS 6340 | Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programs | 3 |
| SBPS 7010 | Health Communication Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SBPS 7220 | Community Organization: Community Work for Social Justice | 3 |
| SBPS 7260 | Social Marketing | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
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Additionally, the two required foundational MPH courses (SPHL 6020 Foundations in Public Health (3 c.h.) and SPHL 6080 Design Strategies in Public Health Programs (3 c.h.)) will also contribute to the student’s preparation to take the CHES exam. However, they are not part of the required HEDC certificate courses.