Basic Community Public Health Practice Campus Certificate

Program URL: http://www.uic.edu/sph/chs/certificates

Campus: Chicago

Number of Required Campus Visits: 0

Program Type: Certificate

Award Conferred: Certificate

Total Number of Credit Hours: 12 Sem. Hr(s).

Admission Deadline: http://www.uic.edu/sph/chs/certificates/admissions

Description:
The Basic Community Public Health Practice Campus Certificate (Basic CPHP) targets individuals with a bachelor's degree who are currently working in community, public health or other related fields and whose current or future position requires skills in applying a breadth of knowledge and expertise in assessing and addressing health problems in the community.



This certificate program in community health is offered entirely online and furthers the university's commitment to training public health professionals by offering courses to public health practitioners and students in other health professions who are not able to pursue a graduate public health degree.



Certificate program participants will acquire foundational knowledge and skills that are important for public health practice. These include:



* An understanding and appreciation of the basic principles of public health as a system and social enterprise

* Basic principles of epidemiology and of the social and behavioral determinants of health illness in populations

* Approaches to developing and carrying out community health improvement initiatives.



Together, these knowledge sets represent the core of public heath practice skills for assessing, understanding and effectively addressing priority health issues and problems in the community.

Admission Requirement(s): A baccalaureate degree from an accredited university is the minimum requirement for admission to the the Basic CPHP certificate program. Application to the University of Illinois at Chicago is required for admission to the certificate program.



In addition to submitting a completed Graduate Application form and non-refundable application fee, applicants must submit the following information and documentation to UIC's School of Public Health, Division of Community Health Sciences in order to be considered for admission to the certificate programs.



1. TRANSCRIPTS - An official copy of the baccalaureate transcript indicating the earned degree(s). International academic documents that are evaluated by a professional credential evaluation service that holds membership in the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) are also acceptable. While a grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 is required, a GPA close to 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) is recommended.


2. TOEFL SCORES - A copy of TOEFL scores taken within the last 2 years (applies to international students only who have not attended a US institution of higher learning for at least 2 years). Minimum scores required: paper-based TOEFL = 550, computer-based TOEFL = 213 [or new TOEFL minimum total score of 80, with subscores of 21 (Writing), 20 (Speaking), 17 (Listening), 19 (Reading)].

Program Cost(s):
Online Tuition and Fees: $8100

$675/credit hour

Program Contact(s):
David Brand
Academic Coordinator
Community Health Sciences
Phone: (312) 996-8940
E-mail: chscert@uic.edu
URL: http://www.uic.edu/sph/chs/certificates

View a list of courses associated with this program.