Advance your career in healthcare with this accessible, online certificate and learn how to make a positive impact at scale.
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- Online
Why Get a Certificate of Public Health at Georgia Southern?
- Advance your career by gaining public health knowledge and move forward in the workforce.
- Take advantage of our flexible online program—ideal for working professionals.
- Complete your coursework in as little as two semesters.
- Get a head start on a Master’s in Public Health—students who complete the certificate with a 3.0 or higher can transfer their credits, saving time and money.
- Satisfy a key requirement for the national Certified in Public Health (CPH) examination.
Our online Certificate of Public Health is ideal for students who want to obtain graduate-level learning in public health without committing to a full-time Master’s, or for working professionals who want to advance their careers.
Learn how to make positive health impacts on a wide scale with this timely and accessible program and take the next step in your healthcare journey.
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What Can You Do With a Certificate of Public Health?
Our Certificate of Public Health program satisfies a key requirement for taking the official Certified Public Health Exam and provides working professionals an opportunity to advance their career in healthcare.
Where our graduates work:
- State of Georgia
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- Memorial Health
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Emory University
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- Baylor College of Medicine
What our graduates do:
- Epidemiologist
- Biostatistician
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Clinical Research Associate
- Environmental Health Specialist
- Professor
- Public Health Advisor
- Public Health Specialist
- Research Assistant
- Chief Executive Officer
What You’ll Learn
The Certificate of Public Health is open to individuals from all educational backgrounds who wish to broaden their knowledge and credentials in public health. This program covers a range of core topics, including cultural competency, evidence-based public health practices, community assessment, and public health leadership and policy. Expand your expertise and make a meaningful impact in public health, regardless of your academic or professional background.
- Intro to Public Health
- Cultural Competency for Public Health
- Quantitative Methods Public Health Practice
- Community Assessment Applications for Public Health
- Health Systems, Policy, and Leadership
- Environment, Population & Health
Requirements
See the requirements for the Certificate of Public Health
Participate in Community Health
Our EPICH program—Eagles Participating in Community Health—gives students greater access to opportunities for participatory learning through engagement in practice-based research with faculty, staff and JPHCOPH partners. Projects are funded for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Faculty Research
At Georgia Southern, we’re proud of the diverse and critical research our faculty does in the realm of public health. To see a full list of projects and get in touch with faculty members go here.
Graduate Student Resources
For general information and to pursue all graduate student resources go here.
Learn About Your Representation and Support
The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is committed to representing and supporting the interests of all current and prospective graduate students at Georgia Southern University and seeks to support scholarly activities as well as promote social opportunities for the development of graduate students.
Take Action
- Application – Completion of an application.
- Degree – Completion of a Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution.
- Transcripts – Official transcript(s) from each college or university previously attended. A transcript is required even if the courses from one school appear on the transcript of another school.*
Transcripts from institutions that are not based in the United States or its territories must be evaluated by a NACES-accredited evaluation service (www.naces.org/members). The evaluation must include a course-by-course evaluation with a GPA, and it must show you have earned the US-equivalency of the required level of degree. Official international transcript evaluations are required for the application to receive an official decision. This requirement cannot be waived. - Grade Point Average (GPA) – Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0/4.0 scale in either:
- Upper division undergraduate courses; OR
- Upper division graduate courses.
- English Language Proficiency – International applicants and U.S. Citizens whose native language is not English must demonstrate English proficiency. Prior to consideration for admission, international applicants whose native language is not English must take and post acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (http://www.ets.org/toefl) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (http://www.ielts.org) unless they have received a degree from an accredited college or university in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada (except Quebec), Australia, or New Zealand. The TOEFL and IELTS examinations are administered at various times of the year and in many centers throughout the world.
- A score of at least 75 (internet-based test, IBT) or 537 (paper-based test) on the TOEFL and 6.0 on the IELTS is normally required to be considered for regular admission. The official TOEFL and the official IELTS scores may not be more than two (2) years old. Those who do not meet the minimum proficiency standard may be recommended for enrollment in University English courses or for English courses offered by the English Language Program (ELP) on campus. Successful completion of Intensive English Programs (IEPs) at other English Language Program (ELP) providers will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Provide code #5253 to ETS so your official TOEFL scores will be sent to Georgia Southern University. Request that IELTS send your test results to “Georgia Southern University Graduate”.
- Letters of Recommendation – Three (3) letters of recommendation. It is strongly advised that two letters be from individuals who can address your past academic performance and it is encouraged that the third letter is from a work or internship supervisor.
- Curriculum Vitae/Resume – A CV/Resume that includes the following: a) educational experiences, b) professional goals and objectives, c) work history, d) professional experiences, memberships and/or participation in professional organizations, e) experiences in public health programs.
- Statement of Purpose – A Statement of Purpose (500-1000 words) that conveys the applicant’s reasons for pursuing graduate study in public health and how admission into the program relates to the applicant’s professional aspirations.
*Note: Unofficial documents must be uploaded for review purposes. Official transcripts and TOEFL/IELTS scores are only required if you are offered admission. Following notification of admission, official transcripts mailed in sealed envelopes directly from each university attended (or directly from WES) and official TOEFL/IELTS scores mailed directly from the testing company are required prior to the first day of classes of the original semester of acceptance. Failure to provide the official transcripts and TOEFL/IELTS scores following notification of admission will result in revocation of the admission offer. Official documents must be mailed to: Georgia Southern University, Office of Graduate Admissions, P.O. Box 8113, Statesboro, GA 30460-8113.
Follow these steps to complete the Georgia Southern application:
- Create an application account.
- Complete our online application.
- Once complete, pay the $50 application fee.
You can check your application status at My.GeorgiaSouthern.edu/admissions three days after completing your application. This page contains live information about your admission status, including a checklist of missing documents we need to make a decision.
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Phone: 912-478-2674
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