The Graduate Certificate in HIV Studies, hosted by the Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Policy and Practice (CCHRPP), offers students the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge that will prepare them for work in the field of HIV prevention and related issues. The competencies fulfilled by this program will be translatable to public health practice in local, state, and federal government and non-governmental agencies and public health research focused on HIV, HCV, drug user health, and related issues.
The certificate is open to students enrolled in graduate degree programs or as a self-standing program of minimum of 12 credit hours as outlined below. Some courses applicable to the certificate program may have prerequisites. The required Certificate core courses provide students with fundamental knowledge about HIV transmission, impact, and clinical considerations and public health approaches and implementation to addiction. Students will choose a track based on their interest and career goals. The Applied Track will provide students with the skills to work with communities, be public health leaders, and skilled managers. The Research Track will prepare students with additional methodological expertise in quantitative or qualitative research.
Program Requirements - 12 credits
Required Courses (both tracks): 6 credits
- EPI 610 – AIDS Epidemiology
- HPM 611 – Addiction and Public Health
Applied Track: 6 credits
Required: HPM 535 – Community Based Public Health
At least ONE of the following graduate-level courses:
- EPI 612 – Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology
- HPM 501 – Health Policy Analysis
- HPM 641 – Principles of Health Organization Management
- HPM 647 – Program Evaluation
- HPM 650 – Strategy and Leadership Applications in Health Management
- PAD 501 – Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
- PAD 504 – Data Models, and Decisions
- PAD 522 – Politics and Policy
- PAD/POS/INT 604– Inequality and Public Policy
- PAD 616 – Nonprofits and Social Transformation
- PAD 642 – Public Budgeting
- PAD 653/HPM 651 - Public Health Politics and Policy: Domestic and Global Perspectives
- Students may request to substitute this elective for another graduate-level course subject to approval by the course instructor and the HIV Studies Certificate Program Director.
Research Track: 6 credits
At least TWO of the following methodological courses:
- EPI 612 – Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology
- HPM 647 – Program Evaluation
- EHS 612 – Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Public Health
- POS/PAD 517 – Quantitative Research Methods
- POS 618 – Qualitative Methods
- PAD 504 – Data Models, and Decisions
- PAD 505 – Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts
- Students may request to substitute one of their electives for another graduate-level course subject to approval by the course instructor and the HIV Studies Certificate Program Director.
Please Note: This program is not eligible for federal financial aid.