Public Health Informatics & Technology Certificate

This program is designed to prepare the students to work effectively in public health informatics and technology to improve the ability of the community’s ability to respond to public health challenges. Students may work for community programs, health services organizations, government agencies, and the private sector in data analysis, systems analysis, informatics, project management and design, research, or administration.

This certificate is state supported.

Prerequisite:

Students must meet a minimum 2.5 GPA overall.

The Certificate in Public Health Informatics and Technology requires 12 units to complete per the requirements below:

Take the following course (3 Units):

H SC 360 - Public Health Informatics: The Role of Data (3 units)
Or one of the following:
BME 440 - Healthcare Informatics (3 units)
CECS 456 - Machine Learning (3 units)
I S 470 - Business Intelligence (3 units)
HCA 416 - Management and Information Systems (3 units)
STAT 491 - Statistical Modeling in Epidemiology (3 units)
H SC 403 - Community Health Statistics (3 units)
Students pursuing the Certificate in Public Health Informatics and Technology should complete any pre-requisite courses for those listed above, or a course deemed equivalent to a pre-requisite course by the Department or Program offering the course. Students should consult with an academic advisor if seeking to waive any pre-requisites.

Additional Certificate Core Requirements

Take the following courses (6 units):

H SC 460A - Emerging Technologies for the Public Health (3 units)
H SC 460B - Public Health Maps and Spatial Analysis for Health Equity (3 units)
or GEOG 371 - Geospatial Science for Health (3 units)

Take one of the following core courses (3 Units):

H SC 260 - Introduction to Public Health Informatics and Technology (3 units)
or
CECS 174 - Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (3 units) (The pre-req for the PHIT Certificate students will be waived), or
H SC 201 - Introduction to Public Health (3 units)
or
H SC 497 - Selected Topics in Health Science (3 units) /H SC 297 - Selected Topics in Health Science (on PHIT) or any relevant course from other departments or colleges “in consultation with an advisor.