Requirements

The Certificate in Public Health Genetics entails a minimum of 11 credits of coursework focusing on the genetic basis of disease, methods of genetic analysis, genetic applications, as well as ethical, legal, and social issues. Students must receive a B or better in each course.

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Requirements

1. One or two of the following courses [in Content Area 1]*:

Content Area 1: Genetic Basis of Disease

  • EPID 511 Introduction to Public Health Genetics (Fall, 3 credits)
    *Preferred option for students who are new to public health genetics
  • EPID 515 Genetics in Public Health (Fall, 3 credits)
    *Preferred option for students who have taken at least one undergraduate genetics course
  • HUMGEN 545 Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Genetics (Fall, 3 credits) 
  • HUMGEN 546 Genetics in Human Biology and Disease (Winter, 4 credits)

2. One or two of the following courses [in Content Area 2]:

Content Area 2: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues

3. One or two of the following courses [in Content Area 3 and/or 4]:

Content Area 3: Methods/Measurement/Analysis

Content Area 4: Applications

  • EHS 504 Genes and the Environment (Not offered 2023-2024)
  • EHS 660/NUTR 660 Environmental Epigenetics and Public Health (Winter, 2 credits)
  • EPID 621 Cancer Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 582 Molecular Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • EPID 565 Research in Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, 1-6 credits)
    *Must have sufficient focus on genetics components. Pre-approval required: please e-mail sph.registrar@umich.edu and smjenn@umich.edu for pre-approval request. Include the following information in your email: faculty advisor name and e-mail, description of the research/project, and an explanation of how the project relates to the broader goals of the Public Health Genetics Certificate.
  • EPID 604 Applications of Epidemiology (Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer, 1-4 credits)
    *Must have sufficient focus on genetics components. Pre-approval required: please e-mail sph.registrar@umich.edu and smjenn@umich.edu for pre-approval request. Include the following information in your email: faculty advisor name and e-mail, description of the research/project, and an explanation of how the project relates to the broader goals of the Public Health Genetics Certificate.
  • Independent Research (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, 1-6 credits)
    *Must have sufficient focus on genetics components. Pre-approval required: please e-mail sph.registrar@umich.edu for pre-approval request. Please include the following: Description of the independent study, faculty advisor name and e-mail, and an explanation of how the independent study relates to the broader goals of the Public Health Genetics Certificate.