Courses
If interested in pursuing the Certificate in Injury Science, please determine your eligibility and review the certification process.
If declaring intent after July 1, 2017, please follow the new program requirements below. Please refer questions to SPH.Certificate.Inquiries@umich.edu.
This certificate requires a pre-approved practicum component and 12-13 credits of coursework from the lists below. Students must receive a B or higher in all certificate courses.
Required courses for all students
Core required courses (complete two):
- HBHE 659: Introduction to Adolescent Substance Use Prevention (Winter, 3) [Previously listed as HBHE 710: Special MPH Topics: Adolescent Substance Abuse]
- HBHE 644: Readings in Health Behavior and Health Education: Complete Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention Massive Online Course (MOOC) (Fall, Winter, Spring, Spring-Summer, Summer term(s), 1-6) Please contact Sarah Stoddard (sastodda@umich.edu) to enroll in this course.
- HBHE 682 Foundations of Injury Research, Control, and Prevention 3 credits [Not offered 2017-2018]
- HBHE 680 Youth Violence: Issues and Prevention 3 credits [Not offered 2016-2017, 2017-2018]
In addition, please choose from below:
1. Courses for Master of Public Health (MPH) Students
One Elective Methods Course:
- SURVMETH 600 Fundamentals of Survey Methodology (Fall, 3 credits)
- EAS 531 Principles of GIS (Fall, Winter, 4 credits) [Previously listed as NRE 531]
- SOC 503 Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration (Winter, 3 credits)
- URP 544/EAS 560/SW 710 Behavior & Environment (Fall, 3 credits) [Previously listed as UP 560]
- PSYCH 613 Advanced statistics (Fall, 4 credits)
- PSYCH 614 Advanced statistics (Winter, 4 credits)
- Other advanced methods and statistics courses as approved.
*Please make an appointment with Sarah Stoddard (sastodda@umich.edu) prior to taking other advanced methods and statistics courses for pre-approval.
One Elective Course:
- SW 618 Practices to Prevent Substance Abuse in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 702 Family Violence Prevention and Intervention 3 credits [TBD]
- SW 708 Special issues in Interpersonal Violence (Fall, 3 credits)
- HS 404/WOMENSTD 404 Gender based violence from theory to action 2-3 credits [Not offered 2017-2018]
- SW 730 Practice Seminar in Child Maltreatment: Assessment and Treatment (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- HBHE 610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 643 Drug policies: Prevention, treatment, law and social policy 3 credits [TBD]
- KINESLGY 505 Topics in Disability Studies (Fall, Winter, 1 – 3 credits)
- PUBPOL 573 Socioeconomic Policy and Public Health [No longer offered]
- HS 520 Assessment for Population Health (Fall, 4 credits)
Field Placement / Practicum:
A field placement/practicum is required for the Injury Science Certificate. This may
be fulfilled by your departmental internship requirement, through an Injury Science
Independent Study (3 credits that do not count toward the 12-13 required), or through
another relevant experience (e.g., work on an injury-related research project). The
practicum must be in an area of injury science (for example, violence prevention,
prescription drug overdose, motor vehicle safety, traumatic brain injury) and be a
minimum of 318 hours. The practicum needs pre-approval. Please e-mail UMInjuryCenter@umich.edu
to inquire. Please put 'Injury Certificate' in the subject line.
2. Courses for non MPH students
One Elective Methods Course:
- EPID 503 Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
- BIOSTAT 501 (Changed from BIOSTAT 503) Introduction to Biostatisics (Fall, 4 credits)
- BIOSTAT 521 (Changed from BIOSTAT 553) Applied Biostatisics (Fall, 4 credits)
- HBHE 622 Program Evaluation in Health Education (Fall, 3 credits)
- HMP 640 Program Evaluation in Public Health (Winter, 3 credits)
- HBHE 638 Qualitative Methods in Public Health (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- EAS 531 Principles of GIS (Fall, Winter, 4 credits) [Previously listed as NRE 531]
- PSYCH 613 Advanced statistics (Fall, 4 credits)
- PSYCH 614 Advanced statistics (Winter, 4 credits)
- Other advanced methods and statistics courses as approved.
*Please make an appointment with Sarah Stoddard (sastodda@umich.edu) prior to taking other advanced methods and statistics courses for pre-approval.
One Elective Course:
- SW 618 Practices to Prevent Substance Abuse in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 702 Family Violence Prevention and Intervention 3 credits [TBD]
- SW 708 Special issues in Interpersonal Violence (Fall, 3 credits)
- HS 404/WOMENSTD 404 Gender based violence from theory to action 2-3 credits [Not offered 2017-2018]
- SW 730 Practice Seminar in Child Maltreatment: Assessment and Treatment (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- HBHE 610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 643 Drug policies: Prevention, treatment, law and social policy 3 credits [TBD]
- HBHE 651 Program Development in Health Education (Winter, 4 credits)
- PUBPOL 573 Socioeconomic Policy and Public Health [No longer offered]
- HS 520 Assessment for Population Health (Fall, 4 credits)
- URP 544/EAS 560/SW 710 Behavior & Environment 3 credits (Fall, 3 credits) [Previously listed as UP 560]
- SOC 503 Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration (Winter, 3 credits)
Field Placement / Practicum:
A field placement/practicum is required for the Injury Science Certificate. This may
be fulfilled by your departmental internship requirement, through an Injury Science
Independent Study (3 credits that do not count toward the 12-13 required), or through
another relevant experience (e.g., work on an injury-related research project). The
practicum must be in an area of injury science (for example, violence prevention,
prescription drug overdose, motor vehicle safety, traumatic brain injury) and be a
minimum of 318 hours. The practicum needs pre-approval. Please e-mail UMInjuryCenter@umich.edu
to inquire. Please put 'Injury Certificate' in the subject line.
