Requirements
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.
Core required courses (complete two):
- HBEHED 659: Introduction to Adolescent Substance Use Prevention (Winter, 3 credits)
- HBEHED 644: Readings in Health Behavior and Health Education: Complete Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention Massive Online Course (MOOC) (Fall, Winter, 3 credits) Please contact Sarah Stoddard (sastodda@umich.edu) to enroll in this course.
- HBHE 710.001: Injury Prevention: Designing and Evaluating Interventions (Not offered 2023-2024)
In addition, please choose from below:
One Elective Methods Course:
- SURVMETH 600 Fundamentals of Survey Methodology (Not offered 2023-2024)
- SOC 503 Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration (Winter, 3 credits)
- EAS 531 Principles of GIS (Fall, Winter, 4 credits)
- URP 544/EAS 560/SW 710 Behavior and Environment: Transitional Thinking for the New Normal (Fall, 3 credits)
- HBHE 626: Intro to GIS and Health Behaviors (Fall, 3 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.
Elective Course(s) (3 credits required):
- HBEHED 610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 572: Disability Studies (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- EPID 679: Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders (Winter, 3 credits)
- SW 612: Mental Health and Mental Disorders of Children and Youth (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 704: Cultural Issues in the Delivery of OUD/SUD Treatment (Winter, 1 credit)
- KINESLGY 505 Topics in Disability Studies (Fall, Winter, 1 – 3 credits)
- HS 520 Assessment for Population Health (Not offered 2022-2023)
- SW 618 Research-informed Practices to Prevent Substance Abuse in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents (Fall, 3 credits)*Social Work students only
- SW 706 Neuroscience and Substance Use Disorders (Fall, 1 credit)
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.
One Elective Methods Course:
- PUBHLTH 512: Principles Of Epidemiology For Public Health (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- BIOSTAT 501 (Changed from BIOSTAT 503) Introduction to Biostatistics (Fall, 4 credits)
- BIOSTAT 521 (Changed from BIOSTAT 553) Applied Biostatistics (Fall, 4 credits)
- HBEHED 638 Qualitative Methods in Public Health (Winter, 3 credits)
- EAS 531 Principles of GIS (Fall, Winter, 4 credits)
- PSYCH 613 Advanced statistics (Fall, 4 credits) *Must be Psychology student
- 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.
Elective Course(s) (3 credits required):
- HBEHED 610 Issues in Public Health Ethics (Not offered 2021-2022)
- URP 544/EAS 560/SW 710 Behavior and Environment: Transitional Thinking for the New Normal (Fall, 3 credits)
- SOC 503 Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, & Immigration (Winter, 3 credits)
- HS 520 Assessment for Population Health (Not offered 2022-2023)
- SW 618 Research-informed Practices to Prevent Substance Abuse in Racial and Ethnic Minority Adolescents (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 706 Neuroscience and Substance Use Disorders (Fall, 1 credit)
- SW 572: Disability Studies (Fall, Winter, 3 credits)
- EPID 679: Epidemiology of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders (Winter, 3 credits)
- SW 612: Mental Health and Mental Disorders of Children and Youth (Fall, 3 credits)
- SW 704: Cultural Issues in the Delivery of OUD/SUD Treatment (Winter, 1 credit)
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.