The certificate program will be offered through the main campus of CGU and is intended for a wide-range of medical audiences, including clinical practitioners, allied-health practitioners, medical students, and post-baccalaureate and baccalaureate pre-medical students. Courses completed with at least a B or better while in the certificate program may be applied toward completion of the Master of Public Health (MPH) or Master of Science (MS) in Evaluation and Applied Research degree.
Requirements
The certificate requires a minimum of 16 units of coursework:
Core Courses (12 units)
Methods
CGH 313, Research Methods OR
CGH 402, Advanced Research Methods OR
EVAL 315, Evaluation & Applied Research Methods: A Survey of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Statistics*
CGH 301, Biostatistics OR
CGH 401, Advanced Statistical Methods OR
EVAL 320, Quantitative Analysis & Statistics for Evaluation & Applied Research
*Exception: students with extensive statistical training may petition to replace the statistics course with an additional methods course.
Proposal Development
CGH 305: Seminar in Grant Writing & Proposal Development
Elective Course (4 units)
*Selected in consultation with the program director
CGH 300, Foundations of Health Promotion & Education
CGH 302, Epidemiology
CGH 312, Data Analysis using SAS
CGH 314, Emerging Chronic & Infectious Diseases Worldwide
CGH 315, Geospatial Epidemiology
EVAL 325, Qualitative Analysis & Statistics for Evaluation & Applied Research
EVAL 330, Mixed Methods in Evaluation & Applied Research
EVAL 350, Global Health Evaluation & Applied Research
Professional Development Experience
Attendance in seminars emphasizing applied research methods (20 hours from a list of approved events, plus reflection) OR
Participation in a research project with a CGU faculty or collaborator (Minimum of 20 hours, plus summary of contributions)
University Policies. Policies detailed in the Academic Policies section of the Bulletin apply.
*WSCUC approval is pending for this certificate
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