Continuing Education

Certificate Programs

Certificate programs are focused academic training programs designed to appeal to students seeking targeted education in a specific area of public health. The Department of Health, Behavior and Society offers a certificate in Health Education and a certificate in Health Communication.

Summer Institute

The Health, Behavior and Society Summer Institute offers short, intensive courses that provide students with an understanding of behavioral and societal impacts on public health and specific strategies to address the challenges they present. During the June 1-19, 2009 Summer Institute, HBS will offer two courses that include general overviews of social and behavioral science issues in public health, including discussion of the social, contextual, and individual influences on risk behaviors and interventions that modify these influences. Courses will also be offered on the strategic use of the news media to support public health goals and on qualitative research methods applied to the investigation of public health issues. The courses may be taken for academic credit or on a non-credit basis.

Additional information about the Summer Institute courses.