Health, Behavior and Society Winter Institute
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Registration for the 2021 HBS Winter Institute is open now through December 30, 2020.
Register nowOur winter institute offers compressed, intensive, online courses exploring behavioral and societal impacts on public health — and specific strategies to address the challenges they present.
Overview
Expand your knowledge of behavioral and societal impacts on public health through our compressed, intensive, online winter institute classes. 2021 HBS Winter Institute classes:
- Offer the same rigor and quality of full-term courses, condensed into days instead of weeks.
- Are taught by our full-time HBS faculty.
- May be taken on a for-credit or non-credit basis (with reduced tuition available for non-credit courses).
- Are eligible for tuition remission under the terms of the Hopkins Tuition Remission Plan.
- May be applied towards the completion of many full-time and part-time degree programs at HBS and JHSPH.
2021 Courses
Program Planning for Health Behavior Change (410.620.13)
Provides an overview of the breadth of programs and diversity of settings in the field of health education in health promotion, and an opportunity to develop skills in program planning.
- Credits: 3 credits
- Course dates: Monday, January 4, 2021 – Wednesday, January 6, 2021
- Time: 9am – 5pm ET
- Format: Online, synchronous
- Instructor: Vanya Jones, PhD
Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice (410.650.13)
Examines and interrogates theories of persuasion using lectures, discussions, readings, and assignments so that these theories can be applied to health behavior change interventions.
- Credits: 4 credits
- Course dates: Monday, January 11, 2021 – Thursday, January 14, 2021
- Time: 9am – 5pm ET
- Format: Online, synchronous
- Instructor: Meghan Bridgid Moran, PhD
Cost
Academic credit: $1,197 per credit
Non-credit: $599 per credit
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Registration
Registration dates: October 1, 2020 – December 30, 2020
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More Information
For more information on HBS Winter Institute courses and registration, please contact L. Robin Newcomb.