MCH Certificate Requirements

1. COURSEWORK (>12 credits; grade of B or better) 

Students are required to take the following Foundational MCH Course (2 credits) :

  • NUTR 615 Foundations in Maternal and Child Health (Winter, 2 credits)

Students are required to take four of the following MCH elective courses (>10 credits):

  • BIOSTAT 521: Applied Biostatistics (Fall, 3 credits)
  • BIOSTAT 650: Theory and Application of Linear Regression (Fall, 4 credits)
  • EHS 660: Environmental Epigenetics and Public Health (Winter, 2 credits)
  • EPID 514: Social Epidemiology (Fall, 3 credits)
  • EPID 673: Epidemiology of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (Winter, 2 credits)
  • EPID 696: Pregnancy and Perinatal Epidemiology (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 634: Child Health and Development (Fall, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 629: Families and Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 710: Special MPH Topics In Health Behavior And Health Equity (Women’s Health, Instructor: King) (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HBHEQ 540: Reproductive Health (Winter, 3 credits)
  • HMP 626: Belonging and Difference In Health, Healthcare, And Health Policy (Fall, 3 credits)
  • NUTR 510: Nutrition in the Life Cycle (Winter, 3 credits)
  • NUTR 540: Maternal and Child Nutrition (Winter, 2 credits)
  • NUTR 593: Food Security, Policy, and Programs (Fall, 3 credits)
  • NUTR 650: Socio-Ecological Approaches To Child And Adolescent Nutrition (Winter, 3 Credits)
  • NUTR 677: Physical Growth and Maturation (Fall, 2 credits)

2. MCH-FOCUSED PRACTICE OR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (>84 hours)
Students must complete one of the following:

  • MCH-Focused Practice Experience (e.g., MPH internship or Applied Practice Experience (APEx), Other Experiential Learning Activity)
  • MCH-Focused Research Experience (e.g., Capstone Project, Thesis/Dissertation Project, Independent Study, Other Faculty-Mentored Research Project)

3. MCHSA membership