Graduate Certificate Requirements

The Health Policy Certificate Program is open to all Duke graduate students, including those enrolled in graduate coursework through the Office of Continuing Education or interinstitutional students at UNC, NCSU, or NCCU. Successful candidates must complete the prescribed combination of five courses: two courses drawn from the core set of health policy course offerings; any two additional elective courses; and the capstone course. With the permission of the Program Director, students may substitute other health policy-related courses offered at Duke, the UNC School of Public Health, or other universities (see attached list). For information on the Masters of Public Policy degree program, check out: www.hpolicy.duke.edu/hpcp/cert_program/MPP.html

The Health Policy Certificate program is open to any graduate student. All candidates must complete the prescribed combination of five courses: two courses drawn from the core set of health policy offerings; any two additional elective courses; and the capstone course. Appropriate courses may come from the list given below or may include other courses (new courses, special topics courses, independent study, and, under special circumstances, courses offered through the UNC School of Public Health*) as approved by the director.

The following briefly lists courses which qualify towards completion of the graduate certificate. For more detailed course descriptions, click here

*Subject to regulations governing inter-institutional course registration. Note that the School of Public Health semesters and daily schedules differ from those of Arts and Sciences. Interested students should check to find the semester schedule and exact course times.	Students wishing to take a course at UNC-CH should complete an Inter-Institutional Registration Form obtained from the home institution. Duke is part of the North Carolina institutions of higher learning Inter-Institution Program. Each course appears on the student's record as if the course was taken at Duke and becomes part of the permanent record.
Please see www.registrar.duke.edu/registrar/studentpages/student/interinstitutional.htm for further information regarding inter-institutional registration regulations and procedures, or check out www.pubpol.duke.edu/graduate/mpp/
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