Undergraduate Health Policy Certificate

• Undergraduate Certificate Requirements
• Course Listings
• Course Listings by Health Policy Area
• Course Descriptions
• Course Schedules
  
• What is the health policy certificate?
• Jim Bernstein Health Policy Scholars Program
• Health Policy Activities & Events at Duke
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  The Health Policy Certificate Program is open to all Duke University undergraduates. For students matriculating prior to Fall 2003, successful candidates must complete the prescribed combination of six courses: any one methodology course; two courses drawn from the core set of health policy course offerings; any two additional elective courses; and the capstone course. 

For students matriculating in Fall 2003 or later, the requirements are identical except that a required introductory course has substituted for one of the required elective courses. Appropriate courses may come from the list given below or may include other courses as approved by the director. Such classes may include: courses listed at The Terry Sanford Institute's Graduate Program site, new courses, special topics courses, independent study, and, under special circumstances, courses offered through the UNC School of Public Health.*

No more than three of the six courses taken to satisfy the requirements of the certificate may originate in a single department or program. Note the following rules apply to all certificate programs at Duke and cannot be waived by the director under any circumstance:

• Students electing to satisfy the requirements of a certificate program may use for that purpose no more than two courses that are also used to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or other certificate programs being pursued. That is, one may note overlap 2 courses in your major and another 2 courses in a minor. The total number of overlapping courses across all majors/minors/certificates being pursued may not exceed two.
• At least four of the courses used for a certificate must be 100-level or above.
• At least half the courses taken to satisfy a certificate must be taken at Duke.
  
  

  *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 http://registrar.duke.edu/registrar/iimain.html for further information regarding inter-institutional registration regulations and procedures. Also, further information is available at: www.pubpol.duke.edu/graduate/mpp/courses/
  Worried about transportation? The Robertson Scholars Bus provides service between the bus stop on the Duke campus in front of Duke Chapel and the Morehead Planetarium lot on the UNC campus. The bus service is available to all Duke and UNC students--not just Robertson Scholars--and can accommodate passengers who use wheelchairs or scooters. Busses run every half hour from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. and from noon to 5:30 p.m. on weekends one bus travels back and forth. The buses, operated by Duke Transit, can hold approximately 50 passengers and the trip takes less than 30 minutes. For a more complete bus schedule go to www.robertsonscholars.org .