Maternal and Child Health Certificate
About the program
The Texas A&M School of Public Health offers a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) certificate to increase MCH competencies to graduate-level students. This is an interdisciplinary certificate that partners with departments across the School of Public Health.
Eligibility
This program is open to any graduate student in good standing (3.0 GPA or higher) at Texas A&M University, as well as any applicant with a bachelor's degree from an accredited university who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident. Current enrollment at Texas A&M is not a requirement. If you are not a current Texas A&M student, you will be required to complete the SOPHAS Express application for admission. More information to follow.
Deadlines
Current TAMU students are encouraged to apply to the certificate program as early as possible in their degree program. Applications should be submitted at least one semester prior to graduation. Students need to meet with their primary advisor in order to add certificate programs to the student’s curriculum record.
If you are not currently enrolled at Texas A&M, the deadlines are as follows:
Spring Admission: Nov. 15
Fall Admission: July 1
How to Apply
All applicants are required to submit the following documents. If you are not a currently enrolled Texas A&M student, additional information on the application process will be sent to you after the initial application review has been completed.
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- Certificate Program Application
- Personal Statement
- Resume sent by email to SPH-GSS@tamu.edu
Required courses
For more detailed information regarding these courses, including course descriptions, please see the Texas A&M course Catalog.
While many of the required courses are available via distance education, applicants may need to take one or more courses in person in order to obtain the certificate.
| Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HPCH 613 or HLTH 632 | Program Evaluation or Health Program Evaluation | 3 |
| PHEB 621 | Foundations of Maternal and Child Health | 3 |
| Select two of the following (6 hours): | ||
| EPSY 605 | Effects of Culture, Diversity, and Poverty on Children and Youth | 3 |
| HLTH 634 | Women’s Health | 3 |
| HPCH 665 | Proposal Writing and Grants Management | 3 |
| INTA 645 | Women and Nations | 3 |
| PHEB 615 | Disaster Epidemiology | 3 |
| PHEB 622 | Reproductive And Perinatal Epidemiology | 3 |
| PHEO 613 | Introduction to Environmental Health Disparities | 3 |
| PHPM 608 | Overview of Maternal and Child Health Systems and Policy | 3 |
| SOCI 610/WGST 610 | Reproduction, Birth, and Power | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |