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.
Additionally, the MCH certificate offers electives from:
Eligibility
This program is open to any graduate student in good standing at Texas A&M University, as well as any applicant with a bachelor's degree from an accredited university and is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident. Current enrollment at Texas A&M University is not a requirement. If you are not a current TAMU student, you will be required to complete the SOPHAS Express application for admission, more information to follow.
Dates and Deadlines
There is not a deadline for admission to the certificate program if you are a currently enrolled TAMU student. If you are not currently enrolled at TAMU, deadlines are as follows:
Spring Admission: November 15
Fall Admission: July 15
How to Apply
Applicants are required to submit the following for screening. If you are not a currently enrolled TAMU student, additional information on the application process will be sent to you after approval of the screening information.
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- Certificate Program Application
- Personal Statement
- Resume sent by email to SPH-OSA@tamu.edu
Required courses
For more detailed information regarding these courses, including course descriptions, please see the Texas A&M course Catalog.
Course Number | Course Name | Hours |
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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 Semester Credit Hours | 12 |