Health & Medical Geography Certificate | Department of Geography and the Environment

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Health & Medical Geography Certificate

Careers in Environmental Health, Public Health, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Geography are intertwined because prevention, detection, management, and research on health in populations is inherently geographic. This certificate blends powerful analytical skills and concepts from Health and Medical Geography.

Read more about careers in health and medical geography here and here.

Required courses, 12 hours

A grade of B or better is required in all courses applied to the certificate.

GEOG 3120 Medical Geography

GEOG 3500 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEOG 4185 Statistical Research Methods in Geography

GEOG 4580 GIS in Health

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