Public Health Graduate Certificate in GIS
The role of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, research and spatial analysis is a valuable tool in public health today to better understand the geography of disease and its risk factors. The role of GIS is rapidly increasing in the development of public health policy for targeted prevention and intervention methods. GIS technology is now applied by WHO, the CDC, FEMA, state and local health departments, and various other public health organizations.
In conjunction with UNT's Department of Geography, the UNT Health Science Center's School of Public Health is now offering a 15 semester credit hour (SCH) certificate program to train students for public health research and practice in an academic or industry setting using GIS.
The Public Health Graduate Certificate in GIS is a 15 SCH program as part of,
or in addition to, a graduate degree program in the School of Public
Health. The benefit of embedding the Certificate within a graduate
degree program is
that common, required coursework may, under some situations, apply to
the Certificate without the need for additional credit hours. By the
completion of the certificate program students will be able to:
- Understand geographic information science principles in the context of public health
- Demonstrate knowledge of methods of the geospatial analysis of public health information
- Apply appropriate geospatial methods to public health research, practice, and policy
- Use GIS software and geodatabase design to access, manage, and analyze spatial health data
Curriculum (15 SCH)
| Course | Course Title | Credits | Semesters Offered | |
| EPID | 5300 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 SCH | All |
| BIOS | 5310 | Biostatistics for Public Health II | 3 SCH | Spring |
| EOHS | 5362 | GIS and Health | 3 SCH | Fall |
| EOHS | 5364 | Medical Geography | 3 SCH | Spring |
| EOHS | 5391 | Application of Health Information and Spatial Analysis* | 3 SCH | Summer |
*Course must be taken after the successful completion of EPID 5300, BIOS 5310, EOHS 5362 and EOHS 5364.
Admissions and Certificate Receipt Requirements
- Admission and matriculation to a graduate program in the UNTHSC School of Public Health or Alum from UNTHSC SPH
- Completion of required 15 semester credit hours of courses
- Maintenance of overall graduate program GPA of equal or greater than 3.0
Application Procedure
- Complete Application and mail to:
UNTHSC-School of Public Health
Office of Admission & Academic Services, EAD-716
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76107
