Certificates in the College of Health Sciences and Professions
Several undergraduate and graduate certificates are offered to CHSP students and many of them are available to students of all majors.
Undergraduate Certificates
Appalachian Studies Certificate
- Enhance your degree with a foundation in Appalachian issues
- Engage in service to benefit the region and yourself
- Empower yourself to be a better professional through interdisciplinary study
The certificate is a place-based study that provides transferrable skills for students to use to understand other places beyond Appalachia. It is especially beneficial for students who plan to work with underserved populations for their careers.
More information is available on the program webpage of the academic catalog or by contacting Tiffany Arnold, Department of Social and Public Health.
Diabetes Certificate
- Educates and prepares students to better understand the multifaceted and complex condition of diabetes.
- Offers a unique opportunity for students to obtain interdisciplinary education and training opportunities as well as service learning, clinical and/or research opportunities guided by experts in diabetes.
- The need for this diabetes program is underscored by the high prevalence of this condition locally and nationwide, as well as by the vibrant diabetes-related infrastructure currently available at ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ.
More information is available on the program webpage of the or by contacting Kim Orben, School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness.
Gerontology Certificate
- For students in any major program who want to gain knowledge and skills for a career that involves working with the elderly.
- Includes coursework in that facilitates student learning opportunities.
- Health care, social services, recreation, mental health, education, administration and business are examples of service areas that now employ large numbers of persons working with and for the aging population.
More information is available on the program webpage of the or by contacting Julie Brown, Social and Public Health.
Global Health Certificate
- Encourages an understanding of the complex nature of health in resource-poor settings and the ability to access information concerning specific topics on global health.
- Instruction takes a broad-based approach, focusing on determinants of health, access to health and health care, and primary care and interdisciplinary team-based models of sustainable health care, as opposed to vertical, disease-specific approaches.
- A blended approach of online, hands-on, and lab-based coursework is used to deliver content.
Interprofessional Care Certificate
- Focuses on interprofessional collaboration and teamwork in health care.
- Largely based on the The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) competencies and includes coursework that focuses on how healthcare professionals work as team members to improve health outcomes.
- The certificate is appropriate for any student who plans to work in the health care industry.
Ohio School Nurse License Certificate
- Core courses are 100% online
- Must be a licensed RN in the state of Ohio
- Designed to meet the requirements for the Ohio Department of Education School Nurse Professional Pupil Services Licensure
- Builds upon undergraduate education in preparation to serve a primary school population
- Taught by faculty who are experts in school and pediatric nursing
More information is available on the program webpage of the .
Performing Arts Health and Wellness Certificate
This certificate provides a foundation in the health and wellness aspects of participating in performing arts. There are two primary target groups: [1] performing arts students desiring added qualification in health and wellness to meet the increasing attention of arts organizations to the well-being of artists, and [2] health care and other health science students (e.g., athletic training, exercise physiology, nutrition) desiring added qualification in health and wellness for performing artists as a means of entering the field of performing arts medicine.
Students will engage with the field of performing arts medicine by understanding how the human body functions and how performing arts induce substantial physical demands on artists. The health, and health care, of performing artists is receiving increasing attention today. Because of its program in Science and Health in Artistic Performance (SHAPe), including the SHAPe Clinic, ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ is an international leader in performing arts medicine.
Examples of opportunities upon graduation:
- Performing arts faculty member with special expertise in artistic health and wellness
- Health care professional wanting to enter the field of performing arts medicine
- Health and wellness professional wanting to work with performing artists
More information about this certificate is available on the academic catalog or by contacting Jeff Russell, assistant professor.
Professional Deaf Resources Liaison Certificate
- For any student interested in furthering their understanding of American Sign Language (ASL) and/or the history, community and culture of individuals who are deaf.
- Provides students with the necessary knowledge and skill in ASL to become allies across the deaf community.
- Gain a firm underpinning for entry into a collaborative career with the deaf community in fields including health and human services, education, social services, community service agencies, vocational rehabilitation and more.
Sports Nutrition Certificate
The Sports Nutrition Certificate provides cumulative education and skills training to equip students to provide sound sports nutrition information to their clients. Completing the certificate will help graduates to be more competitive in the workforce as they provide nutrition education to their clients in the collegiate, recreational, high school, performing arts and military arena.
More information is available on the program webpage of the or by contacting Jessica Arquette, School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness.
Workplace Health and Safety Certificate
The Workplace Health and Safety Certificate (WHSC) is a 15-credit hour academic certificate intended to provide an additional job skillset to students to complement their major, such as business, human resources, engineering, chemistry and health care (to name just a few). This certificate is intended to provide students in majors other than occupational hygiene and safety with a marketable academic sub-specialty in their elected primary area of academic study. (The certificate is not open to students majoring in occupational hygiene and safety, or environmental health and safety.) Certificate holders will be more attractive to prospective employers, giving students broader career possibilities.
The WHSC is earned with six credit hours from two essential courses in workplace safety: Essentials of Occupational Hygiene and Safety Professions (OHS 2000) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (EH 4400). In addition, the certificate requires nine elective credit hours to be selected from different disciplines within ÃÛèÖÊÓƵ.
Recent U.S. Department of Labor Statistics indicate health and safety job demand to be among the top 20 occupations in the U.S. until at least 2020. All Fortune 1000 companies have a professional safety function within their organization and smaller companies—those with less than 250 employees typically—often require some expertise from the safety profession. Accordingly, the need for WHSC holders is expected to rise and remain steady in the near-to-mid term.
More information is available on the program webpage of the academic catalog or contact Michele Morrone.
Veterans Advocacy Certificate
This online certificate enables students to understand military culture and the challenges of transitioning to civilian life, address health needs and disparities, including emotional and mental health support and healthcare challenges, and respond to civil legal issues while shaping the development of law and public policy related to veterans’ needs.
Through interdisciplinary coursework, students gain insight into the social, legal, and healthcare challenges impacting veterans, empowering them to advocate for comprehensive and culturally competent support and care.
More information is available on the Veterans Advocacy Certificate program webpage.
Graduate Certificates
Appalachian Studies Certificate
The certificate in Appalachian Health is designed to provide students with a specialized education in Appalachian health. It will provide students with the foundational knowledge of Appalachian history, culture, and health that will allow them to develop an intense understanding of the context in which they will be working if they choose to work in the region. This specialized focus supports the educational workforce development needs of public health employees not only in Ohio but within the broader Appalachian region.
More information is available on the program webpage of the academic catalog or Tiffany Arnold.
Child Language and Literacy Certificate
- The College of Health Sciences and Professions and the College of Education jointly sponsor a graduate certificate program that provides graduate students in speech-language pathology and teacher education with foundational knowledge in child language and literacy.
- The knowledge gained from this Child Language and Literacy Certificate better prepares future professionals in education and speech-language pathology to support children’s language and literacy skills in the school setting.
Clinical Informatics Certificate
- Focuses on how clinicians store, retrieve and analyze health information. In practice, knowledge of clinical informatics transforms the delivery of health care by creating information and communication systems to help clinicians design, implement and analyze health data to enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care, and foster efficient and effective clinician-patient interactions. Clinical informaticians use their knowledge to assess knowledge and needs of health care professionals and patients; characterize and refine clinical processes; develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems; and lead or participate in procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinician information for the benefits of patients. They collaborate with other health care and technology professionals to develop tools that promote patient care that is safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable.
- Within health care, one of the fastest-growing fields. As medical facilities move towards electronic medical records, more skilled professionals in clinical informatics will be needed. Doctors and other health