HIV/AIDS Studies - Certificate
Program Contacts
Mission
Please note: This program is no longer accepting new students.
This graduate certificate provides students with HIV/AIDS knowledge to enable them to work effectively in HIV/AIDS public health organizations, community-based organizations, AIDS service organizations, and HIV/AIDS research.
Program Requirements
- Stand Alone. Eighteen graduate credits are required. Students in the stand-alone certificate must take at least 12 of the program-specific credits.
- The program director/advisor must pre-approve all course selections and sequencing by developing a “program of study” with the student prior to initial registration. Graduate Certificate students must meet with their advisor each semester before registration, and all changes to the program of study must be approved.
- Add-On. Graduate Credit Requirement for students enrolled concurrently in a SPHHS Degree Program: 12 credits are required. Students enrolled in a MPH program at GWU must take at least nine of the program-specific credits. (For students in the MPH program as well as the certificate, 12 certificate credits are in addition to the required 45 MPH credits; a total of 57 credits will be taken to award both the MPH and the certificate.)
- Transfer Credit. The program director/advisor may approve up to four graduate credits that have not been applied to a previous graduate degree as transfer credit into the graduate certificate program. Course(s) must be relevant to the graduate certificate; credit must have been earned from an accredited institution within the past three years with a grade of B or better.
- Grade Point Requirement. A 3.0 (B average) overall grade point average or better is required.
- Time Limit Requirement. The certificate must be completed within 2 years.
Program-at-a-Glance- Stand Alone Certificate
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Program Specific Courses: Must take at least 9 credits
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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PubH 6003 |
Principles and Practice of Epidemiology (Note: required prereq for most other courses) |
3 |
Summer, Fall, Spring |
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HSci 6287 |
Biology of HIV/AIDS |
3 |
Fall
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PubH 6378 |
HIV Policy in the U.S. |
2 |
Every other ummer
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PubH 6559 |
HIV Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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2 |
Fall |
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PubH 6250 |
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Fall |
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PubH 6255 |
Organizational Responses to the Local, National & Global HIV/AIDS Epidemics Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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Program Content Courses: Must take at least 3 credits
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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PubH 6253 |
Issues in HIV Care and Treatment
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1 |
Fall |
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PubH 6299 |
Pediatric AIDS
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1 |
Summer |
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PubH 6273
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Ethnographic Methods as Applied in Public Health Prereq: PubH 6003 |
1 |
Fall |
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PubH 6270 |
HIV / AIDS Surveillance Prereq: PubH 6003 |
1 |
Fall |
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Program Electives: Must take at least 6 additional credits from this category, Program Specific or Program Content courses
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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PubH 6259 |
Epidemiologic Surveillance in Public Health Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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PubH 6245 |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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PubH 6262 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Prereq: PubH 6002 |
1 |
Summer, Fall, Spring |
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PubH 6263 |
Advanced Geographic Information Systems Prereq: PubH 6262 |
1 |
Fall, Spring |
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PubH 6299 |
Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
1 |
Spring |
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PubH 6299 |
Qualitative Data Uses in Public Health |
1 |
Fall |
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PubH 6299 |
Others to be announced |
1-2 |
Summer, Fall, Spring |
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Electives |
Advisor’s Approval Required |
Varies |
Advisor’s Approval |
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Program-at-a-Glance- Add-On Certificate
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Program-Specific Courses: Must take at least 6 credits
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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HSci 6287 |
Biology of HIV/AIDS |
3 |
Fall
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PubH 6378 |
HIV Policy in the U.S. |
2 |
Summer
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PubH 6559 |
HIV Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Approach
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2 |
Fall |
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PubH 6250 |
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Fall |
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PubH 6255 |
Organizational Responses to the Local, National, & Global HIV/AIDS Epidemics Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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Program Content Courses: Must take at least 3 credits
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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PubH 6253 |
Issues in HIV Care and Treatment
|
1 |
Fall |
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PubH 6299 |
Pediatric AIDS
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1 |
Summer |
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PubH 6273
|
Ethnographic Methods as Applied in Public Health Prereq: PubH 6003 |
1 |
Fall |
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PubH 6270 |
HIV / AIDS Surveillance Prereq: PubH 6003 |
1 |
Fall |
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Program Electives: Must take at least 3 additional credits from this category, Program Specific or Program Content courses
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Credits |
Semester Offered |
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PubH 6259 |
Epidemiologic Surveillance in Public Health Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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PubH 6245 |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Prereq: PubH 6003 |
2 |
Spring |
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PubH 6262 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Prereq: PubH 6002 |
1 |
Summer, Fall, Spring |
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PubH 6263 |
Advanced Geographic Information Systems Prereq: PubH 6262 |
1 |
Fall, Spring |
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PubH 6299 |
Others to be announced |
1-2 |
Summer, Fall, Spring |
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Electives |
Advisor’s Approval Required |
Varies |
Advisor’s Approval |
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Past Program Guides
This is the current program guide for this program. Students should follow the course requirements from the year in which they entered the program.