Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates are designed as options for students who hold a baccalaureate degree or a master's degree and who want to enroll in a part-time, short, coherent course of study at the graduate level.

Those who may not be ready to commit to a full-length graduate program, as well as those who already hold a graduate degree but want to pursue additional work in the same or another field, may find that a certificate provides the perfect alternative.

The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Administration is ideal for individuals seeking professional development or specialized knowledge in how healthcare organizations work and how to manage healthcare personnel.

We offer some of the most in-demand knowledge and skills for the 21st century healthcare workforce.

School of Health Sciences offers the following graduate certificates:

  • Epidemiology is a basic science of public health that is used to study disease and health patterns as well as causes and effects within specific populations or communities. In this certificate program, students will learn how epidemiology is used to identify causes of disease, identify populations at high risk for disease, develop preventative methods, and evaluate public health strategies.

  • In this certificate program, students will explore the challenges of globalization and health equity around the world and how ethics and human rights shape global health-focused research, programs, and policies. Students will design, implement, and evaluate global health programs to provide sustainable solutions for public health and prevent communicable disease. They also will participate in emergency preparedness efforts at local, national, and international levels.

  • In the health promotion certificate program, students will learn how to design, plan, implement, and evaluate effective health education practices and interventions to address public health challenges and facilitate behavioral changes to improve population health.

  • This certificate is useful for professionals employed in the public, private, or nonprofit sector of the healthcare field. Course work provides students with a foundation across the five domains of healthcare administration: communication and relationship management, leadership, professionalism, knowledge of healthcare environment, and general business knowledge and skills. The certificate prepares them to be knowledgeable about key aspects of the healthcare industry.

  • The goal of our certificate in healthcare compliance is fostering student success in risk management processes, including identification, assessment, management, and mitigation in a healthcare setting. Students will demonstrate competence in understanding health systems and organizations, health law and policy, risk assessment and management, and healthcare compliance.

  • Our certificate in healthcare improvement promotes student success in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling quality improvement projects in a healthcare setting. Students will demonstrate competence in understanding health systems and organizations, organizational climate and culture, project management, and principles of Lean Six Sigma.

  • Our certificate in healthcare informatics fosters student success in data analysis, decision making, and problem solving by applying quantitative analytical tools and rational models in a healthcare administration setting. Students will demonstrate competence in understanding health systems and organizations, health information technology, revenue cycle management, and health analytics.

  • This certificate is approved by the Department of Health Services, State of Connecticut to prepare students to become long-term care administrators. Students who complete this certification are eligible to take the licensing examination for long-term care administrators.

    This certificate program will help you to develop the professional skills to enhance career opportunities in long-term care.



    Licensure Information

    The UniversityÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ™s Long-Term Health Care Graduate Certificate program:

    • Meets the educational requirements for licensure in CT.
    • We have not yet made a determination if our curriculum meets the licensure requirements in AL, AK, AS, AZ, AR, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, MP, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY.

    Please note that we are currently working through the states' requirements and will update this information as we make the determinations.

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  • This certificate is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of the close connections among nutrition, health, and disease as well as to provide them with a detailed study of the body of knowledge necessary to understand these connections and the evidence supporting them. The certificate in Nutritional Genomics provides the detailed understanding of the principles of nutritional genomics, such as how individual genetic variation can influence the assimilation and metabolism of nutrition and how nutrition can affect the expression of certain genes known to be involved in chronic diseases.