Health and Culture Certificate

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12 Credit Hours Required

This program will benefit students in a variety of majors, including Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Health Sciences, and Public Health. This certificate will enhance students’ knowledge base and employability in public health professions. Skills unique to this certificate include the ability to engage with people of diverse culture and learn how healthcare is defined and practiced in different cultures, with an overall goal to improve the quality of healthcare work.

Certificate Requirements

Complete two of the following courses in ANTH or SOC:
ANTH 210 - Cultural Anthropology (C) [SGR #3, HSDC]
ANTH 465 - Medical Anthropology
SOC 471 - Medical Sociology (C)
Complete two of the following courses in HSC:
HSC 281 - Human Disease
HSC 315 - Introduction to Public Health
HSC 325 - Global Health
HSC 380 - Health Literacy and Culture Care

State Authorization - It Matters Where You Live

If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference USD’s State Authorization webpage.

State Authorization