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Certificate in Climate & Disaster Resilience

You can complete this program entirely online, take your classes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, or do a mix of both. In this program, you'll learn how to promote the health of communities threatened by natural hazards, incidents of mass violence, civil conflict, infectious disease outbreaks, and other emergent public health threats. This interdisciplinary certificate focuses on training the leaders of tomorrow to help domestic and international communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. In addition, you'll get hands-on experience through table-top and field simulation exercises.

Gain practical experience

Put evidence into practice with action-oriented table-top and field simulation exercises.

Advance your career

Fill an identified gap in public health disaster and humanitarian response training.

Learn disaster prep skills

Learn how to help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

Curriculum

Course requirement	Course ID	Credits
Introduction to Public Health in Disasters	EHOH 6622	3
Global Response to Disasters and Climate Crises	EHOH 6625	3
Disasters and Climate Crises: Practical Applications	EHOH 6626	3
Climate and Disaster Mental Health	EHOH 6642	3
Electives		3
		15

Curriculum meets U.S. and global standards, including national health security capabilities and humanitarian competencies.

Approved electives (minimum of 3 credits from the following):

Course	Course ID	Credits
CU Anschutz electives
Public Health in the Global Community	CBHS 6619	3
Community Health Assessment	CBHS 6624	3
Health and Human Rights	CBHS 6629	3
Risk Assessment and Decision Making	EHOH 6620	3
GIS for Public Health Research and Practice	EHOH 6621	3
Geographic Perspective on Global Health	EHOH 6623	1
Infectious Disease Environmental Context	EHOH 6624	3
International Travel and Health	EHOH 6633	1
Climate Change and Health	EHOH 6635	3
Communication Skills for Public Health Impact	EHOH 6638	3
Public Health Surveillance	EPID 6624	2
Global Health and Disasters	EPID 6628	2
Applied Global Health Epidemiology	EPID 6634	2
Infectious Disease Epidemiology	EPID 6635	2
Investigation of Disease Outbreaks	EPID 6640	2
Ethical and Legal Issues in Public Health	HSMP 6608	2
Current Global Health Policy Issues	HSMP 6615	2
Comparative Health Systems	HSMP 6618	2
CSU electives
The Culture of Disaster	ANTP 5320	3
Food, Hunger and Culture	ANTP 5380	3
Food Systems, Nutrition and Food Security	FSHN 5000	2
Applications of International Development	IEOO 6790	3

Comprehension of an all-hazards approach to disasters, including climate-related events, natural hazards, disease outbreaks, acts of violence, technological disasters, complex and cascading crises
Demonstration of knowledge of why and how climate variability and change create hazards and disasters
Analysis of public health implications of disasters, including how outcomes differ by event type
Comprehension of public health informed climate and disaster cycle frameworks for mitigation, preparation, response and recovery
Application of public health approaches to climate and disaster events, including hazards and risk analysis, mitigation and preparedness, incident management and response coordination
Synthesis of knowledge of social determinants of climate and disaster vulnerability, including factors that influence exposure risk, response and recovery
Application of best practice public health climate and disaster interventions, focused on increasing adaptive capacity, fostering resilience, incorporating social justice or promoting equity
Comprehension of practice-oriented frameworks, including core capabilities associated with climate change adaptation and resilience, and national and global public health emergency preparedness and response

Total credits: 15

MPH students also completing a concurrent specialty certificate will need to meet the requirements of both the MPH and the certificate with only nine overlapping credits and have a minimum of 48 total credits to graduate with both.

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Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor

Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045

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Certificate in Climate & Disaster Resilience

Curriculum

Total credits: 15

Colorado School of Public Health

Certificate in Climate & Disaster Resilience

Curriculum

Required courses

Electives

Learning objectives

Total credits: 15

Colorado School of Public Health