Professional Certificate in Total Worker Health®

This certificate is designed for working professionals by offering flexible requirements. To review our course descriptions and compare your prior coursework, please see the coursebook on the Courses & Registration page. If you have not taken courses in this area previously, the graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health may be more appropriate.

 

Courses	Course ID	Credits
Health Promotion & Health Protection in the Workplace	EHOH 6628	3
Spectrums of Professions Protection & Promoting Worker Health	EHOH 6634	1
Occupational Health Psychology: Improving Health & Well-Being at Work	EHOH 6639	3
Intro to Environmental & Occupational Health	EHOH 6614	3
Intro to Occupational Safety & Ergonomics (Intro to Workplace Health Protection)	EHOH 6629	2
Communication Skills for Public Health Impact	EHOH 6638	3
		15

 

Upon successful completion of the Certificate in Total Worker Health (TWH), students will be able to:

• Explain why TWH is an emerging field
• Define key terminology and frameworks for TWH
• Identify significant workplace wellness or safety-related government agencies or organizations and discuss their perspectives and policies on health promotion or protection
• Describe the role of advocacy or leadership in TWH
• Apply health behavior, leadership, or organizational change theories or intervention approaches in the workplace setting
• Compare the elements of a "culture of health" to the elements of a "culture of safety" and how they can be integrated
• Recognize "best practices by reading, critiquing, or applying research to workplace practice
• Identify evidence-based, practical policy or programmatic strategies for organizations implementing TWH
• Design, implement, or evaluate TWH systems and programs
• Communicate the business case (value proposition) for implementing TWH
• Discuss future trends, needs, or solutions for promoting TWH

You must have received a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA 3.0. If your GPA is below a 3.0, please include an explanation of why it fell below a 3.0 and how you plan to address any prior academic deficiencies as a graduate student.

Scholarship-specific requirements:

All scholarship recipients need to be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted as permanent residents. Non-citizen nationals are generally persons born in outlying possessions of the United States (for example, American Samoa and Swains Island). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

1. Complete the application form
   
2. Apply for the program and scholarship (if applicable) by July 1st for a Fall start or November 1st for a Spring start.*
3. Applications will be reviewed by the Mountain & Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) Certificate in TWH core faculty. Official notifications will be made within weeks via email.
4. Upon acceptance into the program, register as a non-degree seeking student by the deadline. Visit the non-degree applicants page for details on when to register and how to register.

*Note: You can submit your scholarship application at the same time as you apply to the program, but you must be accepted into the program to be eligible to receive the scholarship.

Students must 1) receive a passing grade (at least a B-) in all coursework, 2) represent themselves as professionals and candidates in the Professional Certificate in TWH (e.g., include in their email signature), and 3) must complete the curriculum within two years and enroll in at least one of the required courses the first semester they are enrolled in the program. Failure to meet these expectations will result in a discontinuation of the program and scholarship (if applicable).

	Professional Certificate in TWH	Graduate Certificate in TWH
Conferred by	Center for Health, Work & Environment	Colorado School of Public Health
Audience	Working professionals	Working professionals and graduate students
Course requirements	6 required courses (15 credits), but flexible credit hour requirement options depending on experience	6 required courses (15 credits)
Registration process	Register as a non-degree seeking student one week before the start of classes	Register as a certificate student soon as registration opens
Where to find program information	On this webpage	On the Certificate in Total Worker Health webpage
Who to contact for more information	For questions related to this Professional Certificate in Total Worker Health, please contact the Center for Health, Work & Environment.	For questions related to the graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health, please contact the Office of Admissions & Student Affairs.

If you enroll in the graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health at a later date, a total of 9 credit hours taken as a non-degree student may be applied to that program. You must receive a grade of B- or higher to apply credits.

If you enroll in an MPH program at a later date, a total of 9 credit hours taken as a non-degree student may be applied to the program. You must receive a grade of B- or higher to apply credits.

Please visit the Cost of Attendance page for tuition and fee information. Individuals accepted into this program will be considered non-degree seeking students.

This program is not eligible for federal financial aid. However, we do offer scholarships to help offset the program costs. If you wish to complete a certificate that is eligible for federal financial aid, we encourage you to explore the graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health program.

1. Enroll as a non-degree seeking student by the appropriate deadline for your desired start date and follow all steps needed to register.
2. Register for courses starting one week before the start of classes for the semester. To review that deadline, please see the academic calendar.
   

For questions related to this Professional Certificate in Total Worker Health, please contact the Center for Health, Work & Environment. For questions related to the graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health, please contact the Office of Academic & Student Affairs.