Online Public Health Certificates
Overview
Develop In-Demand Skills and Enhance Your Impact
No matter where you are in your career as a public health professional, there’s always room to learn more. That’s why Norwich University offers a suite of specialized certificates that can help you gain in-demand skills and position yourself for new opportunities.
Choose from the following options:
- Five stackable graduate certificates for individuals who want to learn job-relevant skills today while earning credits they can apply toward a Master of Public Health degree
- Post-Master's Certificate in Community and Public Health for learners who already hold an MSN degree and aspire to boost their knowledge of public health issues
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Response Planning for Health, Wellness and Disease Prevention, designed to teach skills that can help prevent or mitigate a crisis
Stackable Public Health Graduate Certificates
Norwich offers five certificates to help you incrementally expand your skillset as a public health professional. Each certificate takes 22 weeks to complete and covers foundational topics as well as more specialized areas such as research, public policy, disease prevention, and crisis management.
Since each certificate helps build a foundation for the ones that come after it, students who do not currently have a master’s in public health are required to complete certificate 1 before taking certificate 2 or 3, and must complete certificates 2 and 3 before taking certificate 4 or 5.
All credits you earn from successfully completing a certificate can also be applied toward Norwich’s online Master of Public Health. If you complete all five certificates, you’ll only need to take two additional courses (PUBH 550 Public Health Practicum and PUBH 560 Capstone) to earn a full master’s degree.

Certificate 1: Public Health Foundations
Length:
22 weeks
Total Credits:
8
Prerequisites:
None
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
Calendar
Application Deadline:
February 6, 2026
Upcoming Start Date:
February 16, 2026
This certificate includes two courses
Certificate 2: Healthcare Advocacy & Leadership
Length:
22 weeks
Total Credits:
6
Prerequisites:
MPH holders: None
Non-MPH holders: Certificate 1
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes two courses
Certificate 3: Public Health Promotion & Epidemiology
Length:
22 weeks
Total Credits:
6
Prerequisites:
MPH holders: None
Non-MPH holders: Certificate 1
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes two courses
Certificate 4: Global Health, Research & Practice
Length:
22 weeks
Total Credits:
7
Prerequisites:
MPH holders: None
Non-MPH holders: Certificates 1, 2 & 3
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes two courses
Certificate 5: Public Health Disaster Response & Crisis Management
Length:
22 weeks
Total Credits:
8
Prerequisites:
MPH holders: None
Non-MPH holders: Certificates 1, 2, 3 & 4
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes two courses
Post Master’s Certificate in Community and Public Health
Length:
12 months
Total Credits:
18
Prerequisite:
MSN Degree
Tuition:
$550 per credit hour for active military and first responders
$750 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes five courses
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Response Planning for Health, Wellness and Disease Prevention
Length:
36 weeks
Total Credits:
12
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of the following courses:
PUBH 310 Public Health Evaluation Methods
PUBH 311 Public Health Research
Tuition:
$250 per credit hour for active military
$500 per credit hour for non-military
This certificate includes four courses
