In reviewing this list of courses it should be noted that they include both specific leadership courses, devoted entirely to leadership topics, as well as other courses that include both leadership and management topics and other content areas that are critical for public health leaders to master.

The basis for the leadership topics included in these courses are competencies defined by The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, and The National Public Health Leadership Development Network.

The curriculum for the Public Health Leadership Certificate will include four courses totaling 11 graduate credit hours:

PUBH 790: Public Health Leadership Seminar-- Leadership Style: (2 credits) This course is conducted in a face to face workshop format. It is designed to further students' understanding of leadership and of their leadership skills and style. As part of the seminar, students develop personal definitions of leadership and leadership development plans for the future. Students use several leadership assessments to understand various aspects of their leadership styles, including the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), FIRO B, and the Change Style Indicator. Faculty contact: David Steffen, DrPH

PUBH 747: Project Management Principles & Practices (3 credits) This course presents an overview of leadership and management principles and practices with an emphasis on project management; it focuses on management and leadership skills that are applicable to team based organizations and to public health projects and programs. The lifecycle of a project, including planning and leadership of a project's team and daily activities are presented in this course with a focus on ways to achieve maximum efficiency by means of the application of continuous quality improvement techniques to team/ project processes. The course builds on organizational and general management and leadership principles which are applicable to health and medical care, and which promote efficient project management. These management and leadership principles are consolidated using a systems approach to develop a "Quality Project Management System." Faculty contact: William Sollecito, DrPH

PUBH 791: Core Principles of Leadership (3 credits) The Core Principles in Public Health Leadership course introduces students to major theories and concepts of leadership, ways of applying these to public health issues requiring leadership, and provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and resources for further developing their own and others' leadership. Core Principles of Leadership will cover key topics such as major theories and models of leadership, leadership competencies, current public health issues and challenges, ethical issues in leadership, and approaches to change and leadership at the team, organizational and community level. Faculty contact: David Steffen, DrPH

Choose from one of the following spring electives:

PUBH 730: Quality Improvement in Leadership (3 credits) This course explores managerial and organizational issues related to quality to assist managers who are or will be operating in various levels and types of healthcare and public health organizations. The course is designed to balance theory and practical lessons to increase students' knowledge, skills and abilities to lead performance improvement in their organizations.

PUBH 731: Public Health Marketing (3 credits) This course will orient students to market-based strategies, models and tactics for improving individual and community health status within framework of marketing, strategic communication and advocacy.

PUBH 735: Policy Development in Public Health Leadership (3 credits)  This course will address and integrate several key processes in policy development, including: informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues; mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems; and developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.