Programs
Microcredentials
Gain New Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
Flexible microcredentials designed to build in-demand public health skills and enhance your career—on your schedule.
Microcredentials offer a flexible way for learners to gain focused skills, knowledge, and experience in high-demand areas of public health. Upon successful completion, learners receive a digital badge from the University of Arizona that can be shared with employers and professional networks, and displayed on platforms such as LinkedIn.
Current Microcredentials
Skills in Management for Public Health Emergencies
Develop applied skills in global public health emergency management, including outbreak control, emergency response planning, crisis communication, stakeholder engagement, and resource mobilization.
Skills
Emergency management, outbreak management, crisis communication, risk communication, public health emergency preparedness, and resource mobilization.
Affiliated Course
HPS 459/559 – Management of Global Public Health Emergencies
Next-Gen Health Data Surveillance
Build expertise in applying next-generation health data surveillance and ethical frameworks to epidemiological research and public health practice. Learners gain skills in surveillance system design, advanced analytics, network modeling, and digital health interventions.
Skills
Digital epidemiology, public health surveillance, health data management, data analysis, digital public health, and social network epidemiology.
Affiliated Course
Public Health Future Explorers
Explore digital public health through campaign design, artificial intelligence or Internet of Things technologies, policy alignment, stakeholder engagement, and quantitative data analysis.
Skills
AI literacy, digital public health strategy, campaign design, quantitative data analysis, policy development, and ethical reasoning in health technology.
Affiliated Course
Applied AI in Public Health Practice
Gain experience applying AI to public health through data analysis, geospatial methods, and AI prototyping. Learners demonstrate skills in prompt engineering, data integration, reproducible workflows, ethical analysis, equity considerations, and AI adoption strategies.
Skills
AI literacy, digital public health strategy, campaign design, quantitative data analysis, policy development, and ethical reasoning in health technology.
Affiliated Program
AI Summer School for Public Health (non-credit professional development program)
Global Health Systems & Equity Analysis
Analyze global health systems and inequities, interpret population data, evaluate health policies, and produce a professional advocacy brief meeting graduate-level competency standards for international development contexts.
Skills
Global health analysis, health equity evaluation, population data interpretation, evidence-based decision-making, and policy advocacy writing.
Affiliated Program
Cost & Availability
Microcredentials are currently free for University of Arizona students, including non-degree-seeking students.
Courses may be offered online, in-person, or in hybrid formats, depending on the program.
What is a Digital Badge?
At the successful completion of a microcredential program, learners are awarded a digital badge. These badges represent the skills mastered and function like a digital form of a credential.
Digital badges are issued through Credly, a platform that ensures credentials are secure, verifiable, and easily shareable across LinkedIn, professional networks, and other digital platforms.
Each badge includes detailed information about the program’s requirements and learning outcomes, allowing learners to confidently showcase their verified skills and increase visibility with employers and recruiters.
Ready to build your skills?
Explore available microcredentials and take the next step in your public health journey.
Have questions?
For additional information, including how microcredentials differ from certificates and degree programs, visit:
University of Arizona Registrar’s Office – Microcredentials & Digital Badges