Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Community Health Promotion in Social Work
UTRGV MSSW students have an opportunity to earn a Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Community Health Promotion in Social Work while earning the MSSW degree. Students do not need to complete more hours than required for the MSSW degree. Macro concentration students complete the requirements for the certificate by completing the required courses in the concentration.
All Micro students complete three courses required for the certificate: SOCW 6315, SOCW 6332 and SOCW 6342. To complete the fourth course requirement for the certificate, Micro concentration students must select one of the courses listed below as their elective:
SOCW 6395.90L Natural Environment and Human Well-Being* ^
SOCW 6336.90L Advanced Macro Assessment* ^
SOCW 6340 Advanced Social Work Practice with Organizations*
SOCW 6341 Advanced Social Work Practice with Communities*
SOCW 6399-01R Community-Based Participatory Research
*offered Fall 2020
^ delivered fully online in Fall 2020
Overview of the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Community Health Promotion in Social Work
This graduate certificate will enable social workers to engage more effectively in preventing disease and poor health by addressing the social, economic and environmental conditions that facilitate or impede health and well-being. A sustainability framework guides efforts to advance social, economic and environmental justice and facilitates inter-professional communication and collaboration to address persistent health disparities locally and globally. The certificate program addresses social work competency 3: Advance human rights and social, economic and environmental justice.
If you have any questions about the certificate program, please contact Dr. Catherine Faver at catherine.faver@utrgvedu