Graduate Certificate Programs - ASU College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Specialist - This innovative 15-credit online certificate program is designed specifically for pediatric and family nurse practitioners, as well as physicians and other interdisciplinary healthcare providers who desire to enhance their knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of common mental and behavioral health problems in children and adolescents. The certificate is predominantly an online distance education program with two immersion visits to the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus for orientation and intensive learning.
Clinical Research Management Graduate Certificate - This 15-credit online certificate program is designed to educate nurses, physicians and other healthcare professionals throughout the nation and internationally to work in the diversified and complex clinical research industry. This specialty takes a multidisciplinary approach in providing an education strong in clinical research business and financial practices; ethical and regulatory aspects of research; and overall management of clinical drug, biological, and medical device trials. The program is designed to be flexible and conducive to the adult learner.
Community and Public Health Practice Graduate Certificate - This certificate program is directed toward students with a Bachelor of Science degree who currently work in community or public health or other relevant field, who want to solve public health problems and apply a breadth of knowledge and expertise in the community. It is open to both nursing and non-nursing students. The curriculum consists of an online program of study of 16-18 hours of graduate study that may be applied toward the Master of Science degree. Part-time study is available. For more information, please call (602) 543-6742.
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Graduate Certificate - This certificate program is designed to prepare nurse clinicians, educators and other healthcare professionals as experts in evidence-based practice (EBP) and system-wide change agents for the advancement and sustainability of EBP. This 17 credit hour, 12 month program is user friendly and constructed in a distance learning, online format to facilitate involvement of the participants, no matter where they live. Admission is once per year and classes begin in January. Two on-site visits to ASU are required. The initial visit is a 3-day orientation and the final visit is a 3-day immersion residency fellowship that culminates the program. In addition, there is an optional 4 day boot camp at the beginning of course work.
International Health for Health Professionals - This innovative and timely 16-credit online graguate certificate program is designed to prepare primary care providers and other healthcare professionals, who currently work or plan to work in health care or health-related fields to improve culturally-responsive health care provision, and respond to global health care needs and interventions. To our knowledge, there is no other program in the United States that offers this kind of comprehensive graduate certificate to prepare health care personnel to meet the global health challenges of the 21st Century. This certificate program is a part-time, one year plan of study. Course content is on-line, with 2-day visits to ASU Downtown Campus and a summer Capstone immersion. Two of the five weeks of the summer immersion will take place in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Nurse Education in Academic and Practice Settings Graduate Certificate - This innovative program, offered mostly online, is for nurses who have at least a bachelor's degree and who are interested in teaching in academic or practice settings. The 15-credit hour program includes courses covering curriculum development, teaching in the classroom or online, developing and evaluating educational programs in clinical and practice settings, and a teaching practicum. This certificate program addresses a state and national need for qualified nurse educators who are increasingly in short supply. For more information, call the Program Office at
(480) 727-6930.