Are you ready to take the next step in your career while making a meaningful impact on your community? Oakton College’s Public Health Contact Tracer Professional Certificate will prepare you for a critical role in public health. It provides the tools and knowledge needed to succeed in a growing and important field.
Following the pathway, you can complete this 13-credit-hour program and gain the skills required to support public health strategies. Through focused courses, you will develop effective communication, interviewing, and counseling techniques that are essential for working with people affected by infectious diseases. You will also build a foundation in epidemiology and learn how to use systems and tools that are critical for contact tracing. These skills will prepare you to identify cases, provide instructions to reduce disease transmission and connect individuals to resources like testing and care.
Whether you are returning to school or starting for the first time, this program is flexible enough to fit your life. It is ideal for people looking to advance their skills or enter a new career in a meaningful and growing field. Careers in public health and contact tracing are in demand and offer competitive pay.
The Public Health Contact Tracer Professional Certificate prepares you to step into important roles, like contact tracer or disease prevention specialist.
Start building your future today at Oakton College while helping improve the health of your community.
Enrolling at Oakton College can save you thousands of dollars and help you earn more over the course of your career. Our tuition is among the lowest in the region, and we offer many ways to bring your costs down even more.
99 percent of Oakton students graduate without debt.
To help you get there, you can apply for a scholarship, which you don’t have to pay back. We award $12 million in scholarships annually. Financial Aid includes grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance that can reduce your costs of attending college.
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