Curriculum and Course Descriptions
*Required Courses
*600. Foundations of Public Health (3)
Global perspectives of public health and health promotion.
Exploration of essential public health services, public health,
and current issues in global health promotion.
*602. Principles of Epidemiology (3)
Principles and methods used in epidemiologic research, including study
design, confounding, chance, bias, causality, and descriptive and analytic methods.
603R. Special Topics in Public Health (1-7)
Seminar class to explore current global health issues.
*604. Principles of Biostatistics (3)
Basic concepts of biostatistics and their applications and
interpretation. Topics include descriptive statistics, graphics,
diagnostic tests, probability distributions, inference, regression,
and life tables.
*606. Environmental Health Sciences (3)
Environmental risks for human disease. Contributions of physical
and biological. factors, social, economic, and political determinants
relative to sustainable development and the promotion of health.
*607. Public Health Administration (3)
Trends, practices, and issues in public health administration,
emphasizing organizational theory, administrative management,
supervisory and legislative processes, and conflict resolution
from global perspectives.
*608. Determinants of Health Behavior (3)
Exploration of the psychological, social and cultural determinants
of health behavior. Introduction of health behavior theories and
application of behavior change models to program development.
*612. Program Planning and Evaluation (3)
Various program planning and implementation methods, theories,
and skills, including needs assessment, priority setting,
program development, evaluation, and budgeting.
*618. Survey and Research Methods (3)
Designing, administering, and analyzing data collection instruments
for research and evaluation in public health. Covers both
quantitative and qualitative methods.
*619. Infectious and Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (3)
Public health solutions to the leading causes of chronic and infectious
disease mortality in the United States and the world.
*625. Population-Based Health Promotion Interventions (3)
Macro- or population-based interventions, including mass communication, policy
and legislation, media advocacy, social marketing, and community mobilization.
*630. Small-Group Health Promotion Interventions (3)
Micro-interventions: curriculum and the educational process, group dynamics,
training models, consultation, and counseling, including theories used in
health education and adult learning.
640. Grant Writing (2)
For students who are seeking philanthropic, federal, and other sources of funding.
660. Substance Abuse (2)
Epidemiology and etiology of global tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug
use. Exploring educational, clinical, and public policy solutions.
662. Injury Prevention (2)
Epidemiology and interventions for unintentional and intentional injuries
emphasizing intervention effectiveness, including disaster preparedness and response.
664. Social Context of Public Health (2)
Interface between the culture-specific understanding of disease and
the interventions needed to address health problems in culturally diverse setting.
668. Health and Aging Process (2)
Advanced theories of the normal and pathological aging process,
including health promotion and extension of life.
673. Maternal and Child Health Issues (2)
National and global determinants and indicators of maternal and child
health. Public health programs to improve maternal/child health.
676. Malnutrition and Obesity (2)
Overview of under- and over-nutrition as global health problems,
emphasizing social determinants, health impacts, and current health promotion strategies.
678. Advanced Epidemiology (3)
Statistical techniques for analyzing data from epidemiology,
environmental health, biomedical, and other public health-related
research, including linear and logistic regression and life tables.
688R. Field Experience for First-Year Students (6)
Domestic U.S. and international field experience sites in public health settings
that expose students to public health strategies and interventions in multicultural settings.
696R. Independent Studies (1-3)
698R. Graduate Project for Second-Year Students (3)
Prerequisite: HS 697R
Applied community-based project in public health demonstrating acquired skills
and knowledge, and partially completing the MPH capstone experience.