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Master of Public Health (8300)
| 601 | PUBLIC HEALTH CONCEPTS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Organizational structure, history, law, ethics, essential services, global problems, and future of public health. | ||
| 602 | SOCIAL & BEHAV SCI IN PUB HLTH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Theories of health education and promotion; interventions (communication, collaboration, and strategies); socio-cultural, diversity, and regional issues as pertains to public health. | ||
| 603 | EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Epidemiological concepts, methods, and public health applications. Student presentations to focus on special topics such as infectious diseases, chronic conditions, etc. | ||
| 604 | BIOSTATISTICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Biostatistics basics, statistical inference, central tendency tests, analysis of variance, regression analysis, survival analysis, and applications in public health. Epi Info and JMP statistical packages. | ||
| 605 | HEALTH SERV ADMN IN PUB HEALTH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Management principles, planning and evaluation,grant-writing, economics, policy, data sources, and applications to public health. | ||
| 606 | ENV HEALTH SCIENCE IN PUB HLTH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Admission to the MPH program. Air/water quality, food hygiene, sanitation, solid waste management, hazardous materials management, vector-borne disease, occupational health, legal issues, environmental hazard identification and response. | ||
| 608 | PUBLIC HEALTH PRAC & ISSUES | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 601, 602, 603, 604. Informatics, communication, diversity, cultural proficiency, biology, and ethics are applied in a public health organizational practice setting. This is a required online practice-based course. | ||
| 610 | GRANT WRIT IN PUBLC HLTH PRACT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: admission to the MPH Program. Methods and techniques for writing grant proposals to fund public health programs and operations. | ||
| 680 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 681 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 682 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 683 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 684 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 685 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 686 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 687 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 688 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 689 | ST: PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-5 credits |
| Special topic sections will focus on specific topics of current interest in public health. | ||
| 695 | INDEPENDENT STDY:PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission of academic advisor and instructor. Includes research or other individual projects designed jointly by student and instructor. Covers topics not available in electives listing. (May only be taken for a maximum of 3 credits). | ||
| 696 | PRACT: MASTERS PUBLIC HEALTH | 1-3 credits |
| Student is teamed with a faculty advisor and community preceptor(s) to work on a meaningful public health issue. For students who desire additional field experience. credit/noncredit. | ||
| 697 | CAPSTONE PROJECT | 3-6 credits |
| A required culminating experience for MPH students to be taken after all core courses are completed. In partnership with a community organization/agency. | ||
| 698 | CAPSTONE PROJECT I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 601, 602, 603 and 604. In depth assessment of public health competencies and preparation for the culminating community experience in Capstone II. | ||
| 699 | CAPSTONE PROJECT II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606 and 698. A required culminating experience for MPH students completed in partnership with a community organization/agency. | ||
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