Curriculum

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Curriculum (45 credits) - Epidemiology

Students seeking the M.P.H. in epidemiology degree must complete 45 credits of academic work with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0; earn no more than 9 credits bearing grades less than B; and complete the degree requirements within six years. Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

CORE COURSES (15-18 credits)

PHCO 0501 - Health Systems and Policy
PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
PHCO 0503 - Introduction to Environmental Health
PHCO 0504 - Introduction to Biostatistics (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
PHCO 0505 - Social and Behavioral Health Sciences in Public Health
PHCO 0513 - Public Health Essentials (required for students enrolled fall 2018 and after)

FIELDWORK (6 credits) - For Students Enrolled Prior to Fall 2016

FDWC 0600 - Fieldwork I (1 credit)
FDWC 0601 - Fieldwork II (5 credits)

PRACTICUM (6 credits) -- For Students Enrolled Fall 2016 through Spring 2018

PRAC 0705 - Practicum I (1 credit)
PRAC 0707 - Practicum IIA (2 credits)
PRAC 0709 - Practicum IIB (3 credits)

PRACTICUM (3 credits) -- For Students Enrolled Fall 2018 and After

PRAC 0715 - Applied Practice Experience (0 credits)
PRAC 0716 - Practicum Capstone (3 credits)

REQUIRED COURSES (15 credits)

EPID 0656 - Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods
EPID 0657 - Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research
BIST 0535 - Biometrics Computing
BIST 0551 - Applied Regression Analysis for Public Health Studies

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Choose one of the following six (these courses can also be used as electives):

EPID 0563 - Introduction to Outcomes Research or
EPID 0601 - Cancer Epidemiology or
EPID 0621 - Survey Research in Epidemiology or
EPID 0650 - Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology or
EPID 0652 - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases or
EPID 0673 - Social Epidemiology

OTHER REQUIREMENTS (0 credits) -- For Students Enrolled Fall 2018 and After

Complete an Interprofessional Education Experience (0 credits)

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (9 credits)

BIST 0615 - Categorical Data Analysis
BIST 0616 - Lifetime Data Analysis
BIST 0650 - Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments
EPID 0552 - Infectious Disease Epidemiology
EPID 0569 - GIS for Public Health and Epidemiology
EPID 0607 - Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
EPID 0672 - Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management
EPID 0753 - Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications
HSAP 0617 - Health Services Research and Evaluation
SBHS 0705 - Intermediate Survey Research Methods