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2.3 Public Health Core Knowledge

2.3 Public Health Core Knowledge

• 2.3.a. How the School assures professional degree students have basic knowledge
• 2.3.b This criterion is met.

2.3.a. How the School assures professional degree students have basic knowledge

The School requires that M.P.H. students satisfy competency requirements in the five core areas of public health – administration, behavioral science, biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology and an additional requirement in ethics.

Students may satisfy the competency requirements in one of four ways:

1. They must satisfactorily complete one of the following courses in each category with a grade B- or better.
   
   Administration
   PubH 6751 Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations – 2 credits
   PubH 6752 Public Health Management – 3 credits
   
   Behavioral Science
   PubH 6020 Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science – 3 credits
   PubH 6050 Community Health Theory and Practice I [CHE students only] – 3 credits
   PubH 6914 Community Nutrition Intervention
   [PubH Nutr students only] – 3 credits
   
   Biostatistics
   PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I – 3 credits
   PubH 6415 Biostatistical Methods II – 3 credits
   PubH 6450 Biostatistics I – 4 credits
   PubH 6451 Biostatistics II – 4 credits
   
   Environmental Health
   PubH 6101 Environmental Health – 2 credits
   PubH 6102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health – 2 credits
   PubH
   6103 Exposure to Environmental Hazards (EnHS students only) – 2 credits

   Epidemiology
   PubH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology – 3 credits
   PubH 6341 Epidemiologic Methods I – 3 credits
   
   Ethics
   PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy – 1 credit
   PubH 6742 Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy – 1 credit
   
   OR

2. Students must pass an equivalency exam in the core area. Equivalency exams satisfy competency requirements for the following core courses:
   PubH 6751 Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
   PubH 6020 Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science
   PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I
   PubH 6101 Environmental Health
   PubH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
   PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy

OR

3. They must pass an advanced course in the core area, as approved by the respective Major Chair and the Educational Policy Committee, or as required by their area of specialization.

OR


4. They must complete a graduate-level course, with a grade of B or better, at an accredited university or college that meets the competencies defined by CEPH. Upon petition of the student, the School’s Educational Policy Committee will determine acceptance of a course for transfer.

   For the M.H.A. program, the following courses are required to fulfill the equivalent to the core public health requirements.
   
   Administration
   PubH 6542 Management of Healthcare Organizations – 3 credits
   PubH 6564 Managed Care – 2 credits
   PubH 6544 Principles of Problem Solving in Health Services Organizations – 3 credits
   PubH 6543 Health Policy and Ethics – 2 credits
   PubH 6555 Health Economics – 2 credits or
   PubH 6832 Health Economics – 3 credits
   PubH 6535 Cost Accounting for Healthcare Services – 3 credits
   PubH 6557 Health Finance I – 2 credits
   PubH 6558 Health Finance II – 4 credits
   PubH 6596 Legal Considerations in Health Services Organizations – 3 credits
   PubH 6563 Strategic Management in the Healthcare Industry – 2 credits
   PubH 6562 Information Technology in Healthcare – 2 credits
   
   Behavioral Science
   PubH 6540 Organizational Behavior – 2 credits
   PubH 6547 Healthcare Human Resources Management – 2 credits
   PubH 6554 Marketing Health Services – 2 credits
   
   Biostatistics
   PubH 6541 Statistics for Health Management Decision Making – 3 credits
   PubH 6561 Quantitative Methods Applied to Health Administration Problems – 3 credits
   PubH 6560 Operations Research and Quality in Health Care – 2 credits
   
   Environmental Health
   PubH 6556 Health and Health Systems – 2 credits
   
   Epidemiology
   PubH 6541 Statistics for Health Management Decision-Making – 3 credits
   
   Ethics
   PubH 6543 Health Policy and Ethics – 2 credits or
   PubH 6835 Health Services Policy – 2 credits and
   PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health – 1 credit

2.3.b This criterion is met.

• Curricula for the M.P.H. and M.H.A. degree programs require students to satisfy competency requirements in five core public health areas, including administration, behavioral science, biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology and an additional requirement in ethics.