Curriculum
48 Credit Minimum
Theory and Practice
- PubH 6050 Community Health Theory and Practice I (3 credits)
- PubH 6051 Community Health Theory and Practice II (3 credits)
Health Behavior & Policy Interventions
8 credits from the following list:
- PubH 6000 Topics: HIV/AIDS Epi and Public Health Interventions (2 credits)
- PubH 6000 Topics: Skills for Policy Development (1 credit)
- PubH 6049 Legislative Advocacy Skills for Public Health (3 credits)
- PubH 6055 Social Inequalities in Health (2 credits)
- PubH 6061 Community Health Education in Health Care Settings (2 credits)
- PubH 6066 Building Communities, Increasing Health (2 credits)
- PubH 6074 Mass Communication and Public Health (3 credits)
- PubH 6078 Public Health Policy as a Prevention Strategy (2 credits)
- PubH 6082 Prevention and Control of Tobacco and Alcohol Problems (3 credits)
- PubH 6123 Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research and Application (2 credits)
- PubH 6281 Immigrant Health Issues (3 credits)
- PubH 6605 Reproductive and Perinatal Health (2 credits)
- PubH 6606 Children's Health: Issues, Programs and Policies (2 credits)
- PubH 6607 Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs and Policies (2 credits)
- PubH 6627 Sexuality Education: Criteria, Curricula and Controversy (1 credit)
- PubH 6634 Advocacy and Children's Rights (2 credits)
- PubH 6645 Families and Health: An Ecosystems Approach (2 credits)
- PubH 6902 Maternal and Infant Nutrition (2 credits)
- PubH 6903 Child and Adolescent Nutrition (2 credits)
- PubH 6914 Community Nutrition Intervention (3 credits)
- SW 8505 Advanced Community Organization and Advocacy (3 credits)
Assessment Methods
- PubH 6034 Program Evaluation for Public Health Practice (3 credits)
- PubH 6035 Applied Research Methods (3 credits)
- PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I (3 credits)
- PubH 6415 Biostatistical Methods II (3 credits)
Public Health Core
- PubH 6101 Environmental Health (2 credits) or
- PubH 6102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (2 credits)
- PubH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy (1 credit) or
- PubH 6742 Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy (1 credit)
- PubH 6751 Principles of Management in Health-Services Organizations (2 credits) or
- PubH 6752 Public Health Management (3 credits)
Field Experience and Master’s Project
- PubH 7094 Master's Project (2 credits)
- PubH 7096 Field Experience (2 credits)
Electives (to total 48 credits)
Electives are to be determined with the advisor. They must be graduate-level courses but are not restricted to School of Public Health courses. Elective courses may be relevant to target groups or health behaviors, or advanced courses in epidemiology or biostatistics; relevant to the master's project; or expand professional skills by providing practical experience in a variety of public health-related proficiency areas.
Students may also use their electives towards one of the approved concentrations (Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Global Health Interdisciplinary, or Public Health Policy) or choose graduate–level coursework in SPH or in other department throughout the University that relate to the five competency areas emphasized by the program:
- Theory
- Health behavior and policy interventions
- Assessment methods
- Cultural competency
- Management
Elective courses outside of SPH need to be approved by the academic advisor.