Curriculum

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.