2006 Maternal and Child Health MPH - Epi Emphasis Curriculum

Credit total: 48 minimum

Scientific Basis of Maternal and Child Health (6 credits)
PubH 6605    Reproductive and Perinatal Health (2) OR
PubH 6675    Women's Health (2)

Plus one course from the following list:
PubH 6381    Genetics in Public Health (2)
PubH 6385    Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease (2)
PubH 6386    Public Health Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease (2)
PubH 6387    Cancer Epidemiology (2)
PubH 6389    Nutritional Epidemiology (2)

And one course from the following list:
PubH 6606    Children's Health: Issues, Programs and Policies (2)
PubH 6607    Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs and Policies (2)
PubH 6613    Chronic Illness and Disability in Childhood (2)
PubH 6645    Families and Health: An Ecosystems Approach (2)
PubH 6902    Maternal and Infant Nutrition (2)
PubH 6903    Child and Adolescent Nutrition (2)

Methodologic & Analytic Skills (13 credits)
PubH 6342    Epidemiologic Methods II (3) Prerequisite 6341
PubH 6343    Epidemiologic Methods III (4) Prerequisite 6342
PubH 6344    Epidemiologic Methods IV (2)
PubH 6451    Biostatistics II (4) Prerequisite 6450

Management & Communication Skills (1 credit)
PubH 6673    Grant Writing for Public Health (1)

Policy & Advocacy Skills (5-6 credits)
PubH 6630    Foundations of Maternal and Child Health Leadership (3)

Plus one course from the following list:
PubH 6066    Building Communities, Increasing Health (2)
PubH 6074    Mass Communication and Public Health (3)
PubH 6078    Public Health Policy as a Prevention Strategy (2)
PubH 6634    Advocacy and Children's Rights (2)

Public Health Core Courses (15-16 credits)
PubH 6020    Fundamentals of Behavioral and Social Science (3)
PubH 6101    Environmental Health (2) OR
PubH 6102    Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (2)
PubH 6341    Epidemiologic Methods I (3)
PubH 6450    Biostatistics I (4)
PubH 6741    Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy (1) OR
PubH 6742    Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy (1)
PubH 6751    Principles of Management in Health-Services Organizations (2) OR
PubH 6752    Public Health Management (3)

Field Experience and Master’s Project (4 credits)
PubH 7696    Field Experience (2)
PubH 7694    Master’s Project (2)

Electives (2-4 credits)