Epidemiology Emphasis Curriculum

Maternal and Child Health

Students admitted into the two-year program also have the option of completing their M.P.H. in maternal and child health with an epidemiology emphasis. This emphasis was created to meet the increasing local, state, and national demands for MCH epidemiologists. It allows students to develop quantitative expertise in MCH content areas.

The MCH program is in our Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. The division is consistently ranked as one of the top epidemiology departments in the United States. And our MCH program is considered one of the finest in the U.S.

Credit total: 48 minimum

Scientific Basis of MCH Epi Courses (6 credits)

Select one course from the following list:
PubH 6605   Reproductive and Perinatal Health, (2)
PubH 6675   Women’s Health, (2)

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

Select one course from the following list:
PubH 6600   Global Reproductive Health, (2)
PubH 6606   Children’s Health: Issues, Program and Policies, (2)
PubH 6607   Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs & Policies, (2)
PubH 6613   Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs, (2)
PubH 6902   Maternal and Infant Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6903   Child and Adolescent Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6906   Global Nutrition, (2)

Methodological and Analytical Skills (13 credits)

PubH 6342   Epidemiologic Methods II (prerequisite 6341), (3)
PubH 6343   Epidemiologic Methods III (prerequisite 6342), (4)
PubH 6344   Epidemiologic Methods IV (prerequisite 6343 or take concurrently), (2)
PubH 6451   Biostatistics II, (4)

Management and Communication Skills (1 credit)

PubH 6673   Grant Writing for Public Health (1)

Policy and Advocacy Skills (5-6 credits)

PubH 6630   Foundations of MCH Leadership, (3)

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

Public Health Core Courses (15 credits)

PubH 6020   Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral 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)

Master’s Project and Field Experience (4 credits)

PubH 7694   Masters Project, (2)
PubH 7696   Field Experience, (2)

Electives to total 48 credits