Standard Curriculum

Maternal and Child Health

The standard curriculum is for students without advanced degrees or who have limited professional experience. Students complete a minimum of 48 credits in two years.

Credit total: 48 minimum

Scientific Basis courses (8 credits)

PubH 6600  Global Reproductive Health, (2)
PubH 6605  Reproductive and Perinatal Health, (2)
PubH 6606  Children’s Health: Issues, Program and Policies, (2)
PubH 6607  Adolescent Health: Issues, Programs and Policies, (2)
PubH 6613  Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs, (2)
PubH 6675  Women’s Health, (2)
PubH 6902  Maternal and Infant Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6903  Child and Adolescent Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6906  Global Nutrition, (2)

Methodological and Analytical Skills (7-14 credits)

PubH 6034  Program Evaluation for Public Health Practice, (3)
Select 3 courses from the following list:
PubH 6035  Applied Research Methods (prerequisite 6034), (3)
PubH 6325  Data Processing with PC SAS, (1)
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 6415 Biostatistical Methods II (prerequisite 6414), (3)
PubH 6451 Biostatistics II (prerequisite 6450), (4)
PubH 6617 Practical Methods for Secondary Data Analysis, (3)
PubH 6705 Community Health Assessment, (3)
PubH 6806 Principles of Public Health Research, (2)
PubH 6910 Critical Review of Research in Public Health Nutrition, (1)

Management and Communication Skills (1 credit)

PubH 6673 Grant Writing for Public Health (1)

Policy & Advocacy Skills (2 credits)

PubH 6630 Foundations of MCH leadership (2)

Additional Management, Policy, or Advocacy Skills (2-3 credits)

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, (2)
PubH 6634 Advocacy and Children’s Rights, (2)
PubH 6727 Health Leadership and Effecting Change, (2)
PubH 6760 Healthcare Finance, (2)

Public Health Core Courses (14-16 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 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology, (3) OR
PubH 6341 Epidemiologic Methods I, (3)
PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I, (3) OR
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 Master’s Project, (2)
PubH 7696 Field Experience, (2)

Electives to total 48 credits

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