International Focus

International Focus

Includes PHAP Required Core, Public Health Core, Specialty Area Core and 1-4 credits of electives to total 42 or more credits [credits in ()]

Public Health Core Courses (15-18 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 6330 Epidemiology I (4)
PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I (3)	OR	PubH 6450 Biostatistics I (4)
PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice (1)	OR	PubH 6742 Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy (1)
PubH 6752 Public Health Management (3)
**Courses are offered more than once a year and periodically online

PHAP Required Core Courses (19-20 credits)
PubH 6700 Foundations of Public Health (3) Fall		PubH 6730 International Comparative Health Systems (2) Spring
PubH 6780 International Project Planning and Management (2) Fall		PubH 6732 Topics and Methods in Global Health Assessment (2) Spring
PubH 6557 Health Care Finance I (2) Fall and Spring		PubH 7784 Master's Project Seminar (1) Fall*
PubH 6806 Principles of Public Health Research (2) Fall		PubH 7784 Master's Project Seminar (1) Spring*
PubH 7796 Field Experience (2) offered every enrollment period		PubH 7794 Master's Project (1) offered every enrollment period
PubH xxxx Capstone Global Health Management Applications - new course 2 credits with Jim Rice		*Both semesters required

Global Health Specialty Areas (8 credits)

Required courses
PubH 6131 Working in Global Health (2) Fall
PubH 6100 Topics: Environmental Health - Global Health Seminar (1) Spring

Choose at least 5 more credits from the following courses:
PubH 6000 Topics: Community Health Education - HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Public Health Interventions (2) Fall
PubH 6085 Prevention and Control of Tobacco and Alcohol Problems (3) Fall
PubH 6100 Topics: Environmental Health - Global Environmental Health (2) Spring
PubH 6180 Ecology of Infectious Diseases (3) Spring
PubH 6132 Air, Water and Health (2) Fall
PubH 6281 Immigrant Health Issues (3) Fall
PubH 6390 Topics: Epidemiology - International Infectious Disease Epidemiology (2) Fall
PubH 6900 Topics: Public Health Nutrition - Global Nutrition (2) Spring
PubH 7200 Topics: Public Health Practice - Application of EpiInfo Software (1) Summer

**Credits over 8 from specialty area can count towards electives

Electives (1-4 credits)

Students select the remaining credits from other 5xxx, 6xxx, 7xxx and 8xxx level courses. Courses can be taken outside of SPH as long as they begin with 5xxx or above. Elective course choice should be developed with major coordinator's and faculty adviser's help.

SPH Interdisciplinary Concentrations (12 credits ) - OPTIONAL

Students can opt to complete an interdisciplinary concentration in place of electives in one of the following areas:

Global Health
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Administration - Policy

Curricula are provided separately by request, or can be found at the School of Public Health website.

In addition, all students must complete the:

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