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Fall 2024 MPH Curriculum

Environmental Health concentration

Course Sequence for Full-Time Students

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology 3
PHEO 605 Chemical Hazard Exposure 3
PHEO 630^ Environmental & Occupational Diseases 3
Total Credit Hours 15

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 639 Hazardous Materials Management Compliance 3
PHEO 650 Risk Assessment I  3
  Approved Elective Option* 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 674 Environmental & Occupational Health Research Methods 3
  Approved Elective Option* 3
 

Approved Elective Option*

 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

 


MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) 3
PHEO 645 Health & Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites 3
 

Approved  Elective Option*

 3
Total Credit Hours 9

*Maximum of four Elective Courses.
^PHEO630 can be taken in the fall semester or spring semester.

 

Occupational Safety and Health concentration

Curriculum

Course Sequence for Full-Time Students

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology 3
PHEO 678 Occupational Biomechanics 3
PHEO 618^ Occupational Safety 3
Total Credit Hours 15

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 640 Industrial Hygiene 3
PHEO 655 Human Factors and Behavior-Based Safety 3
PHEO 679 Ergonomics of the Upper Extremities 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 630 Environmental and Occupational Diseases 3
PHEO 674 Industrial and System Safety 3
  Approved Elective Option* 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) 3
PHEO 682 Industrial and System Safety 3
PHEO 645 Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites (or approved PHEO elective*) 3
Total Credit Hours 9
*Maximum of four Elective Courses
^PHEO618 can be taken in the fall semester or spring semester. 		 

Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology 3
HBEH 603 Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 605 Applied Research Methods 3
HBEH 611 Program Planning 3
HBEH 610 Community Organization and Assessment 3
  Elective Option 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Summer

MPH Curriculum

# Students are encouraged to take this required course but not mandatory for this semester.
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)# 3
Total Credit Hours 0-3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 637 Program Management & Leadership 3
HBEH 613 Program Evaluation 3
  Elective 3
  Elective 3
Total Credit Hours 9-12

Spring

MPH Curriculum

# Students are encouraged to take this required course but not mandatory for this semester.
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) 3
HBEH 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)# 3
  Elective Option 3
  Elective Option 3
Total Credit Hours 9-12

Summer

MPH Curriculum

# Students are encouraged to take this required course but not mandatory for this semester.
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)# 3
Total Credit Hours 0-3

Epidemiology concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology1 3
PHEB 602 Biostatistics I 3
PHEB 605 Epidemiological Methods I # 3
Total Credit Hours 12-15

# Students are encouraged to take this required course but not mandatory for this semester.

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 603 Biostatistics II (only offered in the spring) 3
PHEB 612 Data Management & Computing 3
PHEB 6xx Epidemiology Content Course 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology1 3
Total Credit Hours 9-12

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) Offered Every Semester 3
  and/or Elective 3
Total Credit Hours 3-6

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 610 Epidemiology II 3
PHEB 609 Categorical Data Analysis (Only offered in the fall) 3
Elective or PHEB 6xx Elective or Epidemiology Content Course 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 6xx Epidemiology Content Course 3
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) 3
Elective Elective 3
Total Credit Hours 9

 

*Students can register for PHEP 684 practicum in any semester after they complete the required courses:   PHEB 605, PHEB 602, PHEB 603 and PHEB 612.
Elective Options: Courses from EPI or other SPH departments may be taken. For courses outside SPH, please get approval from your departmental coordinator.
Concentration Courses: Include PHEB 603, PHEB 609, PHEB 610, PHEB 612 and PHEB 6xx.  
*NOTE: It is very important to stay on the course sequence to avoid conflicts in your class schedule. Many of our courses are offered once a year with only one section. Following this course sequence will help to avoid delays in graduation.
List of Epidemiology content or elective courses:**
  • PHEB 613: Field of Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 615: Disaster Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 618: Spatial Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 619: Infectious Disease EPI
  • PHEB 620: Cancer Epidemiology
  • PHEB 621: Foundations Maternal Child Health
  • PHEB 624: Social Epi (Online)
  • PHEB 627: Chronic Disease (Classroom)
  • PHEB 689: Environmental Epidemiology
  • PHEB 689: R programming (Online)
  • PHEB 689: Research Integrity
  • PHEB 689: Introduction of Survey Research
  • PHEB 689: Global Health Epidemiology
  • PHEB 689: Epidemiological Studies in Latinx Populations

**Not available each semester or each year. Please see your advisor for specific course offerings. 

Health Policy and Management concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology 3
PHPM 605 Introduction to Health Policy & Management 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 614 Strategic Planning and Marketing I 3
PHPM 640 Health Policy and Politics 3
PHPM 623 Health Care Financial Management 3
PHPM 625 Management Strategies for Public Health Organizations 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 684 Practicum 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 661 Introduction to Health Economics 3
PHPM 633 Health Law and Ethics 3
  Elective 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Public Health Capstone 3
  Elective 3
  Elective 3
Total Credit Hours 9