MPH Curriculum
Environmental Health concentration
Course Sequence for Full-Time Students
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 (Core) | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 (Core) | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events | 3 |
| SOPH 603 (Core) | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| PHEO 605 | Chemical Hazard Exposure | 3 |
| PHEO 630 | Environmental & Occupational Diseases | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 14 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 (Core) | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| PHEO 639 | Hazardous Materials Management Compliance | 3 |
| PHEO 650 | Risk Assessment I | 3 |
| Approved Elective Option* | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 10 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEO 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Fall
| 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
| 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 |
||
Occupational Safety and Health concentration
Curriculum
Course Sequence for Full-Time Students
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 (Core) | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 (Core) | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events (602) | 3 |
| SOPH 603 (Core) | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| PHEO 678 | Occupational Biomechanics | 3 |
| PHEO 618 | Occupational Safety | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 14 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 (Core) | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| 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 | 10 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEO 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEO 630 | Environmental and Occupational Diseases | 3 |
| PHEO 682 | Industrial and System Safety | 3 |
| PHEO 689 | Occupational Methods | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 680 | Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) | 3 |
| PHEO 645 | Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites (or approved PHEO elective) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
| *Maximum of four Elective Courses | ||
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences concentration
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 (Core) | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 (Core) | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events | 3 |
| SOPH 603 (Core) | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| HPCH 603 | Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 (Core) | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| HPCH 605 | Research Methods | 3 |
| HPCH 611 | Program Planning | 3 |
| HPCH 610 | Needs Assessment | 3 |
| Elective Option | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 10 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HPCH 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HPCH 637 | Program Management & Leadership | 3 |
| HPCH 613 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9-12 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 680 | Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) | 3 |
| HPCH 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) | 3 |
| Elective Option | 3 | |
| Elective Option | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9-12 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HPCH 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 0-3 | |
Epidemiology concentration
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 (Core) | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 (Core) | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events | 3 |
| SOPH 603 (Core) | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| PHEB 602 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
| PHEB 605 | Epidemiological Methods I # | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 11 or 14 | |
# Students are encouraged to take this required course but not mandatory for this semester.
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 (Core) | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| PHEB 603 | Biostatistics II (only offered in the spring) | 3 |
| PHEB 612 | Data Management & Computing | 3 |
| PHEB 605 | Epidemiological Methods I ( if not taken in first fall) | 3 |
| PHEB 6xx | Epidemiology Content Course | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 10 or 13 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEB 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) Offered Every Semester | 3 |
| and/or Elective | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 or 6 | |
Fall
| 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
| 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.
Biostatistics concentration
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 (Core) | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 (Core) | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events | 3 |
| SOPH 603 (Core) | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| PHEB 602 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 11 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 (Core) | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| PHEB 603 | Biostatistics II (only offered in the spring) | 3 |
| PHEB 605 | Epidemiological Methods I | 3 |
| PHEB 612 | Data Management & Computing | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 10 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEB 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) Offered Every Semester a | 3 |
| PHEB 606 | Survival Analysis b | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 or 6 | |
a Practicum and Capstone can be either concurrent or subsequent. Capstone is only offered in the Spring Semester.
b This course can also be taken in the second summer.
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEB 609 | Categorical Data Analysis (Only offered in the fall) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective I | 3 |
| Elective | Elective (STAT) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEB 614 | Analysis of Longitudinal & Multilevel Data | 3 |
| SOPH 680 | Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHEB 684 | Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) – If not completed in 1 st Year Summer | 3 |
| PHEB 606 | Survival Analysis (* required if it is not completed in the first summer) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 or 6 | |
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
- PHEB689: Causal Inference for Observational Studies
Health Policy and Management concentration
Fall
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 601 | Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset | 2 |
| SOPH 602 | Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events | 3 |
| SOPH 603 | Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health | 3 |
| PHPM 605 | Introduction to Health Policy & Management | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 11 | |
Spring
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 604 | Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere | 1 |
| 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 | 13 | |
Summer
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHPM 684 | Practicum | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Fall
| 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
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOPH 680 | Capstone | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 9 | |