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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 600 Principles of Environmental Health 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 610 Toxicology in Public Health 3
PHEO 650 Risk Assessment I (WEB) 3
  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 613 Environmental Health Disparities 3
PHEO 605 Chemical Hazard Exposure 3
 

PHEO 613 Environmental Health Disparities (WEB)
or
PHEO 676 Environmental Sustainability and PH (WEB)
or
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
 

PHEO 612 Global Environmental Health (WEB)
or
PHEO 675 Water & Environmental Public Health
or
Elective Option

 3
Total Credit Hours 9

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

Health Behavior 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

Summer

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
Elective Elective (if not completed in the first year summer) 3
Total Credit Hours 3
*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

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
*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
  • 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 637 – Political Foundations of Health Policy
or
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