In addition to the public health core (15 credits) and program required (6 credits) courses, students in the Epidemiology Track are required to complete the following four track required-courses:

Based these Epidemiology track courses, students will gain the following competencies:

• Describe a public health problem in terms of magnitude, person, time, and place.
• Comprehend basic ethical and legal principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of epidemiological data.
• Calculate basic epidemiological measures.
• Communicate epidemiological information to lay and professional audiences.
• Draw appropriate interpretations from epidemiological data.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of epidemiological studies.
• Describe basic concepts of probability, random variation and commonly used statistical probability distributions.
• Apply descriptive techniques commonly used to summarize public health data.
• Apply common statistical methods for inference.
• Apply descriptive and inferential methodologies according to the type of study design for answering a particular research question.
• Interpret results of statistical analyses found in public health studies.
• Develop written and oral presentations based on statistical analysis for both public health professionals and lay audiences.
• Critically synthesize the public health research and practice literature for a selected health topic.
• Evaluate the validity of an epidemiological study in terms of chance and bias.
• Conduct an epidemiological and biostatistical data analysis.
• Distinguish between a statistical association and a casual relationship using appropriate principle of casual inference.

Students who opt to specialize in the Global Health Track are required to complete, in addition to the public health core (15 credits) and program required courses (9 credits) courses, and all four courses (3 credits each) offered by the track.

Based on these Global Health track courses, students will gain the following competencies:

1. Apply global health concepts, theories, and principles to effectively address global health issues.
2. Apply leadership practices that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of, and an ability to resolve common ethical issues and challenges that arise in working within diverse economic, political and socio-cultural contexts as well as working with vulnerable populations in resource-limited settings to address global health issues.
4. Articulate barriers and propose solutions to health and healthcare in middle and resource-limited settings locally and internationally,
5. Demonstrate the ability to adapt discipline-specific skills and practice in a resource-constrained settings.
6. Exhibit inter-professional values and communication skills that demonstrate respect for an awareness of the unique cultures, values, roles/responsibilities and expertise represented by other professionals and groups that work in global health.
7. Understand and apply the principles of community engagement in diverse and vulnerable populations.
8. Apply social justice and human rights principles in sexual and reproductive health research, policies and programs.

Students who opt to specialize in the Health Policy & Administration Track are required to complete, in addition to the public health core (15 credits) and program required (6 credits) courses, the following four track required courses (3 credits each):

Based on these Health Policy and Administration track courses, students will gain the following competencies:

• Demonstrate leadership skills for building partnerships.
• Apply principles of strategic planning and marketing to public health.
• Apply quality and performance improvement concepts to address organizational performance issues.
• Apply “systems thinking” for resolving organizational problems.
• Communicate health policy and management issues using appropriate channels and technologies.
• Apply the principles of program planning, development, budgeting, management and evaluation in organizational and community initiatives.