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MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) 
PROGRAM OUTLINE

Term 1
PUBH 803 Principles of Epidemiology 3 cr.
PUBH 804 Principles of Biostatistics 3 cr.
PUBH 805 Health Policy and Management 3 cr.
PUBH 807 Principles of Environmental Health 3 cr.
PUBH 831 Concepts, Practice, and Leadership of Public Health 3 cr.
Term 2
PUBH 806 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health 3 cr.
PUBH 832 Public Health Research Methods and Ethics 3 cr.
PUBH 858 One Health: Public Health Applications 3 cr.
Track-Specific Course 3 cr.
Track-Specific Course 3 cr.
Term 3
PUBH 889 Practicum in Public Health 3 cr.
PUBH 893 Capstone Integrative Learning Experience (CILE) 3 cr.
Track-Specific Course 3 cr.
Track-Specific Course 3 cr.

Freestanding/ Standalone Track Specializations.

Students in the public health degree programs are offered the option of specializing or concentrating in one of four tracks. Each track has its own unique coursework requirements.

Environmental and Occupational Health Track

Students who opt to specialize in the Environmental and Occupational Health Track are required to complete, in addition to the public health core (15 credits) and program required (15 credits) courses, any four of the following track required courses (3 credits each):

Environmental and Occupational Health Courses
PUBH 816 Occupational Health 3 credits
PUBH 837 Environmental Sustainable Development 3 credits
PUBH 849 Environmental Toxicology 3 credits
PUBH 852 Environmental Health Management 3 credits
PUBH 860 Global Environmental Change 3 credits

Based on these Environmental and Occupational Health track courses, students will gain the following competencies:

  •  Formulate interventions for environmental and occupational factors which adversely affect the health of humans.
  •  Synthesize and critically evaluate environmental or occupational literature to draw appropriate conclusions about the results.
  •  Evaluate and relate how regional and internationally accepted legislative frameworks, conventions, and protocols impact on environmental and occupational health outcomes.
  •  Apply interdisciplinary approaches to resolve environmental health problems.
  •  Apply risk management tools to calculate population risk profiles,
  •  Appraise and integrate environmental sustainability principles as a cross-cutting theme in project management, development, and evaluation.
Epidemiology Track

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:

Epidemiology Courses (12 credits)
PUBH 813 Chronic Disease Epidemiology 3 credits
PUBH 825 Practical Data Management and Analysis 3 credits
PUBH 842 Intermediate Epidemiology 3 credits
PUBH 843 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3 credits

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

  • Construct a public health surveillance system to identify outbreaks and important health indicators, by utilizing credible evidence.
  • Formulate, and whenever possible, test hypotheses by examining patterns in empirical evidence.
  • Design intervention strategies to promote public health practice.
  • Demonstrate how an epidemiologic approach provides inference on causes and correlations of health and disease.
  • Determine the most appropriate epidemiologic study design (e.g., case-control, cohort, and randomized controlled trial) to use to address hypotheses under different circumstances.
  • Analyze and interpret empirical data from an experimental study (e.g., survival analysis in clinical trials).
  • Analyze and interpret empirical data from an observational study (e.g., calculation of risk and odd ratio).
The Global Health Track (Online)

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.

The Global Health Track (Online Program)
PUBH 862 Fundamentals of Global Health 3 credits
PUBH 859 Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights 3 credits
PUBH 861 Project Management in a Global Environment 3 credits
PUBH 857 Community Health, Culture & Empowerment 3 credits

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

  1. Apply global health concepts, theories, principles, and monitoring and evaluation techniques to effectively address global health programs, policies, and outcomes.
  2. 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 to address global health issues.
  3. Articulate barriers and propose evidence-based and sustainable solutions to health and healthcare in middle and resource-limited settings locally and internationally.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to adapt discipline-specific skills and design sustainable workforce development strategies for resource-constrained settings.
  5. Exhibit leadership practices, inter-professional values, and communication skills that support collaborative practice and team effectiveness.
  6. Understand and apply the principles of community engagement in diverse and vulnerable populations.
  7. Apply ethical, social justice, and human rights principles in sexual and reproductive health and community-based participatory research and practice among diverse and vulnerable populations.
Health Policy and Administration Track

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):

Health Policy and Administration Courses (12 credits)
PUBH 839 Principles of Health Care Management 3 credits
PUBH 844 Leadership and Decision-making 3 credits
PUBH 851 Foundations in Health Policy Analysis 3 credits
PUBH 854 Health Economics 3 credits

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

  • Analyze the steps and procedures in the design, implementation, and evaluation of empirically supported interventions and policies that are directed towards identified public health issues.
  • Think critically and creatively propose solutions related to health policy, management and health promotion programming for the issues of global importance.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of professional and ethical issues related to stakeholder participation in the assessment and prioritization of community and population needs on a global scale.
  • Evaluate the efficiency of public health policy using economic concepts.
  • Identify and discuss market failures in the market for public health activities and health care.
  • Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration, and guiding decision making.
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