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Course descriptions and schedules offered below are helpful guides to find courses offered by the College of Public Health. These tools are not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.

Undergraduate level courses are numbered 4000 and below, undergraduate/graduate level courses are numbered 5000, and all graduate level courses are numbered 6000 and higher. 

Public Health course catalog

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PUBHLTH 6002
History, Values and Essential Services of the U.S. Public Health System

Health outcomes for individuals and populations are impacted by a variety of social, economic and environmental factors. To understand how these social determinants create or reduce opportunities for health, it is critical to understand how both the public health and health care systems have been developed, have evolved and are now organized to either contribute to or reduce disparities between the outcomes of different populations. This course was last offered autumn 2025 and will not be offered anymore.

Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: Graduate student standing in Master of Public Health, Master of Health Administration or permission of instructor. Corequisite: Enrollment in PUBHLTH 6001

2 Credits PUBHLTH
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