Courses and schedules

Search for course names, descriptions and schedules available from the College of Public Health and university scheduling resources.

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

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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PUBHBIO 7235
Applied Survival Analysis

Introduction to time‐to‐event data analysis. Kaplan‐Meier estimation, log rank tests, proportional hazards regression analysis for censored or truncated data with extensions to time‐dependent covariates and model building.

Prequisite(s): PUBHBIO 6211 or STAT 6450 or STAT 6950 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for STAT 6605.

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 7240
Applied Statistical Analysis with Missing Data

Models and methods for the dataset with missing values including imputation, likelihood‐based and Bayesian models.

Prequisite(s): PUBHBIO 6211, or Stat 6201, 6302, 6802, 6302, 6450, 6950 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 7245
Biostatistical Collaboration

Basic biomedical research methodologies; collaborate with biomedical researchers to design experiments and plan analyses; protocol preparation; professional skills
development; statistical report preparation.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for STAT 7755 (PUBHBIO 709). Cross‐listed in Stat 7755 (Biostat 709).

2 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 7250
Special Topics

Regular class on special topics in biostatistics. Format will include lectures, readings, presentations and discussions in an area of special interest to students and faculty.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐6 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 7255
Introduction to Causal Inference in Health Science Research

This is an introduction course to the commonly used statistical methods for causal inference. The course starts with potential outcome framework as the conceptual foundation for inferring causality.

Prequisite(s): B‐ or higher in PUBHBIO 6211 or permission of instructor

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 7899
Seminar in Biostatistics

Seminar on topics relevant to students enrolled in programs in the Division of Biostatistics.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Public Health and permission of instructor.

1‐3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 8230
Advanced Longitudinal Data Analysis

Classical and modern statistical approaches for continuous and discrete longitudinal data. Random effects and growth curve models, measurement error, generalized estimating equations, estimation with missing data, multivariate longitudinal data.

Prequisite(s): STAT 6802 (622) and 6950 (645). Not open to students with credit for STAT 7470 (726)

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 8235
Advanced Regression Modeling of Time‐to‐Event Data

Advanced topics in survival analysis. Proportional hazards models, parametric regression models, length‐bias and prevalent sampling, multivariate survival analysis, counting processes and recurrent events.

Prequisite(s): STAT 6802 (622) and 6950. Not open to students with credit for 706 or STAT 7605. Cross‐ listed with STAT 7605.

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 8450
Stochastic Epidemic Models

Introduces the basic methods for analyzing large population epidemic data from the viewpoint of the stochastic processes theory. The course will cover the basic SIR (susceptible‐infective‐removed) epidemic models both under the homogenous and restricted contact structures.

Prequisite(s): STAT 6801, 6540 or 7540, or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHBIO 8899
Doctoral Seminar in Public Health Biostatistics

Seminar for doctoral students in Biostatistics. Repeatable to a maximum of nine credit hours or nine completions. This course is graded S/U.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐3 Credits PUBHBIO

PUBHEHS 3193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Individual studies in Environmental Health Sciences focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐6 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 3310
Current Issues in Global Environmental Health

Fundamental concepts and principles of environmental health are presented through a critical review and discussion of current issues in global environmental health. GEN theme lived environments course.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 3320
Fundamentals of Environmental Health Risk Assessment

The scientific process used by governmental agencies to evaluate public health threats due to environmental contamination. An orientation to the fundamental and applied components of risk assessment including: hazard identification, toxicology/dose‐response, exposure assessment and risk characterization.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 4325
Climate Change and Human Health

Recognize current controversies about climate change, summarize the evidence about climate change on human health and identify major human diseases associated with climate change.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 4330
Environmental Epigenetics

Epigenetics is an exciting and rapidly growing field of science, with increasing applications in molecular biology, epidemiology and environmental science. Epigenetics is the study of biological mechanisms that will influence exposed host gene expression without altering DNA sequences. Epigenetic patterns of individuals can change over time by different environmental influences that explain a link between nature and nurture. For example, how identical twins with the same genetically information show different susceptibilities to disease. One of the mechanisms is changes in DNA methylation. The course will provide a solid foundation in epigenetics and introduce the basic mechanisms of epigenetic control of gene expression, major laboratory methods and research applications of in molecular biology, epidemiology and the environmental sciences.

Prequisite(s): Biology 1113 or 1114 or permission of instructor

3 Credits PUBHEHS
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