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

Search for courses by section, title or course number. Each course includes the course number, credit hours, name, course description and if any prerequisites are required.

PUBHEHS 6320
Global Health and Environmental Microbiology

Fundamentals and emerging issues of health significant microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, protozoa) from water, air, soil and food, and their sources, transmission routes, treatments, detection methods and study tools. Cross-listed in Food, Science and Technology.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 6325
Climate Change and Human Health

Global climate change may have considerable direct and indirect impacts on human health. This course will be based on scientific facts, focusing on both natural phenomena and anthropogenic activities, with emphasis on associations between disease initiation and progression in humans.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 6330
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): Credit for college-level Biology (or related discipline) or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 6340
Molecular Techniques for Environmental Health Sciences

This course provides students with a practical, hands-on introduction to a variety of techniques applied to the study of living systems at the molecular level to address fundamental public health concerns. 

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 6382
Environmental Health Analytical Chemistry

This course will emphasize the principles and practices of human exposure sampling and analysis of contaminants in air, water and soil, as well as analysis of biological specimens (i.e. saliva, urine, exhaled air, blood) for markers of exposure. The course will focus on field sampling, and laboratory analytical instrumentation and methods. 

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 6390
Major Human Diseases in Global Public Health

Public health is focused on preventing illnesses and injuries or intervening to decrease the impact to populations of people. Emphasize on basic physiology, pathophysiology and clinical evaluation of major human diseases that have significant global public health impact epidemiologically, politically and economically with a focus on disease causes and prevention. Formerly PUBHEHS 7390.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7193
Individual Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Individual studies in environmental health sciences focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): None.

1‐6 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7194
Group Studies in Environmental Health Sciences

Group studies in Environmental Health Sciences.

Prequisite(s): None.

1‐3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7350
Special Topics in Environmental Health Sciences

Opportunity for students to pursue a particular environmental health interest that is not available through existing topical offerings.

Prequisite(s): None.

1‐3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7360
Water Contamination: Sources and Health Impact

Topics focus on understanding the sources, the transport mechanisms and the fate of microbial and chemical contaminants in water, human exposure risks, tracking methods, linking to other environmental matrices and the public health impacts.

Prequisite(s): Undergraduate-level biology or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7365
Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment

Students will learn about the development of the formal risk assessment process, its role in environmental and public health regulation in the United States and the four fundamental steps in a risk assessment. Students will learn about the interface between the risk assessment and risk management process.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7375
Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis Modeling

This course will outline the fundamental sciences and their application in microbial risk modeling.

Prequisite(s): Graduate-level statistics or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7380
Exposure Science Monitoring Techniques I

This course will discuss the principles and practices of human exposure sampling of contaminants in environmental and biological matrices with special emphasis on the air matrix. In addition, students will be introduced to analytical techniques and instrumentation for air contaminants.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 7899
Seminar in Environmental Health Sciences

Seminar on topics that are relevant to students enrolled in programs in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences.

Prequisite(s): None.

1‐3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEHS 8340
Molecular Techniques for Environmental Health Sciences

Practical introduction to molecular techniques, as applied to research in environmental health sciences.

3 Credits PUBHEHS
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