Courses and schedules

PUBHLTH 3194
Group Studies in Public Health

Group studies in selected areas of Public Health.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

PUBHLTH 3550
Special Topics in Public Health

Regular class on topics that are relevant to students enrolled in a Public Health degree program.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment as a Public Health major, pre‐major or permission of instructor.

PUBHLTH 3999
Undergraduate Capstone Research in Public Health

The goal of the undergraduate public health research experience capstone is to provide Public Health students with opportunities to apply public health principles outside of a typical classroom setting and build on public health coursework. This course allows students the opportunity to integrate classroom experiences and principles in an applied research setting.

Prequisite(s): PUBHLTH 3180.

PUBHLTH 4998
Undergraduate Research in Public Health

Undergraduate research under the guidance of a faculty mentor in a basic or applied area of public health.

Prequisite(s): Junior or senior standing, enrollment in BSPH major and permission of advisor. Students who do not have junior or senior standing may be eligible with faculty mentor approval.

PUBHLTH 4999.01H
Senior Honors Thesis

An independent senior thesis course with faculty advisor. Subject matter will vary depending upon student's topic. At least two semesters are required for the BSPH degree with research distinction. Failure to receive a mark of S in this course is a disqualification for special honors.

Prequisite(s): Honors standing in Public Health, PUBHLTH 3180E and permission of instructor.

PUBHLTH 4999
Undergraduate Research Thesis

Conducting a research project and writing a thesis is a capstone option for BSPH students. It allows the student a significant opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to an applied research project. This is done under the supervision of a faculty advisor.

Prequisite(s): PUBHLTH 3180 or 3180E, a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and PUBHLTH‐BS major, approval of research proposal by undergraduate research committee and permission of instructor.

PUBHLTH 5760
Public Health Informatics

Introduction to the emerging and interdisciplinary field of public health informatics. This course will highlight the history, current and future use of informatics in the public health settings, and give students an understanding of the role and broad application of informatics to promoting health and preventing disease. Cross listed in BMI.

PUBHLTH 6000
Introduction to Global Health

Overview of current and emerging global health issues, their determinants, actions and interventions.

Prequisite(s): Open to graduate students. Registration priority for students enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Global Health specialization. Not open to students with credit for 600.

PUBHLTH 6001
Methods in Quantitative Data Analysis

Fundamentals of biostatistics and epidemiology. Will cover core knowledge areas in quantitative data analysis, morbidity, mortality and risk assessment to understand population health.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Master of Public Health or Master of Health Administration Program or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: PUBHLTH 6002.

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, the first of two foundations courses, will cover the values, history and essential services of the U.S. public health system and the foundations of the social and environmental determinants of health, including the impact of racism, poverty and other structural inequities. Modules will concentrate on how the public health system has addressed communicable and non-communicable diseases through progress in environmental, social and economic policies and practices, impacting health throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries and accounting for more than two-thirds of the gains in life expectancy over the past 100 plus years.

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

PUBHLTH 6003
Methods in Public Health Planning and Evaluation

This course will address the methodology, conceptual frameworks and strategies for planning and evaluating public health programs.  

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Master of Public Health or permission of instructor. Completion of PUBHLTH 6001 and 6002.
Corequisite: Enrollment in PUBHLTH 6004

PUBHLTH 6004
Essentials of Population Health

This is the second of two foundational courses describing how policies, systems and communities interact to either contribute to or reduce disparities between the health outcomes of different populations. This course will cover organization, delivery and payment of health care services in the United States and across the world, the framework for organizing the presentation and use of information concerning the effect of environmental conditions on health status.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Master of Public Health or permission of instructor. Completion of PUBHLTH 6001 and 6002. Corequisite: PUBHLTH 6003

PUBHLTH 6010
Essentials of Public Health

An overview of the history and philosophy of public health, and the fundamental principles, concepts and tools used in promoting the health of populations. The course is intended to orient students to the breadth of the field and introduce cross‐specialization perspectives on major issues and problems in public health.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Master of Science in Public Health (PUBHLTH‐MS) or Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health programs (PUBHLTH‐PH), Doctor of Philosophy in Biostatistics (BIOSTAT-PH), Master of Science in Environmental Sciences (ENVSCI-MS) or Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences (ENVSCI-PH) or permission of instructor.

PUBHLTH 6189.01
Field Experience in Public Health

Placement in a public health agency, or related site, for supervised practice experience.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health degree program and permission of the instructor.

PUBHLTH 6189.02
Field Experience in Global Health

Placement in a public health agency, or related site, for supervised international practice experience.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health degree program and permission of the instructor.