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 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 7382
Exposure Science Monitoring Techniques II

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 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

PUBHEHS 8899
Doctoral Seminar in Environmental Health Sciences

Doctoral-level seminar on topics that are relevant to students enrolled in the PhD program in environmental health sciences.

Prequisite(s): None.

1‐3 Credits PUBHEHS

PUBHEPI 2410
Epidemiology in Public Health

The course will cover the principles and procedures in the field of epidemiology, with a focus on the application of the principles of epidemiology. GEN theme health and well-being course.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 3193
Individual Studies in Epidemiology

Individual studies in Epidemiology focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐6 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 3410H
Honors Case Studies in Public Health

This is an advanced undergraduate course in epidemiology that is designed for honors students in Public Health or a related field. Students will learn about how epidemiology is used in the field of public health through a case-study approach.

Prequisite(s): Honors standing and 2410.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 3411
Public Health Field Investigation

This course provides an applied study in investigating and responding to outbreaks, disasters and other acute public health events.
GEN theme health and well-being course.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 4410
Social Epidemiology

This is an advanced undergraduate course in epidemiology that focuses on how social factors, including, but not limited to, education, neighborhood context, economic instability and structural and institutional racism are related to various population health outcomes. Students will learn theories that inform how social determinants of health are measured and how epidemiologists use these measures to identify determinants of disease and ill health among populations, especially historically marginalized and underserved groups.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 2410 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI
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