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.

PUBHEPI 4432
Injury: A Public Health Problem

This introductory course in injury prevention and control is designed primarily for upper‐division undergraduates. Students will be exposed to/learn to develop skills such as summarizing research findings, translating and communicating these findings to an identified audience and utilizing policy and advocacy for initiating public health change as it relates to injury prevention and control.

Prequisite(s): 2410 and PUBHHBP 3510 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 4437
Cancer Epidemiology

This is an introductory course in cancer epidemiology designed specifically for undergraduate students.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 2410.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 5412
Global Epidemiology of Infectious Disease

This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the principles and practices of infectious diseases epidemiology with focus on how the presence and control of communicable diseases affects public health locally, nationally and internationally.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 5421
Mathematics of Infectious Disease Dynamics

Provides an introduction to mathematical modeling of infectious diseases, including techniques for building and analyzing disease models, and discussions of calibration and comparison of models with data. This course is intended for graduate students in public health or other related disciplines and for upper-level undergraduate and graduate mathematics students.

Prequisite(s): Math 1152, 1172 or 153, or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 5438
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Introduction to the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease; risk factors, specific diseases, diagnostic procedures; review of classic and current studies.

Prequisite(s): 2410, 6410 or 6430, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 817.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6410
Principles of Epidemiology

Introduction to the nature and scope of epidemiology, survey of basic epidemiological methods and their application to selected acute and chronic health problems. For non‐majors.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for 6430.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6411
Biological Basis of Public Health

Molecular and epidemiologic evidence of biological mechanisms in major diseases of concern for public health.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Public Health or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 704.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6412
Basic Principles in Clinical and Translational Science

Identification of clinical and translational research issues, assessment of the literature, ethically responsible research, cross‐disciplinary training and mentoring.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in MPH‐CTS program, or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6413
Conducting and Communicating Research in Clinical and Translational Science

Design and writing of protocol, study methods and implementation, community engagement, informatics and translational teamwork. Scientific communication skills and dissemination of clinical and translational science.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in MPH‐CTS program, or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6415
Nutrition in Public Health

Relationships between dietary intake and diseases affecting the
public health.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 6410 or 6430 or PUBHLTH 6001 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6431
Design and Implementation of Health Surveys

Introduction to health survey methods, with public health applications.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 6410 or 6430, or PUBHLTH 6001 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6432
Injury Epidemiology

Introduction to injury epidemiology; historical context, trends, research methods and issues; survey of areas of injury
epidemiology and prevention.

Prequisite(s): 6410 or 6430, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 714.

2 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6435
Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Survey of the epidemiology of chronic diseases, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and neurodegenerative diseases.

Prequisite(s): 6410 or 6430, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 814.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6436
Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Introduction to the epidemiology of infectious diseases, with focus on basic methods for investigation, control and prevention of communicable disease.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 6410 or 6430 or PUBHLTH 6001, or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 6437
Cancer Epidemiology

Epidemiology of cancer, including etiology, risk factors, neoplastic processes, screening and control; application of statistical methods; molecular genetic basis of carcinogenesis.

Prequisite(s): PUBHEPI 6410 or 6430 or PUBHLTH 6001, or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHEPI
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