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 8899.02
Doctoral Seminar in Epidemiology: Teaching Methods

Seminar for doctoral students in epidemiology with a focus on
teaching methods.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in PhD program.

2 Credits PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 8899.03
Epidemiology - History, Social Context and Ethics

This course is designed for first year PhD students in the Division of Epidemiology. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the history of epidemiology, including its development to its current form. The course will provide examples of the importance of social constructs and social context to epidemiology. Key transition points in the history of public health and epidemiology will be highlighted.

Prequisite(s): None

1 Credit PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 8899.04
Research Questions and Study Design in Epidemiology

This course is designed for second year PhD students in the Division of Epidemiology. More advanced students are also encourage to attend. The purpose of this course is to assist students in identifying research questions and considering appropriate study designs for the research question. The course will use readings, both historical and current, to emphasize key points about study design. Sources of bias will also be discussed. Students will apply these concepts to studies in their own substantive areas.

Prequisite(s): PhD EPI students only or permission of instructor.

1 Credit PUBHEPI

PUBHEPI 8899.05
Applications of Advanced Methods in Epidemiology

This course is designed for second year PhD students in the Division of Epidemiology. More advanced students are also encouraged to attend. The purpose of this course is to examine contemporary methods in epidemiology and understand their appropriate applications. The course will use readings, both historical and current, to introduce methods and their application. Selected papers will include methods descriptions and applications of the selected methods. Sources of bias will also be discussed. Selected topics are expected to vary from one year to the next. Students will consider how the methods could be used in their own substantive areas.

Prequisite(s): None.

1 Credit PUBHEPI

PUBHHBP 3193
Individual Studies in Health Behavior and Health Promotion

Individual studies in Health Behavior and Health Promotion
focusing on applied topics.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐6 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 3510
Role of Behavior in Public Health

Introduction to concepts of health behavior and its role in public health, social determinants of health, applications to selected community health problems and issues. GEN theme health and well-being course.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 4558
Policy as a Prevention Strategy

This course will prepare upper-level undergraduate students on the key elements of how policy can be used as an intervention to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Course activities will build skills for the evaluation of when policy is an appropriate strategy and how to prepare a policy brief on a formal policy issue that impacts population health. Each student will work with a small group to choose a policy topic and prepare research-informed policy brief.

Prequisite(s): Writing and Information Literacy or GE equivalent for 3 credit hours. Social and Behavioral Sciences or GE equivalent for 3 credit hours.

2 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 6520
Advocacy for Health Justice

This course will examine advocacy's place in the historical and contemporary practice and promotion of public health, including a turn toward a focus on advocacy to address the social and structural determinants of health.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in MPH-HBHP program or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 6535
Community Engagement and Collaborative Community Problem Solving

This class provides the opportunity to review a number of concepts critical to collaborative community problem‐solving. A broad range of literature will be reviewed and students will have the opportunity to experience several simulated processes unique to the collaborative problem‐solving process.

Prequisite(s): 6510 or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 6558
Policy as a Prevention Strategy

This course will prepare graduate students on the key elements of how policy can be used as an intervention to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Course activities will build skills for the evaluation of when policy is an appropriate strategy and how to prepare a systematic review of evidence for the use of a policy strategy. Each student will be able to choose a policy topic and prepare a literature review, policy scan or health impact assessment as a manuscript formatted for submission to a scientific journal.

 

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health and Grad standing; or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 7193
Individual Studies in Health Behavior and Health Promotion

Individually designed study of selected topics in health behavior and health promotion.

Prequisite(s): Permission of instructor.

1‐6 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 7520
Community Health Assessment

Models of community health assessment; skills in identifying, analyzing and integrating information concerning community resources and needs.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health and graduate student standing or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 7522
Program Planning and Implementation

Planning and implementation of programs to address public health issues in defined populations; development of a health promotion program for a specific community partner.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health, graduate student standing or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 827.

3 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 7528
Foundations of Professional Practice in Health Promotion

Professional practice settings and expectations for health promotion, application of health promotion theories and perspectives to community problems.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health and graduate student standing or permission of instructor.

2 Credits PUBHHBP

PUBHHBP 7532
Program Evaluation in Public Health

Examination of evaluation models for public health programs, exploration of philosophical and scientific issues in evaluation and skill building in both qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in Public Health and graduate student standing or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHHBP
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