Required Courses by Department

The course reinforces the basic biostatistics and data management skills acquired in the intermediate Biostatistics I (PBHL 620) course with more focus being on model assumption and fit assessment.
3 credits

Multicultural Competence
PBHL 670

The goal of this course is to equip students already versed in the fundamentals of public health principles with additional practice skills and knowledge in cultural competency. Implicit in the term cultural competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and value enabling people to work effectively across cultures.
3 credits

Theory and Practice of Health Promotion
PBHL 671

This course introduces public health students to the theoretical foundation of community and population-based health promotion. The course emphasizes theories and models for individual and planned social and community change designed to improve health; and the application and impact of theoretical constructs in designing intervention strategies.
3 credits

Theory and Practice of Health Communication
PBHL 672

The practice of public health is complete and competent with a strong set of communication skills and a working knowledge of communication theory. This course is designed to train public health practitioners in the steps required in developing, implementing, and evaluating health communication interventions.
3 credits

Outcome Assessment in CHP
PBHL 673

This course is designed to review the principles of identifying short-term, mid-term and long-term outcomes and how these are linked to program goals, objectives, mission, and vision. Topics include selecting outcomes in conjunction with the community, and strategies for design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
3 credits

Intermediate Biostatistics I
PBHL 620

Intermediate Epidemiology is a required course for the Master of Public Health Program of Study, Concentration in Epidemiology and in Biostatistics. This course expands basic methods used in epidemiologic thinking and research.
3 credits

Intermediate Epidemiology
PBHL 630

Intermediate Epidemiology is a required course for the Master of Public Health Program of Study, Concentration in Epidemiology and in Biostatistics. This course expands basic methods used in epidemiologic thinking and research.
3 credits

Applied Survey Research in Epidemiology
PBHL 632

Applied Survey Research in Epidemiology is a required course for the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program of Study, Concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. This course addresses theoretical and practical aspects pertinent to the conduct of survey research in human populations. Practical requirements for research proposal development are covered.
3 credits

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
PBHL 634

Epidemiology for Public Health covers application of epidemiologic procedures to the understanding of the occurrence and control of conditions such as infections and chronic diseases in human populations. Emphasis will be on the understanding of core epidemiologic concepts and the review of public health epidemiology studies.
3 credits

The Business of Healthcare: Advanced Healthcare Financial Management
PBHL 603

The Business of Healthcare: Advance Healthcare Financial Management is a course designed for non-financial health care managers. Using the case study approach, it will offer an introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of health care financial management. There will be a particular focus on fundamentals.
3 credits

Strategy, Innovation and Change Management
PBHL 605

Strategy, Innovation and Change Management is a required course for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program of study, Concentration in Health Management and Policy. This course prepares students for management responsibilities in delivering new health services. The course focuses on developing strategies to adopt innovative services and management techniques.
3 credits

Emerging Issues in US Health Policy
PBHL 609

This course introduces students to the major health policy issues facing the United States today, and that will challenge the nation in the foreseeable future. It will explore how gaps in financing and service delivery pose major barriers to improving health, reducing disparities, achieving universal insurance coverage, enhancing quality, controlling costs, and meeting the needs of patients and families. Students will gain an awareness of the complexities of emerging health policy issues, the historical evolution of issues and themes, how different interests and actors interact, the influence of special interests, why we face the challenges that we do, and why reform is so difficult to achieve.
3 credits

Race, Ethnicity and Health
PBHL 611

This course explores racial and ethnic disparities in health status and access to health care and examines intervention approaches to eliminate them. Course themes include: genetic and social constructions of race and ethnicity; measuring race and ethnicity; differences in prevalence and patterns of disease across groups; the role of economic, social and individual factors; cultural and structural factors that affect health care delivery; discrimination; racism, health status and health care delivery; and public health approaches to prevention and improving health care delivery. Students will learn to define and describe racial and ethnic health disparities, discuss mechanisms underlying disparities, think critically about existing health research on health disparities, and develop proposals for reducing health disparities.
3 credits