Public Health Concepts
This course will provide the student with the opportunity to explore the organizational
structure, history, law, ethics, essential services, global programs, and the future
of public health. Students will engage in discussions, projects and presentations
related to the learning outcomes.
Biostatistics in Public Health
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to apply the principles
of biostatistics in the context of multiple public health applications. Students will
have the opportunity to use public health Information software statistical packages
to achieve learning outcomes.
Health Behavior and Health Promotion
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to explore the
theories of health behavior and health education and promotion. The interventions
and strategies to successfully promote health behaviors through communication and
collaboration will be explored within a sociocultural, diversity, and regional perspective
as they pertain to public health.
Health Communication and Mass Media
This course is designed for graduate students to gain knowledge and experience in
the use of mass media in health communication. It will include two extremely important
subjects for today’s for-profit and nonprofit organizations alike – risk communication
and social marketing. Much of what you will learn is applicable to many fields (e.g.,
communicating in a crisis situation or changing consumer behavior). Traditional media
and the evolving web-based and mobile media, as well as media ethics, will be explored
through case studies and practical exercises.
Environmental Health Sciences
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to examine the
environmental concepts of air quality, water quality, food hygiene, sanitation, vector-borne
diseases, solid waste management, hazardous materials management, hazard identification
and response, occupational health and safety, and legal issues related to environmental
and occupational health.
Cultural Diversity and Competency
This course is designed to provide the graduate student with the opportunity to explore
the complex concepts of how cultural diversity can impact the delivery of public health
services. Students will also have the opportunity to gain the skills necessary to
provide culturally competent public health services that strive for access to all
populations. Emerging public health issues, public health professional ethics, health
informatics, communication, and their applications in practice settings will be discussed.
Epidemiology in Public Health
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to apply epidemiological
methods including study design, legal/ethical aspects, and public health information
software programs. Applications of methods will include screening, disease surveillance,
outbreak investigation, and community needs assessment. Student presentations will
focus on special topics such as infectious disease and chronic conditions.
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
This course introduces the graduate student to the foundations of chronic disease
epidemiology, including disease background and risk factor assessment for many of
the most common chronic diseases in the United States and other developed countries.
The focus of this course is to provide the student with the opportunity to apply epidemiological
methods, including study design and ethical aspects, in the investigation of chronic
diseases. Student projects will focus on specific chronic disease topics.
Health Services Admin and Management
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to analyze the
management principles of personnel administration, budgeting, financing, and continuous
quality improvement as they pertain to public health. Planning and evaluation principles,
grant writing, public health economics, public health policy, and data sources will
also be examined for their application to the administrative roles in public health.
Grant and Research Writing in Public Health
This course will provide the graduate student with the opportunity to develop the
skills for public health research designs and successful submission of proposals to
federal and non-federal funding agencies, including grants management processes.