MPH Curriculum and Concentrations

Community Health Science and Policy (CHSP) Concentration

Stephen Phillippi, PhD
Academic Program Director

Community Health Science and Policy is focused on promoting wellness, preventing disease, and improving the quality of life among marginalized communities and populations by focusing on systems, equity, and policy impact. Our program advocates the use of a socio-ecological approach to identify and understand the social, cultural, and bio-behavioral determinants affecting health. Using this understanding, this program works to improve personal and population health through planning, implementation, and operating effective and community-responsive programs and organizations. The diversity of our faculty’s areas of expertise affords students a broad range of perspectives for designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to address the most pressing public health issues.

• BCHS 6212 - BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE THEORIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE [3 Credits]
• BCHS 6213 - COMMUNITY ANALYSIS, ECOLOGY AND HEALTH DISPARITIES [3 Credits]
• BCHS 6215 - MONITORING AND EVALUATION [3 Credits]
• BCHS 6216 - HEALTH PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING [3 Credits]
• CHSP 6217 - KEY CONCEPTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT [3 Credits]

Biostatistics and Data Science (BSDS) Concentration

Hui-Yi Lin, PhD
Interim Academic Program Director

The Biostatistics and Data Sciences program trains students in statistical, computational, and data science methods to apply the methods to tackle intricate challenges within public health and biomedical research. Our program emphasizes applications of biostatistics and data science in public health research and practice.

• BSDS 6150 - STATISTICAL PROGRAMMING [2 Credits]
• BIOS 6202 - APPLIED LINEAR MODELS [3 Credits]
• BIOS 6204 - STATISTICAL INFERENCE I [3 Credits]
• BIOS 6210 - CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• BIOS 6212 - SURVIVAL ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• BIOS 6610 - BIOSTATISTICAL CONSULTING I [2 Credits]

Environmental Health, Climate and Sustainability (EHCS) Concentration

Adrienne Katner, EnvD
Academic Program Director

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program in Environmental Health, Climate and Sustainability (EHCS) is a professional degree, created to address the shortage of public health professionals with the background to address emerging environmental health risks, including climate change and environmental injustice, as public health issues.

• EHCS 6235 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6244 - INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH [3 Credits]
• ENHS 6238 - PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [3 Credits]
• ENHS 6253 - GEOSPATIAL HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT [3 Credits]

Epidemiology and Population Health (EPPH) Concentration

Tekeda Ferguson, PhD
Academic Program Director

The Epidemiology and Population Health Program is to reduce health inequities among population groups by exploring determinants of health factors such as social structures, the environment, health behaviors, resource distribution, quality gaps, policy impacts, etc., on clinical outcomes and community health. Our graduates, students, and faculty work in interdisciplinary teams to inform policy and clinical practice to improve the health of the individual and society.

• BIOS 6102 - BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS II [3 Credits]
• BSDS 6150 - STATISTICAL PROGRAMMING [2 Credits]
• EPID 6211 - INTERMEDIATE EPIDEMIOLOGY [3 Credits]
• EPID 6226 - EPIDEMIOLOGIC DESIGN AND ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6229 - IMPROVING POPULATION HEALTH OUTCOMES AND QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE [3 Credits]

Electives

Electives may be selected from any graduate level courses including the following prefixes: PUBH, BCHS, CHSP, BSDS, BIOS, EPID, EPPH, ENHS, ECHS, and HPSM. Please consult your academic advisor to determine which electives best suit your planned career path.