Degree Requirements for the M.P.H. in Community Health

(42 credits)  View Course Descriptions

Required Core Courses (27 credits)

• PBH 501 Social Determinants of Health and Disease (3 credits)
• PBH 510 Health Care Systems (3 credits)
• PBH 560 Issues in Community and Environmental Health (3 credits)
• PBH 600 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 credits)
• PBH 620 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
• PBH 640 Research Methods and Design for Health Professionals (3 credits)
• PBH 689 Community Health Internship (3 credits)
• PBH 695 Public Health Capstone Research Project Seminar I (3 credits)
• PBH 696 Public Health Capstone Research Project Seminar II (3 credits)

Electives (6 credits)

• PBH 500 The History and Practice of Public Health (1 credit)
• PBH 572 Concepts of Mental Health and Mental Illness (3 credits)
• PBH 573 Human Sexuality (3 credits)
• PBH 575 Family in Contemporary Society (3 credits)
• PBH 576 Drug Use and Abuse (3 credits)
• PBH 578 Stress Use and Abuse (3 credits)
• PBH 581 Nutrition Concepts and Controversies (3 credits)
• PBH 582 International Health and Human Rights (3 credits)
• PBH 583 Contemporary Health Topics (3 credits)
  
  • Women’s Health
  • Health Communication
  • Violence and Injury Prevention
  • Death and Dying
  • LGBT Health Issues
• PBH 584 Successful Grant Writing (3 credits)
• PBH 585 Health Policy, Law and Ethics (3 credits)
• PBH 587 Global Health Communications (3 credits) (Pending approval)
• Selected Interdepartmental (ID) courses focus on Public Health Domestically & Internationally

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