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Public Health Fundamentals and Practice
Courses Offered
Curriculum (6 courses; 18 credits)
| Course |
In-class offering |
Online offering |
| EPI 501 |
Fall |
Spring, Summer* |
| EPI 503 |
Fall, Spring |
Fall, Spring |
| EPI 552 |
Fall, Spring |
Fall (on occasion), Summer* |
| HPM 500 |
Fall, Spring |
Fall, Spring, Summer* |
| HPM 525 |
Fall, Spring |
Fall, Spring |
| EHT 590 |
Fall, Spring |
Fall |
* Summer courses are offered depending on enrollment levels
PLEASE NOTE: In-class and Online course offerings are
subject to change
EPI 501 Principles and Methods of Epidemiology I
(3 CREDITS)
Introduction to epidemiology for students majoring in
any aspect of public health; covers the principles and
methods of epidemiologic investigation including describing
the patterns of illness in populations and research
designs for investigating the etiology of disease. Introduces
quantitative measures to determine risk, association
and procedures for standardization of rates.
EPI 503 Principles of Public Health (3 CREDITS)
This course introduces the students to the basic principles
of public health and their application to the development
of activities that benefit the health status of populations.
The skills of epidemiology, biostatistics, health care
planning and policy development, health care administration,
and community organization are applied to the assessment
of public health needs and the development of prevention
and control initiatives.
EPI 552 Principles of Statistical Inference I (3
CREDITS)
An introduction to descriptive statistics, measures
of central tendency and variability, probability distributions,
sampling estimation, confidence intervals and hypothesis
testing. Computing will be introduced and used throughout
the course.
HPM 500 Health Care Organization, Delivery and Financing
(3 CREDITS)
Introduction to health care policy and services; arrangements
for organizing, delivering, paying for, and financing
health care are examined with attention to their rationale,
implementation, and effectiveness. Government interventions
to ensure access, cost containment and quality are assessed
and policy alternatives are considered.
HPM 525 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public
Health (3 CREDITS)
This course provides an introduction to the role of
social, cultural, psychological, and behavioral factors
in determining the health of populations. Students will:
gain understanding of the significance of social, cultural,
psychological, and behavioral factors in relation to
health status and well-being; learn to analyze public
health problems in terms of the social, psychological,
cultural, economic, and demographic factors that contribute
to or protect from vulnerability to disease, disability,
and death; and improve their ability to apply social
science theory, research, and principals to the critical
analysis of the appropriateness of public health interventions.
EHT 590 Introduction to Environmental Health (3
CREDITS)
Basic concepts of the modes of transmission of environmental
stressors from source or reservoir to host and methods
of reducing their impact on human population; basic
concepts, methods and premises of environmental risk
management.
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