The MPH program offers preparation for professional practice in careers related to improving community health. The public health major addresses the five specialty areas of public health and emphasizes a population-based perspective. In addition to required courses stipulated by the MPH curriculum and the concentration of study, ten hours of electives provide flexibility for the individual.
Electives must be selected in consultation with one’s academic advisor. Discussion should explore personal career objectives (3-5 years after graduation) and perceived deficiencies in knowledge or skills which need attention. Course exposure should be selected which will address career aspirations, not merely those which may be scheduled conveniently. Anticipate that fewer courses are offered during summer terms. A graduate minor in statistics (9 hours) may be of interest. Descriptive information regarding the statistics minor is available separately.
For guidance, a listing of suggested course electives has been assembled based on faculty review of courses. If students find a course of potential interest which is not on the listing, approval must be obtained from the academic advisor prior to enrollment. Limited opportunities for “directed independent study” in cooperation with a faculty member may be possible
Anthropology
515 Medical Anthropology (3)
Biosystems Engineering
555 GIS and GPS Applications to Biosystems (3)
Comparative and Experimental Medicine – Graduate School of Medicine
541 Molecular Basis for Human Diseases (4)
Comparative and Experimental Medicine – Veterinary Medicine
501 (special section) Zoonoses for the Public Health Practitioner: A web-based course (3)
530 Wildlife Diseases (2)
606 Clinical Epidemiology (3)
608 Descriptive and Applied Epidemiology (3)
609 Mechanisms of Disease (4)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
484 Conservation Biology (3)
577 Landscape Ecology (3)
635 Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development in Third World Countries (3)
Educational Administration
658 Conflict Resolution (3)
Educational Psychology
574 Facilitating Group Change (3)
Entomology and Plant Pathology
525 Medical and Veterinary Entomology (3)
Food Science and Technology
490 Food Laws and Regulations (3)
501 Seminar (1)
590 Special Topics in Food Technology and Science (1-3)
620 Food Toxicology (3)
Microbiology
620 Topics in Microbial Pathogenesis (3)
Political Science
566 Ethics, Values, and Morality in Public Administration (3)
Public Health
542 Advanced Epidemiologic Methods
552 Community Health Problem Solving (4)
590 Research Methods in Health (3)
660 International Health (3)
Statistics
531 Survey of Statistical Methods I (3)
532 Survey of Statistical Methods II (3)
537 Statistics for Research I (3)
538 Statistics for Research II (3)
571 Statistical Methods (3)
572 Applied Regression analysis (3)
573 Design of Experiments (3)
Veterinary Medicine
867 (CEM 610 for graduate veterinarians) Responsible Pet Ownership (1)
897 (CEM 610 for graduate veterinarians) Small Ruminant Medicine (1)
