There are five areas of specialization. Each of the following areas of specialization require 12 credit hours:
Community Health Education
Community Health Education concentration area prepares students for implementing effective interventions
directly with clients, determining a community's health needs, promoting healthy lifestyles, and carrying
out health surveys.
12 credit hours from these courses:
HPRO 827
Interventions in Health Education
3 cr hrs
HPRO 840
Health Promotion Program Planning
3 cr hrs
HPRO 875
Health Education: Instrumentation and Evaluation
3 cr hrs
HPRO 895
Public Health Leadership & Advocacy
3 cr hrs
Public Health Administration
Public Health Administration concentration area prepares students for an administrative, managerial
or supervisory role, with emphasis on community organizing, policy development, planning, and program
evaluation.
12 credit hours from these courses:
HSRA 841
Public Personnel Management
3 cr hrs
HSRA 840
Public Budgeting
3 cr hrs
OR
HSRA 872
Health Care Finance
3 cr hrs
HSRA 853
Strategic Planning and
Management in the Public Sector
3 cr hrs
HSRA 874
Health Care Policy
3 cr hrs
Epidemiology
The MPH concentration in Epidemiology (EPI) provides the basic epidemiological skills and knowledge
to prepare students for careers in public health. This area of study is designed to meet the needs
of those individuals who currently work in public health as well as those who wish to embark on a
career in public health. The concentration provides the tools needed to conceptualize a public health
problem, to design an epidemiological study, to collect and analyze data, and to interpret and report
the results of a study. The course work and applications focus on the determinants, distribution,
dynamics, and etiology of disease in populations and include: proposal and report writing; the
promotion of good health practices; the prevention of disease; and the evaluation of public health
policy and programs.
12 credit hours from these courses:
BIOS 808
Biostatistics II
3 cr hrs
EPI 821
Epidemiology: Advanced
Research and Methods
3 cr hrs
EPI 812
Chronic Disease Prevention
and Control: Research Concepts and Methodology
3 cr hrs
EPI 825
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
3 cr hrs
Biostatistics
The MPH concentration in Biostatistics (BIOS) provides the basic biostatistical and quantitative skills
and knowledge to prepare students for careers in public health practice and public health research.
This area of study is designed to meet the needs of those individuals who work in public health and who
desire to broaden their training by learning the statistical/quantitative evaluation of public health
research and programs. The concentration provides the tools needed to conceptualize and define a public
health problem in multidimensional terms, to develop an appropriate study design, to plan and implement
proper statistical analyses, and to interpret and report the results of a study. The course work and
applications focus on methodology typically used to analyze different types of public health data and
provide the opportunity to apply these methods to real-world problems.
12 credit hours from these courses:
BIOS 818
Biostatistical Methods II
3 cr hrs
BIOS 823
Categorical Data Analysis
3 cr hrs
BIOS 824
Survival Data Analysis
3 cr hrs
BIOS 825
Correlated Data Analysis
3 cr hrs
Environmental and Occupational Health
The MPH concentration in Environmental and Occupational Health provides 1) basic knowledge in ecological,
environmental, agricultural and occupational health, as well as toxicology; 2) broad understanding of
relevant problems in the various areas of ecological health, environmental health, occupational health and
safety or toxicology, with particular emphasis on agriculture; and 3) the ability to apply this information
to important problems in these areas. This area of study is designed to meet the needs of those individuals
who work in public health and who desire to broaden their training in environmental health, occupational
health, toxicology and related fields.
12 credit hours from these courses:
ENV 800
Elements of Industrial Safety for Health Sciences
3 cr hrs
ENV 810
Principles of Occupational and Environmental Health
