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Courses
Students are required to complete 42 semester credit hours in order to graduate from the program: 18 credits of core courses, 9 credits of generalist track courses, 9 credits of electives, and 6 credits of capstone courses (Capstone Project I & II). For graduation, students are required to also accomplish the following: minimum GPA 3.00, exit presentation, and submission of electronic portfolio.
The Student prospectus (PDF) identifies the program components.
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Sem Hr |
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UA
Course # |
CSU
Course # |
NEOMED
Course # |
YSU
Course # |
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Core Courses |
Public Health Concepts |
3 |
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8300:601 |
MPH 501 |
MPH 60201 |
MPH 6901 |
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Biostatistics in Public Health |
3 |
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8300:604 |
MPH 504 |
MPH 60204
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MPH 6904 |
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Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
3 |
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8300:602 |
MPH 502 |
MPH 60202 |
MPH 6902 |
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Epidemiology in Public Health |
3 |
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8300:603 |
MPH 503 |
MPH 60203 |
MPH 6903 |
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Health Services Administration in Public Health |
3 |
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8300:605 |
MPH 605 |
MPH 60205 |
HLTH 6750 |
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Policy and Environmental Sciences in Public Health |
3 |
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8300:606 |
MPH 606 |
MPH 60206 |
MPH 6906 |
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Total Core Course Credits
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18 |
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Generalist Track Courses |
Public Health Practice and Issues (PHC pre-req; offered spring and summer) |
3 |
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8300:608 |
MPH 608 |
MPH 60208 |
MPH 6908 |
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Grant Writing for Public Health (spring and summer)
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3 |
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8300:610 |
MPH 691 |
MPH 60207 |
MPH 6907 |
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Public Health Research and Evaluation (BIO and EPI pre-req; offered fall and spring) |
3 |
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8300:609 |
MPH 609 |
MPH 60209 |
MPH 6909 |
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Culminating Experience |
Capstone Project 1 (must have completed four core courses; offered every semester) |
3 |
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8300:698 |
MPH 685 |
MPH 60298 |
MPH 6998 |
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Capstone Project 2 (must have completed all core courses) |
3 |
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8300:699 |
MPH 686 |
MPH 60299 |
MPH 6999 |
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Electives |
Practicum |
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8300:696 |
MPH 696 |
MPH 60297 |
MPH 6996 |
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Independent Study |
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8300:695 |
MPH 699 |
MPH 60294 |
MPH 6994 |
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Special Topics |
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8300:680-689 |
MPH 695 |
MPH 60295 |
MPH 6995 |
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Total Credits
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42 |
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Public
Health Concepts--This
course will serve as an introduction to definitions, history, organization,
law, ethics, essential services, global aspects, and future of public
health. Students will be assigned text
chapters and other readings. Group presentations will be given at the end of
the course.
Biostatistics in Public Health—This course will cover
principles of biostatistics in the context of public health applications. It
will include the basic and advanced statistical techniques for analyzing and
investigating public health issues including disparities. Statistical package SPSS will be used.
Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public
Health--This course
will cover social and behavioral science concepts and theories and their
application to public health issues.
Epidemiology in Public
Health--The
course will facilitate students’ understanding of fundamental epidemiological
concepts (such as principles of causality), methods (such as epidemiologic study
designs), and their practical applications (such as the concept of screening
for disease; public health applications of the measures of disease frequency
and the measures of exposure-disease association; and their role in public
health decision-making).
Health Services Administration in Public
Health--Management
principles, including personnel administration, leadership, systems thinking, budgeting, financing, and
continuous quality improvement as they pertain to public health, planning and
evaluation principles, public health policy, and data sources.
Policy and Environmental Sciences in Public Health--This
course provides an overview of public health policy, policy development, and advocacy. Environmental health issues serve as an example of the intersection between policy and science. Environmental health topics include air/water quality, food
hygiene, sanitation, municipal/infectious/hazardous waste, vector-borne
disease, occupational health, legal/risk issues, One Health and global issues.
Grant Writing for Public Health--Students will
increase their knowledge and skill in methods and techniques for writing and
managing grant proposals to support public health programs. Emphasis on
development of grant proposals, including narrative, program plan, evaluation
design, timeline, budget and budget justification; identification of grant
funding sources; managing funded projects, and appropriate response to requests
for proposals.
Public
Health Practice and Issues--Prerequisites: Public Health Concepts. Informatics, communication, diversity, cultural proficiency, biology, and ethics are applied in a public health organizational practice setting.
Public
Health Research and Evaluation--Prerequisites:
Biostatistics in Public Health and Epidemiology in Public Health (must have
taken previously or concurrently). Public Health Research and Evaluation is a
theoretical and applied course on research methods. Students will critically
review journal articles, create research questions, conduct a literature
review, employ quantitative and qualitative research methods and develop a data
analysis plan. Culmination of coursework will be a research proposal and an
article review. This course is ideally taken BEFORE Capstone Project I.
Capstone Project I-- Students
will be evaluated on targeted public health competencies. Students will be
asked to develop a capstone project to include the competencies that need to be
strengthened. By the end of the course, students will have produced a capstone
proposal. This is a prerequisite for Capstone Project II. Prerequisites: Public
Health Concepts, Biostatistics in Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences
in Public Health, Epidemiology in Public Health or by permission.
Capstone Project II—An opportunity
for the student to apply the public health competencies acquired in the core
courses to a public health project. It is the culminating experience in the
Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health program. Students
may register for this course only after all core courses have been successfully
completed.
Sample Academic Schedule
- Public Health Concepts--Fall I
- Biostatistics in Public Health--Fall I
- Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health--Spring I
- Epidemiology in Public Health--Spring I
- Public Health Practice and Issues--Spring I
- Grant Writing in Public Health Practice--Summer I
- Elective--Summer I
- Health Services Administration in Public Health--Fall II
- Environmental Health Sciences in Public Health--Fall II
- Public Health Research and Evaluation--Fall II
- Capstone Project I--Spring II
- Elective--Spring II
- Capstone Project II--last semester
- Elective
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