The following courses, numbered 6000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses .
Required of all MPH students. Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; measures of central tendency and of dispersion; random samples; probability distributions including the binomial, the Poisson, the normal, the t, the chi-square, and the F; introduction to estimation and hypothesis testing; rates and vital statistics. Computer laboratory included. (F)
Prereq: C M 6010 or equiv. Required of all MPH students in Quantitative Health Sciences concentration. Intermediate multivariate statistics for students in health-related fields. Introduction to multiple regression, partial correlation, analysis of variance and multivariate discrete data analysis in health investigations. (F)
Required of all MPH students. Introduction to basic public health concepts, functions, and activities. (F)
Prereq: coursework in biostatistics or consent of instructor and experience with IBM compatible computers. Basic statistical concepts and methods used in basic science cancer research literature. (B)
Required of all MPH students. General overview of the U.S. health care system; social and organizational aspects of the delivery, financing, utilization, planning, and development of health care systems. (S)
Prereq: C M 6010 or equiv. Required of all MPH students in the Public Health Practice concentration. Logic of research design; formulation of research problems and objectives; development of hypotheses, specification of variables; sampling; random assignment; issues in measurement; data collection; sources of error; analyses. Computer laboratory included. (F)
Required of all MPH students in the Public Health Practice concentration. Principles and application of program evaluation in health care fields. Design, implementation, and management of evaluations in health environments. (F)
Required of all M.S. students in Community Health Services program. Open to students in the College of Nursing, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and others. Epidemiologist's task list; research of problems without known etiology; infectious and non-infectious models; examination of current problems. (W)
Prereq: C M 7240 and 6010 or equiv. Required of all MPH students in the Public Health Practice concentration. Epidemiological principles, practice, and methodology as applied to researchable health delivery or health questions. Emphasis on design, conduct and analysis of non-experimental studies; student design of epidemiological study.
(W)
Prereq: C M 6010, C M 7240. Required of all students in the Quantitative Health Sciences concentration. Methodologic concepts underlying the science of epidemiology; conduct and interpretation of epidemiologic studies. Emphasis on elements of observational study design, data analysis, and inference, including issues related to causation, bias, and confounding. (F)
Concepts, issues, and problems in health care policy; substantive information regarding policy formulation and content. (B:S)
Required of all MPH students. Social, cultural, and psychological aspects of health and health-related behavior. Topics include: health prevention and promotion, relationship between stress and illness, health services utilization, patient-practitioner interactions, and coping with chronic illness. (F)
Investigation of health and health problems common to gerontological populations. Biomedical and psychosocial aspects of both physical and mental disease; family and societal impact of illness in later life. (I)
Analysis of health care delivery and utilization patterns involving older patients. Health service providers and geriatric care institutions investigated. Community services and service gaps identified. For students in health and medical care fields and those majoring in gerontology. (W)
Prereq: C M 6020, C M 7260. Required of all students in the Quantitative Health Sciences concentration. Application and interpretation of biostatistical methods used in epidemiologic studies. Topics include: approaches to missing data, sensitivity analysis, bootstrap methods, statistical power, sample size estimation, and analysis of ordinal exposures and outcomes. (W)
Prereq. for economics students only: ECO 6000 or consent of instructor. No credit after ECO 5550. Offered for four credits only to economics students. Basic introduction to health care economics including allocation of health care resources, economics of information, and the role of advertising. (B:W)
Management of goals, strategy and structure in health care organizations. Managerial theory and practice; core concepts. (B)
Required of all MPH students in the Quantitative Health Sciences and Public Health Practice concentrations. Current environmental health issues that affect individuals at work and in their communities. Sources of chemical, physical, and biological agents; their associated health effects. Air pollution, exposure prevention, water and solid waste management, and occupational health and safety. Impact of environmental exposures on human health; case studies.
(W)
Methods of assessing and improving the quality of medical care; application of common epidemiological tools and methods, quality improvement techniques, and methods for evaluating costs. (B:W)
Open only to MPH students. Required of all MPH students. Prereq: consent of adviser; completion of all other core course credits (17-18 credits); students in the Quantitative Health Sciences and Public Health Practice concentrations must also have at least six concentration course credits. Individual field experience in public health setting. Integration and synthesis of content and experiences of the public health courses; direct hands-on experience, with appropriate reporting mechanism. (T)
Forces influencing organization and delivery of health services; units of analysis requiring managerial attention; care principles that are appropriate, cost-effective, and meet quality standards. (S)
Current urban health initiatives examined using a range of social science frames; focus on field work skills, perspectives, and methodologies useful for working with ongoing community-based initiatives and grass-roots organizations. (B:S)
Analysis of community health problems and change strategies for health promotion; application of principles and techniques of community health education to multiple ethnic groups and diverse health problems. (B)
Prereq: completion of three gerontology courses and consent of instructor. Open only to students in gerontology or MPH program. No credit after S W 8810. Evaluation of applied research in gerontology from multi-disciplinary perspective. Research design, program evaluation methods, assessment of research related to multi-disciplinary facets of applied gerontology. (B)
Clinical knowledge about prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of occupational and environmental disorders. Etiology, pathophysiology, natural history and health outcomes of important categories of occupational/environmental diseases. Worker/work environment interrelationships. (W)
Prereq: consent of faculty member. Studies dealing with the organization and management of community health services to supplement regular course offerings. (T)
Prereq: consent of instructor. This course is designed for students in the alcohol and drug studies certificate program, but is available to other students with consent of instructor. Capstone course designed to integrate content from other substance abuse courses in a multidisciplinary context. (S)
Prereq: completion of all core and concentration course work; consent of adviser; all MPH students must complete either three credits of C M 8990 or eight credits in C M 8999. (T)
Prereq: completion of all core and concentration course work; consent of adviser; all MPH students must complete either three credits of C M 8990 or eight credits in C M 8999. (T)