College of Public Health

Master of Public Health (MPH)
Concentration in Epidemiology

M.P.H. Core Course Requirements (15 hours)

HPRB 7070	Program Planning in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
EPID 7010	Introduction to Epidemiology I
BIOS 7010	Introductory Biostatistics I
EHSC 7060	Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science
HADM 7600	Introduction to Health Policy and Management

Epidemiology Concentration Core Requirements (12 hours)

BIOS 7020	Introductory Biostatistics II
EPID 7020	Introduction to Epidemiology II
EPID 8200	Molecular Epidemiology
EPID 8400	Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Electives (12 hours)
The following is a sample of suggested electives for an MPH concentration in Epidemiology:

General Epidemiology Focus:

STAT 6240	Sampling and Survey Models
STAT 6260	Statistical Quality Assurance
STAT 6290	Nonparametric Methods
STAT 6360	Statistical Programming in SAS
STAT 6630	Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics I
STAT 6640	Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics II
STAT 8200	Design of Experiments
STAT 8250	Multivariate Methods
PBHL 8100	Current Topics in Public Health
HRPB 7160	Special Topic - Cancer Epidemiology

Molecular Epidemiology Focus:

GENE 6000	Advanced Evolutionary Biology
GENE 8920	Nucleic Acids
GENE 8950	Molecular Evolution
BCMB 8210	Computational Methods Bioinformatics

Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology Focus:

PBHL 8260	Global Infectious Diseases
CBIO 8500	Biology of Parasitism
ECOL 8500	Topics in Disease Ecology
VPAT 8150	Virology and Viral Pathogenesis
ENTO 8650	Vector Biology

Internship (6 hours)

For more information on the MPH concentration in Epidemiology, please contact Dr. Mark Jensen, faculty advisor.

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