MPH Program for Students Entering By Fall 2011
Curriculum
The program of academic study for an MPH in the Forced Migration and Health Track includes several components. Each component is listed below. Students can use several online resources to research the University’s course offerings:
| Public Health Core (required): | |
| P6103 | Biostatistics |
| P6300 | Environmental Health Sciences |
| P6400 | Principles of Epidemiology |
| P6530 | Issues and Approaches to Health Policy and Management |
| P6700 | Introduction to Sociomedical Sciences |
Students wishing to take any Forced Migration and Health courses must complete a web-based Forced Migration and Health module prior to the first day of any of the following classes.
Forced Migration and Health track students must register for the following courses:
| Substantive Courses: | |
| P8687 | Public Health & Humanitarian Action* |
| P8688 | Forced Migration and Health Practicum Seminar ** |
* P8687 is taken during the first semester.
** Students attend the practicum seminar their first fall semester and register their second fall for 1.5 credits.
Students should also take 6 to 8 credits, from the following selection of courses:
Students must take Investigative Methods in Complex Emergencies (P8679) and SRH and Public Health Program Planning (P8601). More credits are suggested to establish strong competencies in research methods. For example, the Department strongly recommends that students take P8619 in their first semester (it provides an important foundation for subsequent methods courses). If a student has extensive prior programming experience, s/he may substitue (P8601) with Management of Health Care Organizations (P8614), with permission of the Academic Program Coordinator.
| Research Methods & Skills Courses: | |
| P8679 | Investigative Methods in Complex Emergencies |
| P8619 | Research Design and Data Collection |
| P8623 | Quantitative Data Analysis |
| P8637 | Qualitative Data Analysis |
| P8601 | SRH and Public Health Program Planning |
| P8614 | Management of Health Care Organizations |
Suggested Elecectives Listed According to FM Focuse Areas (up to 15 credits:
| Heilbrunn Dept of Population & Family Health | |
| P8675 | A Systems Approach to Maternal Health |
| P8658 | Migration & Health: Global and Local Perspectives |
| P9630 | Applying Ethical and Human Rights Principles to Public Health Research |
| P8659 | Fundamentals of Health Care Systems in Developing Countries |
| P8640 | Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation |
| P8614 | Management of Health Care Organizations |
| Epidemiology Focus | |
| P8438 | Epidemiology II: Design and Conduct of Observational Epi * |
| P8400 | Epidemiology III: Applied Epidemiological Analysis ** |
Prerequisites: * P6103 & P6400, ** P8120 & P8438
| Environmental Health Sciences |
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| P8304 | Public Health Impacts of Climate Change |
| P9320 | Water and Infectious Diseases |
| P8693 | Public Health GIS |
| Sociomedical Sciences | |
| P8793 | Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (tentative) |
| Other MSPH | |
| P8100 | Applied Regression (BIO dept.) |
| P6503 | Introduction to Health Economics (HPM dept.) |
| Global Health Courses | |
| P6810 | Introduction to Global Health |
| SIPA | |
| U6310 | Budgeting for Non-Profits (Public Affairs) |
| U6190 | Complex Humanitarian Emergencies |
| U6406 | International Responses to Humanitarian Challenges |
| U8559 | Building Peace After Conflict |
