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Recommended Courses for Your First Semester – Spring Cohorts

Registering for more than 12 credits is not recommended. Below are lists of courses for each program presented in priority order. Students should register for the courses in the order listed. For example, for MPH in Community Health students should first register for PUBH 601, followed by PUBH 613, PUBH 611, etc. If a student registers for 4 courses and later needs to drop a course, then the course to drop should be CHSS 622.

Note that all PhD, MPH, and MS students must complete PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge, a zero-credit series of online modules.

MPH in Community Health

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  4. CHSS 622: Community Organizing to Advance Health and Social Justice (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MPH in Epidemiology & Biostatistics

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 614: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MPH in Health Policy & Management

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MPH in Public Health Nutrition

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. FNPH 622: Food and Nutrition Through the Lifecycle (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MPH in Environmental & Occupational Health

  1.  PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MS in Environmental & Occupational Health

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. EOHS 622: Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 credits)
  4. Elective I (3 credits): Consider EOHS 645: Demography and Population Geography with GISc; EOHS 646: Occupational Site Assessment; or EOHS 695: Public Health Preparedness: Climate Change and Response

MS in Population Health Informatics

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions (3 credits)

MS in Global and Migrant Health Policy

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. HPAM 623: Comparative Analyses of Urban Health Care Systems (3 credits)
  4. HPAM 628: Global Health Policy and Politics (3 credits)
  5. Elective I (3 credits): Consider HPAM 620: Public Health Management; HPAM 695-1: Advanced Modeling & Simulation; or HPAM 695-2: Public Health Entrepreneurship

MS in Health Communication for Social Change

  1. PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge (0 credit, online modules)
  2. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  3. CHSS 628: Multisectoral Engagement for Sustainable Health: Local to Global Development, Implementation, and Measurement (3 credits)
  4. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)
  5. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)

Advanced Certificate in Public Health

  1. PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research (3 credits)
  2. PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management (3 credits)
  3. PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy (3 credits)

Advanced Certificate in Industrial Hygiene

  1. EOHS 622: Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 credits)
  2. Selective I (3 credits): Consider EOHS 626: Industrial Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality; or EOHS 643: Industrial Safety and Management
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