To complete this degree, you will take a combination of public health core courses, epidemiology and environmental health science concentration courses, public health electives courses, and public health practical experience courses that together total 54 credits.
MPH in Epidemiology—EHS curriculum
Take all four courses for 12 credits
- P670 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- P670 Comprehensive Methods Epi/Biostats (3 credits)
- P670 Program Planning and Management (3 credits)
- P670 Leadership and Communication (3 credits)
Take all seven courses for 21 credits
- A623 Management and Leadership in Health Protection (3 credits)
- A661 Fundamentals of Toxicology (3 credits)
- A662 Human Health Risk Assessment (3 credits)
- B552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
- B562 Biostatistics for Public Health II (3 credits)
- E601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E635 Foundations in Public Health Informatics (3 credits)
- E602/A602 Internship (3 credits)
Select four courses (12 credits) from the two lists below
Choose two Epidemiology elective courses for six hours from the list below
- E562 Epidemiology of Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus (3 credits)
- E609 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E610 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E618 Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E629 Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E645 Information Exchange for Population Health (3 credits)
- E653 Meta-Analysis (3 credits)
- E675 Fundamentals of Injury Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E715 Design & Implementation of Observational Studies (3 credits)
- E765 Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credits)
- E780 Pharmacoepidemiology (3 credits)
- E795 Cardiovascular Epidemiology (3 credits)
Choose two environmental elective courses for six hours from the list below
- A609 Air Pollution and Health (3 credits)
- A614 Water Quality Management (3 credits)
- A617 Environmental Epidemiology (3 credits)
- A628 Public Health Sanitation (3 credits)
- A633 Occupational Health and Safety (3 credits)
- A640 GIS Applications in Public Health (3 credits)
- A675 Regulatory Affairs for Product Stewardship (3 credits)
- A676 Product Stewardship Strategy & Management (3 credits)
- A677 Product Hazard, Exposure & Risk Assessment (3 credits)
- A678 Product Improvement & Sustainability (3 credits)
- A680 Fundamentals of Product Stewardship (3 credits)
Final Project Take 1*
- P703/P704 Epidemiology & Environmental Health Science Concentration Project (3 credits)
- E711 Applied Epidemiological Methods I* (3 credits)
- E712 Applied Epidemiological Methods II* (3 credits)
*Applied Epidemiological Methods courses can be taken in lieu of a final concentration project. Must take both courses (I & II) and will result in one less epidemiology elective required. Must also have approval from both advisors to enroll in Applied Epidemiological Methods.
Full-time schedule
Below is a sample schedule showing how you might complete the Epidemiology—EHS dual concentration MPH.
Fall Year One
- Core course (3 credits)
- Core course (3 credits)
- B552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
Spring Year One
- Core course (3 credits)
- Core course (3 credits)
- A661 Fundamentals of Toxicology (3 credits)
Summer Year One
- E/A602 Internship (3 credits)
- Public health elective (3 credits)
- Public health elective (3 credits)
Fall Year Two
- B562 Biostatistics II (3 credits)
- A662 Environmental Health Risk Assessment (3 credits)
- Public health elective (3 credits)
Spring Year Two
- E601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
- A623 Management and Leadership in Health Protection (3 credits)
Fall Year Three
- E711 Applied Epidemiological Methods I (3 credits)
- Public health elective (3 credits)
Spring Year Three
- E712 Applied Epidemiological Methods II (3 credits)
- E635 Foundation of Public Health Informatics