MPH in Social and Behavioral Science

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 eight courses for 24 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)
• S510 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)
• S614 Program Planning in Public Health (3 credits)
• S615 Cultural and Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
• S617 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention (3 credits)

• E602/S602 Internship (3 credits)

Select four coures (12 credits) from the two lists below

Choose two epidemiology electives 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 SBS elective courses for six hours from the list below

• S620 Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Stress (3 credits)
• S622 Coaching for Health Behavior Change (3 credits)
• S625 Applied Public Health Campaigns and Social Marketing (3 credits)
• S631 Maternal Child Family Health (3 credits)
• S672 International Perspectives on Health and Housing (3 credits)

Take 1* from the list below for three credits

• S702/E704 SBS and Epi Final Concentration Project
• S711 Social and Behavioral Science Capstone Project
• E711 Applied Epidemiological Methods I*
• E712 Applied Epidemiological Methods II*

*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.

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)
• B562 Biostatistics Public Health II (3 credits)

Summer Year One

• E/S602 Internship (3 credits)
• Public health elective (3 credits)

Fall Year Two

• Public health elective (3 credits)
• S614 Program Planning in Public Health (3 credits)

Spring Year Two

• E601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
• S615 Culture and Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
• S617 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (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 (3 credits)
• S510 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)