Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health

Public Health

Community Health Concentration

Community Health is one of three areas of concentration of the Community Public Health program. It is a 46-credit program leading to the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. The program is designed for students who seek graduate training in planning and evaluating programs designed to promote health and prevent disease in diverse population groups. It prepares students for careers in local, state, federal, and international health agencies as well as in community and non-profit organizations.

Program Goals

The MPH trains students to integrate the knowledge, skills, and experience fundamental to all public health disciplines and to apply this integrated knowledge to prevent health problems among diverse population groups. This goal is accomplished through training in public health fundamentals--biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, environmental health sciences, health services administration, social and behavioral sciences, and program planning and evaluation. The program places great emphasis on the application of material learned in courses to practical experience obtained through supervised fieldwork placements.

The goals of the Community Health concentration are to prepare health professionals to:

Course Sequence

For students matriculating in the Fall semester:

1st Fall semester
E33.2000.003 New Graduate Student Seminar (0)
E10.2995 Biostatistics I (3)
E33.2322 History & Principles of Public Health (3)
E33.2355 Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (3)
P11.1830 Community Health & Medical Care (4)

1st Spring semester
E10.2996 Biostatistics II (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995 ]
E33.2306 Epidemiology (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995 ]
E33.2361 Research Methods in Public Health (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995]
E33.2405 Health Communication: Theory and Practice (3)

2nd Fall semester
E33.2356 Environmental Health Problems (3)
E33.2318 Assessing Community Health Needs (3) [prerequisite: E10,2996, E33.2306, E33.2361]
E33.2410 Community-Based Health Interventions (3) [prerequisite: E33.2361]
_______ Elective ____________________________

2nd Spring semester*
E33.2349 Program Planning and Evaluation (3) [prerequisite: E33.2318, E33.2355 ]
E33.2360 Internship and Seminar in Public Health (3)
_______ Elective ____________________________

For students matriculating in the SPRING semester:

1st Spring semester

E33.2000.003 New Graduate Student Seminar (0)
E33.2361 Research Methods in Public Health (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995 or permission of instructor]
P11.1830 Community Health & Medical Care (4)
E33.2405 Health Communication: Theory and Practice (3)
_______ Elective ____________________________

1st Fall semester
E10.2995 Biostatistics I (3)
E33.2322 History & Principles of Public Health (3)
E33.2355 Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (3)
E33.2318 Assessing Community Health Needs (3) [prerequisite: E10.2996, E33.2306, E33.2361]

2nd Spring semester
E10.2996 Biostatistics II (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995 ]
E33.2306 Epidemiology (3) [prerequisite: E10.2995 ]
E33.2349 Program Planning and Evaluation (3) [prerequisite: E33.2318, E33.2355 ]
_______ Elective ____________________________

2nd Fall semester*
E33.2356 Environmental Health Problems (3)
E33.2360 Internship and Seminar in Public Health (3)
E33.2410 Community-Based Health Interventions (3) [prerequisite: E33.2361]

* Students taking less than 12 credits but enrolled in E33.2360 can apply for full-time equivalency