Dec 04, 2024

2019-2020 Graduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Public Health (M.P.H.)

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Admissions Information

This program is a cooperative program and courses are taught by both USD and SDSU.

Master of Public Health: Total 42 credit hours

Major Area Coursework (30 credit hours)

(instruction of some courses shared between USD and SDSU campuses)

PUBH 701 - Biostatistics for Public Health 3 cr hrs
PUBH 710 - Epidemiology 3 cr hrs
PUBH 702 - Public Health Theory and Practice 3 cr hrs
PUBH 721 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience I 1 cr hrs
PUBH 722 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience II 1 cr hrs
PUBH 723 - Public Health Applied Practice Experience III 1 cr hrs
PUBH 730 - Public Health Integrative Learning Experience 6 cr hrs
PUBH 733 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (taught at SDSU) 3cr
PUBH 740 - Introduction to Health Systems and Policy 3 cr hrs
PUBH 750 - Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health 3 cr hrs
PUBH 755 PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION (taught at SDSU) 3cr

Supporting Area Coursework (Select 12 credit hours)

ADS 754 - Public Policy & Addiction 3 cr hrs
CPHD 601 - Introduction to Bioinformatics 3 cr hrs
CPHD 610 - Experimental Design and Analysis 3 cr hrs
EDER 860 - Advanced Statistics I 3 cr hrs
EDER 861 - Advanced Statistics II 3 cr hrs
HSAD 710 - U.S. Health Services System 3 cr hrs
HSAD 740 - International Health Systems 3 cr hrs
HSAD 770 - Managing Health Services Resources 3 cr hrs
HSC 575 - Process and Outcomes Evaluation 3 cr hrs
OCTH 733 - Promotion of Health and Prevention of Disability 3 cr hrs
PSYC 514 - Drugs and Behavior 3 cr hrs
PUBH 711 - Topics in Applied Biostatistics 3 cr hrs
PUBH 760 - Public Health and Native American Communities 3 cr hrs
SOC 510 - Methods of Social Research (C) 3 cr hrs
SOCW 640 - Diversity and Social Justice in Rural and Urban Communities 3 cr hrs
SPCM 540 - Health Communication (C) 3 cr hrs
PUBH 770 - Public Health Immunology 3 cr hrs
PUBH 792 - Topics (C) 1-3 cr hrs
Other graduate-level electives with advisor approval 3cr

Supporting Area Coursework offered by SDSU

BIOL 567 PARASITOLOGY 3
BIOS 663 ADVANCED CONCEPTS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE 6
HSC 533 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 3
HSC 785 ADVANCED EPIDEMIOLOGY 3
NFS 660 MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION 3
NFS 761 NUTRITION AND AGING 3
NURS 760 HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASES PREVENTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 3
PHA 741 PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS 2
PHA 752 DRUGS OF ABUSE AND ADDICTION 2
PHA 753 WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH 2
PUBH 761 SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY 3
NUTR 715 PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION 3
NURS 670 HEALTH POLICY, LEGISLATION, ECONOMICS, & ETHICS 3
PUBH 751 PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH 3
PUBH 762 CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN PUBLIC HEALTH 3
OTHER GRADUATE-LEVEL ELECTIVES WITH ADVISOR APPROVAL 3