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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Biomedical Sciences |
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BMSC 5203 DAT Prep
2 SCH. This course offers in-depth instruction in biology, chemistry, reading comprehension, and perceptual ability, as well as test-taking strategies.
Prerequisite: MEDS-MS majors only
Offered Summer
Pass/No Pass
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BMSC 5204 GRE Prep
2 SCH. This course offers in-depth preparation for the verbal, quantitative and analytical writing sections of the Graduate Record Examination.
Prerequisite: MEDS-MS majors only
Offered Summer
Pass/No Pass
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BMSC 5205 Topics in Biomedical Sciences
2 SCH. This course is an introduction to the core integrated biomedical sciences curriculum required for all first-year biomedical sciences graduate students at the health science center. It is not intended to be all-encompassing or comprehensive, but it does aim to provide the student with an overview of some seminal concepts in areas ranging from biochemistry to pharmacology and neuroscience. It will become apparent at the conclusion of the course, if not before, that division of biomedical science into traditional disciplines is no longer valid, because, as future scientists, students must become familiar with basic information that transcends all subjects. The goal of this course is to start the student on the path toward the integration of certain important concepts into his/her learning and understanding regardless of final choice of discipline.
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5210 Principles of Clinical Data Management
2 SCH. Clinical data management (CDM) is a critical process in clinical research, which leads to generation of high-quality, reliable, and statistically sound data from clinical trials. Clinical data management ensures collection, integration and availability of data at appropriate quality and cost. It also supports the conduct, management and analysis of studies across the spectrum of clinical research as defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The ultimate goal of CDM is to ensure that conclusions drawn from research are well supported by the data. Achieving this goal protects public health and confidence in marketed therapeutics. This provides critical concepts and practical methods to support planning, collection, storage and dissemination of data in clinical research. Understanding and implementing solid data management principles is critical for any scientific domain.
Prerequisite: BMSC 5312- Introduction to Clinical Research & Studies
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5231 Introduction to Health Disparities Issues in the United States
2 SCH. An examination of the disparities and issues surrounding the treatment of several health problems in the United States, particularly as related to minority populations. Each health condition is approached from the clinical, cultural and scientific aspect so that the student will understand the etiology and treatment of the disease, the cultural characteristics of various populations that may contribute to the disproportionate presence of the disorder in a particular population, and the underlying science involved with each health problem. The latter understanding will aid the student to better approach research, both in the clinical and basic science venues, directed towards better management of the health problems.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5300 Biostatistics for Biomedical Sciences
3 SCH. This course is specifically designed serve as a foundation in biostatistics for biomedical sciences graduate students with intentions to continue their education in medicine, or advance in the fields of biotechnology or clinical research management. The course provides students with training to effectively evaluate the biostatistical approaches appropriate for different research designs and to critically assess statistical results presented in professional journals or research reports. Topics include exploratory data analysis; descriptive statistics; probability and probability distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing, analysis of frequencies, analysis of variance, correlation and simple linear regression. Parametric and nonparametric approaches are presented.
Prerequisite: Course restricted to GSBS students.
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5301 Principles of Biochemistry
3 SCH. This course is a broad introduction to the fundamentals of biochemistry, especially those relating to thermodynamics, molecular pathways and regulation. Discussion of important techniques that contribute to our present understanding of biochemistry. Course restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors.
Prerequisite: Course restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5302 Molecular Cell Biology
3 SCH. This course covers the fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, concentrating on understanding of the experimental basis of these disciplines as well as the current state of knowledge.
Prerequisite: Course restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5303 Immunology and Microbiology
2 SCH. A general exploration of basic concepts of immunology, microbiology and virology including study of genomics, proteomics and gene therapy. Course restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors. Prerequisites: BMSC 5301 and 5302 or consent of the department.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5304 Physiology
5 SCH. Emphasis on integrative physiology of human organ systems. This course is restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 5301 and 5302 or have department consent.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5305 Pharmacology
2 SCH. Emphasis on fundamental principles of pharmacology that include pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, ligand-receptor interactions and their consequent biological effects. Course restricted to Medical Sciences and Clinical Research Management majors.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 5301 and 5302 or have department consent.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5310 Scientific Communications
3 SCH. The purpose of this course is to develop skills and gain experience in the types of scientific writing required for: submitting articles for publication; grant applications; preparing presentations for lectures and seminars; preparing posters for meetings.
Offered Fall and Spring
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5312 Introduction to Clinical Research and Studies
3 SCH. Course covers drug development process, ethical and scientific principles of clinical research, clinical trial preparation, study design, informed consent forms, clinical coordinator responsibility and regulatory considerations. Conducting clinical trials from initiation to implementation.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5315 Scientific Communications
2 SCH. This course will serve as a primer for providing students with the framework of communicating scientific content in a clear and effective manner. Key elements include providing students with general rules of scientific writing and ways to communicate science to different audiences (e.g., lay-public versus technically savvy audience).
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5316 Entrepreneurship 101: Fundamentals in Entrepreneurship
3 SCH. This course is designed to introduce the foundational concepts of entrepreneurship, including the entrepreneurial mindset, the difference between entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial management, and the impact of value creation to our economy. Students will explore their business ideas, learn methods and skills that can increase the chances for a business enterprise to succeed.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5317 Entrepreneurship 201: Venture Planning
3 SCH. What is a business model? What do customers want? How do I manufacture or deliver services? Which customers should I sell to? How do I choose my team or partners? In this course the student will develop a plan to fund and grow a business. The student will learn how to take a business idea concept and develop a business model, value proposition, team strategy, market strategy, and financial strategy. The student will learn business legal concepts for starting a business including: legal structure, intellectual property, then make decisions on how to structure and fund a business. The student will learn about the early stage investment landscape and how investors and lenders evaluate new ventures.
Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 101, or course instructor permission
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5318 Entrepreneurship 301: Biomedical Entrepreneurship
3 SCH. What is a business model for a biomedical venture? What do customers want? How do I manufacture or deliver services? Which customers should I sell to? How do I choose my team or partners? This course is designed for a student or professional wanting to become a successful entrepreneur in the biomedical industry. In this course the student will develop a plan to fund and grow a business venture. The student will learn how to take a business idea concept and develop a business model, value proposition, team strategy, market strategy, and financial strategy. The student will learn business legal concepts for starting a business including: legal structure, intellectual property, then make decisions on how to structure and fund a business. The student will learn about the early stage investment landscape and how investors and lenders evaluate new ventures.
Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 101, 201, or course instructor permission
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5319 Entrepreneurship 401: Entrepreneurship Capstone Project
3 SCH. In this Practical Experience Capstone course, students will put all they have learned together and apply their skills to be able to launch a venture idea. This experience is designed to help students understand the challenges of new ventures start-up through research readings and real-life commentaries from successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs.
Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship 101: Fundamentals in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship 201: Venture Planning, Entrepreneurship 301: Biomedical Entrepreneurship, or course instructor permission
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5320 Introduction to Regulatory Affairs
3 SCH. This course provides students with in-depth knowledge of the therapeutic development and regulation process from preclinical testing through post-marketing adverse experience reporting and will offer students an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the complete U.S. pharmaceutical and biological products approval processes. It also considers FDA standards for nonclinical testing-quality assurance issues and good laboratory practice, investigational new drug (IND) applications, therapeutic market applications and review process initiatives designed to speed therapeutic product review, as well as current good manufacturing practice regulations to assure quality of marketed products.
Prerequisite: BMSC 5312
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5350 Principles of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine
3 SCH. This course is intended to introduce students to the fundamental elements of epidemiology, with relevant emphasis on clinical applications and evidence-based medicine. The course consists of lectures, biomedical journal article discussions, student presentations, and other activities as assigned. Lectures emphasize the basic concepts of epidemiology and clinical research design, and their applications to clinical medicine and public health. Biomedical journal articles emphasize the practical application of concepts covered in lectures. Group presentations provide students an opportunity to enhance their communication skills, while also demonstrating mastery of course content.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5390 Special Problems
1-3 SCH. For master’s students capable of developing a finite problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Pass/No Pass
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BMSC 5391 Special Problems 2
1-3 SCH. For master’s students capable of developing a finite problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5395 Thesis
3-9 SCH. To be scheduled with consent of department. A maximum of 6 SCH total will be allowed toward the degree. Continuous enrollment required after initial registration in course. Prerequisite: Completion of approved thesis research proposal milestone. May be repeated for credit. Student will receive letter grade for final semester only.
Prerequisite: GSBS MS Students must complete Approved Research Proposal Milestone before enrolling in Thesis hours. Student must also be active in MS program.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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BMSC 5399 Clinical Research Management Capstone Project
3 SCH. The capstone project is a required component of the online Clinical Research Management Master¿s program. The purpose of the capstone project is to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to contribute to the field of clinical research management. This individualized scholarly work may consist of a detailed case study, literature review and data analysis project or a clinical research project or a clinical quality improvement project. Students will be paired with a mentor from UNTHSC or our partner health care organizations to oversee their work. At the beginning of the capstone, the mentor and student will identify a topic or a specific problem to address or investigate. They will then construct an action plan or research proposal and the student will conduct the data analysis/literature review. At the end of the project, the student will complete a project report and do an oral presentation of the project.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 5697 Internship Practicum
1-12 SCH. The candidate must complete an internship at an approved site. At the completion of the practicum, the student will write a report detailing the activities of the internship. A copy of the report must be submitted within the appropriate deadlines to the graduate school according to the guidelines for completing the requirements for graduation. Offered each semester. Student will receive letter grade for final semester only. Normally 6 SCH.
Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing in order to enroll in this course.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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BMSC 5998 Individual Research for MS Students
1-12 SCH. Master’s-level research of an independent nature. A maximum of 12 SCH will be allowed toward degree requirements.
Prerequisite: Students must be active in GSBS MS program.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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BMSC 6100 Scientific Communication Competencies
1 SCH. This course serves to develop and evaluate key competencies in written and oral communication skills through various mentor and/or student advisory committee-driven forums. The development of oral communication skills will be promoted and evaluated through such opportunities as individual conferences with the mentor, laboratory meetings, and Work-in-Progress seminars (WIPS). Written communication skills will be developed and evaluated through such activities that include: written abstracts and manuscripts, and lab reports. Expectations of scientific communication competencies will be stage-of-training specific. Students will enroll in this course each summer semester.
Offered Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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BMSC 6101 Responsible Conduct
1 SCH. This course will build on the principles introduced in BMSC 5160 and address the issues and dilemmas encountered by scientists conducting research. Using both presentations and case studies designed to foster class discussion, students will be required to use critical thinking as they integrate personal and professional ethical standards and apply them to the cases. Cases of scientific misconduct will be presented just as they appear in the NIH Guide and the headlines of the news. Students will work in small groups throughout the course. Issues of Professionalism and Mentoring including discrimination and harassment will be covered in this course; issues unique to genomics research; scientific rigor and reproducibility. The need for and how to create diversity, equity and inclusion in biomedical research will also be discussed.
Prerequisite: Biomedical Ethics (BMSC 5160)
Offered Summer
Pass/No Pass
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BMSC 6102 Grant Writing
1 SCH. This course is designed to teach graduate students how to use NIH tools and resources to strategize prior to preparing their proposal. Students will also learn the key concepts and structure of a successful fellowship proposal. They will learn how to organize a training and research plan. The course will concentrate on NIH-style (F30/31) grant forms, components and format. Students will also participate in a Mock Study Section to learn to critically read research proposals and what reviewers are looking for.
Offered Fall
Pass/No Pass
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BMSC 6200 Introduction to Experimental Design and Biostatistical Methods
2 SCH. This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to experimental design with consideration of the appropriate application of statistical evaluations in the context of biomedical science research. Following the completion of this course, students will be able to: Explain the principles of sound experimental design; Discuss the considerations of sampling strategies, sample size and statistical power; Determine the appropriate statistical test to use for various experimental models; Discuss the assumptions and limitations of Goodness of Fit tests, Students t-Test, ANOVA approaches and Regression Analysis; and Evaluate and critique experiments reported in the literature for their design, limitations and appropriateness of applied statistical analysis.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6201 Fundamentals in Biomedical Sciences I
2 SCH. This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge of the basic building blocks of cells (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and their tum-over), generation of energy (intermediary metabolism) and the role of hormone-mediated integration of organ-specific metabolic events into whole body homeostasis. The course also offers insight into enzyme action and mechanisms and regulation of activity.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6202 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences II
2 SCH. An introduction into the key concepts of the molecular organization of the genome from the DNA molecule through the operations of the gene, with a focus on how DNA variants and modifications alter gene expression, are inherited across generations and are maintained in populations.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6203 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences III
2 SCH. An introduction to key concepts in cell biology including cell structure and function, cell cycle, cell death, signal transduction, and organization of subcellular organelles, with an emphasis on the central dogma of life and the flow of information from DNA to RNA (transcription) and RNA to protein (translation).
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6204 Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences IV
2 SCH. This course will focus on integrating cellular mechanisms and systems physiology to provide an integrated perspective of homeostasis. Systems that will be featured will include nervous, immune, endocrine, and the cardiovascular.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6390 Special Problems
1-3 SCH. For Doctoral students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit. Offered each semester.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6391 Special Problems 2
1-3 SCH. For Doctoral students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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BMSC 6395 Doctoral Dissertation
1-12 SCH. Student can enroll in 3, 6 or 9 SCH. To be scheduled with consent of department. A maximum of 12 SCH total will be allowed toward degree. No credit assigned until dissertation has been completed and filed with the graduate office. Doctoral students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course subsequent to passing qualifying examination for admission to candidacy. May be repeated for credit. Student will receive letter grade for final semester only.
Prerequisite: PhD Students must complete Approved Research Proposal Milestone before enrolling in Doctoral Dissertation hours. Student must also be active in PhD program.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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BMSC 6998 Individual Research
1-12 SCH. Doctoral research of independent nature. A maximum of 40 SCH will be allowed toward degree.
Prerequisite: Students must be active in GSBS PhD program.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences |
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EOHS 5001 MPH Comprehensive Exam
0 SCH. The Comprehensive Examination is a culminating experience option for the MPH degree intended to test the mastery of the competencies required. A student who chooses this option must register for this course in the semester in which he/she intends to take the examination.
Offered Fall and Spring
Pass/No Pass
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EOHS 5300 Environmental Determinants of Health I
3 SCH. Students will be introduced to the environmental determinants that influence human health (physical, chemical, biological, psychosocial), their sources, modes of transport, routes of exposure, and various intervention paradigms. This course will include discussion on municipal water supply and disposal, ambient and indoor air quality, solid and hazardous wastes, food security, zoonotic diseases, pesticides, occupational safety, toxicology, risk assessment/risk communication and genomics.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5310 Evaluation and Control of Environmental Pathogens
3 SCH. This course addresses biological and infectious disease organisms from a global perspective through real scenario-based exercises: organism recognition, exposure and health effects, sampling and analysis methods, and existing public health intervention strategies and system. In particular, the course emphasizes competencies in identification of appropriate source information, hazard assessment and analysis, compliance with regulation, and application of information and knowledge to an expected job task as an environmental/community environmental health professional.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EOHS 5300.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5312 Food Safety: Farm to Fork
3 SCH. This course will examine the quality and safety aspects of our food production from the “Farm to the Table.” It will provide the student with information about food safety from a holistic perspective, address laws, regulations, and policies, the importance of animal welfare, safe and sustainable farming practices and their relationship to food quality and nutrition, and the importance of food safety to public health. Topics will cover the relationship of microorganism and sanitation; food contamination sources; personal hygiene; the role of the FDA, local health departments and veterinarians in the protection of food; cleaning compounds; waste disposal and its associated implications; food processing and preparation; environmental issues associated with food production (climate change, antibiotic resistance, etc.); and the relationship of food safety to public health.
Prerequisite: Student must complete or be concurrently enrolled in EOHS 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5313 Topics in Global Food Security and Sustainability
3 SCH. This course will expose the student to the issues in food security from the local to the global levels. Topics will cover a broad range of issues, including, but not limited to: food quality and access, food deserts, climate change impacts, food animal welfare, food safety, agroterrorism, nutrition (starvation, under-nutrition, and obesity), agricultural practices, and policy/regulation of the food system. Students are expected to gain a better understanding of the successes and failures of the food systems locally, nationally, and globally; a better appreciation for the future challenges associated with food security, and an understanding of how to solve real-world problems stemming from food security issues.
Offered Fall and Spring
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5318 Diseases from Animals to Humans
3 SCH. This course will expose the student to the role of animals in public health by focusing specifically on zoonotic diseases and their public health implications. Over 70% of emerging and infectious diseases today are considered zoonotic - able to pass from animals to humans and vice versa. As the global community becomes smaller and smaller, and the human-animal interface becomes more and more consistent, it is important to be aware of and understand the implications of such diseases. Some examples of diseases to be covered include vector-borne diseases such as malaria and Dengue fever, bacterial diseases such as salmonellosis and listeriosis, and viral diseases including Ebola, Marburg, and West Nile Virus. Additionally, students will be given the opportunity to put their public health practitioner hats on with 1-2 local field trips designed to give practical, real-life experiences to which they may apply their current knowledge of public health.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EOHS 5300 or obtain instructor permission.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5324 Water and Public Health
3 SCH. This course covers how water quantity and quality affect population health from regional and global perspectives, and efforts to reduce its impacts on public health. The course discusses recognition, evaluation, and control of water contaminants and current issues related to water sustainability. The water contaminants include microbial organisms, chemicals, and radioactive materials both from natural and anthropogenic sources. Human efforts to reduce the impacts of water contamination and to conserve water include; water and wastewater treatment technologies and policy and regulations. In addition, climate effects on water quality and quantity will be discussed both in regional and global perspectives.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EOHS 5300.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5362 GIS in Public Health
3 SCH. GIS in Health is an applied course covering the theory and applications of geographic information systems (GIS) for public health. This course is designed for students with interests in learning about methods for analyzing the spatial patterns of disease burdens and their relationships to environmental hazards and includes an overview of GIS and spatial analysis principles in public health. The practical component of this class involves the use of desktop GIS software packages including ArcGIS and other spatial analysis software such as SatScan. In addition, this course also covers location allocation (LA) techniques for measuring and evaluating accessibility to public health facilities.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EOHS 5364 Geographic Distribution of Health and Disease
3 SCH. Medical geography deals with geographic aspects of disease ecology, health care delivery, and environment and health. Disease ecology involves the spatial pattern of diseases and associated explanatory variables including geological, meteorological, biological and cultural phenomena associated with disease, as well as the social, political and economic barriers to healthy living. Health care delivery includes spatial patterns of health care provision and patient behavior including health inequalities. Environment and health draws on geography’s long tradition in environmental hazards research and includes such topics as the physical and psychosocial health impacts of environmental contamination. GIS and spatial analysis are used intensively in this course.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EOHS 6310 Environmental Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course will focus on methods to study relations between exposure to environmental agents (for example air pollutants and metals) or conditions (heat waves, built environment) and effect markers, symptoms, morbidity and mortality in population and subgroups. Exposure assessment and statistical methods for evaluation of environmental and occupational factors will be considered in the context of specific applications. The course will prepare students to critically interpret environmental epidemiologic research, understand the types of questions that can and cannot be answered in environmental epidemiology, and help provide a foundation or designing and conducting such studies.
Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5300, EOHS 5300, EPID 5300, and EPID 5310 prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EOHS 6340 Environmental and Health Risk Assessment
3 SCH. Environmental and Health Risk Assessment is a multidisciplinary field of focused around the methods used to evaluate exposure, predict health risks and outcomes, and developing informed decision-making procedures to control or otherwise respond to unacceptable exposures to environmental hazards. In this course the student will learn the basic guidance procedures developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for evaluating and estimating the potential human risk associated with exposures to chemicals in the environment from natural or anthropogenic sources. The ability to develop an environmental or health risk assessment is one of the basic tools for a public health professional. The student will learn how to identify and collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) from varied technical disciplines and how to address issues of risk assessment to the public officials and the general public. The skills learned in developing a risk assessment can be powerful tools to organize and articulate scientific knowledge within a defined framework allowing for mediation of exposure and useful information for decision makers. An Environmental Health Risk Assessment is designed to inform a decision and its generation is based upon data available and comprehension of risk perceptions.
Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5300, EOHS 5300, EPID 5300 or obtain permission of instructor.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EOHS 6366 GeoSpatial Applications
3 SCH. This course will utilize epidemiology and geographic information science (GISci) methodologies and apply them to a student-developed public health research problem. It is intended that the student will identify a public health research question with a geographic application, develop a hypothesis, and use geographic information science (GISci) technologies and epidemiologic approaches to perform a research project. These projects will be of a quality for presentation at a conference and/or publishing them in a peer-reviewed journal. Through this course, students will develop workplace and industry-wide competencies in the realm of geospatial technology. The course instructors will aid in the development and continuation of projects, as well as present research design methods in GISci. Database design of a geographic dataset is integral in the research design process. Additionally, guest lecturers will present students with novel geographic approaches to public health problems in order to showcase the multiple applications of GIS in a public health context.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EOHS 5362 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Summer
Letter Grade
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EPID 5300 Principles of Epidemiology
3 SCH. The overall purpose of this course is to introduce public health students to epidemiology so that they understand how epidemiology contributes to (1) identifying factors that cause and prevent diseases, and other undesirable physical, social and emotional conditions(2) assessing the public health consequence of disease, (3) describing the natural history and occurrence of diseases, and (4) developing skills to critically evaluate procedures for preventing diseases.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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EPID 5310 Intermediate Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course illustrates concepts, methods, and strategies used in epidemiologic studies, beyond the principles discussed in EPID 5300. Topics include analysis of birth cohorts, measures of disease frequency and association, bias, confounding, effect modification, stratification and adjustment, quality control, and reporting of epidemiologic results. The primary objective of the course is to present the main issues in establishing causal relationships from observational data.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5300 and BIOS 5300 or BIOS 5301 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EPID 5312 Survey Research & Questionnaire Design
3 SCH. Creating a survey instrument is a multistep process. If executed properly, the instrument will produce valuable information; otherwise a poorly designed survey produces little information of meaning and is a waste of time. This introductory course provides the student with a foundation of theoretical research and survey concepts and practical implementation and analytical skills. Each student will construct their own research question with corresponding objectives, map these objectives to meaningful and measurable survey items, submit a research proposal and instrument to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval, put survey instrument into a designated population collect enter, and analyze data and present results in a final written project and oral presentation. This comprehensive course teaches the theory and applications of survey methodology in the guise of a structured research project; from conception of the research question to presentation of collected data and drawing of corresponding conclusions. This introductory course is designed for epidemiology and other public health students requiring a basic knowledge research survey and questionnaire design, implementation and analysis. This course will include lectures, in-class assignments, a group project, class discussion, oral and written presentation and readings. A lecture outline will be provided before class; students may need to take additional notes.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5310, EPID 5313, and BIOS 5310 or permission by instructor.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EPID 5313 Introduction to Data Management and Statistical Computing
3 SCH. Develops skills in the use of statistical packages in public health research. Emphasis is on data definition, verification, descriptive examination, and graphical presentation. Statistical packages will include SAS software.
Offered Fall and Spring
Letter Grade
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EPID 5314 Applied Data Analysis in Epidemiology
3 SCH. New investigators often find the choice of statistical analysis to be the most difficult step in conducting research. Statistical approaches can vary from simple t-tests to complex hierarchical regression analysis. Exploring and applying the best practices of epidemiology data analysis is critical to meet the growing demand for more efficient analysts who can accurately analyze and interpret complex datasets that will be necessary to setting future public health priorities. This course is designed to provide practice experience in analyzing different types of epidemiologic data. We will learn how to apply analytic methods to answer specific epidemiologic research questions and interpreting the results. Students will be given public health scenarios reflective of current issues in our world and will be asked to formulate hypothesis, identify the most appropriate statistical approach for calculating risk, utilize statistical software to calculate risk, critically interpret findings, and effectively communicate findings to professional and lay audiences. This course is intended for MPH students and serves to fulfill one of the five required courses in epidemiology.
Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5310, EPID 5310, and EPID 5313 or equivalent.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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EPID 5317 Epidemiologic Surveillance
3 SCH. This course includes the application of epidemiologic methods to two important professional areas of public health. The first one is devoted to the planning, management, and data analysis of public health surveillance systems. The steps for planning a surveillance system, criteria for identifying high priority health events for surveillance, types of surveillance systems, data collection, data processing, quality control, analysis and the interpretation of surveillance data are included. This part of the course also encompasses the basis for evaluation of surveillance systems and the methods used for screening of disease. A small-scale computerized surveillance system is developed as part of the course. The second part of the course, deals with the basic epidemiologic methodology used to assist in the planning and evaluation of health programs of disease control and prevention. It includes the methodology for the design of instruments for data collection, assessment of health care needs, and the epidemiologic evaluation of the impact of health interventions.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EPID 5300 and BIOS 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EPID 5318 Chronic Disease Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course is designed for graduate students interested in chronic disease epidemiology. The chronic diseases that will be discussed in this course are cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, mellitus, cancers, oral health. Screening of chronic diseases will also be covered.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EPID 5319 Epidemiology of Disasters
3 SCH. The course explores the pervasive relationship of public health and epidemiology in the contemporary emergency and disaster prevention, response and recovery environment. The
purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of how basic epidemiologic principles and methods can be used to cultivate prevention, response and resolution strategies to
naturally occurring or intentional biological incidents and other disaster events.
Course activities will examine the changing and unique role of public health in disaster response and emergency management, paying special attention to the integration of
epidemiology with traditional emergency services and the need for planning, training, collaboration, cooperation and inter-operability between disciplines. The class will promote
insight into the necessary integration of epidemiology and public health in the development of effective emergency response contingencies specific to natural, accidental and
intentional disaster events through the use of class lectures, class exercises, group and individual presentations, special projects, exercises, a quiz and both a midterm and final
exam . Students will be expected to demonstrate insight into the need for a reinforced and integrated public health system to augment traditional emergency response capabilities
as well as to provide early detection and identification capabilities representative of intentional biological events in order to optimize response and recovery activities. The course is
designed to construct a foundation of coherent epidemiological concepts in the emergency management environment and foster an understanding of how to use well-articulated
epidemiologic principles and methods towards the prevention and resolution of catastrophic events. The course will include certification in the National Integrated Management
System (NIMS) as well as certification in FEMA Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Radiological Awareness.
Prerequisite: EPID 5300
Offered Spring
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EPID 5320 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course is designed to give graduate students in public health an introduction about infectious diseases of major public health importance. The course will cover the basics of microbiology, immunology, outbreak investigation, the principles of disease surveillance, and prevention strategies, especially vaccination.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Fall
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EPID 5391 Special Topics in Epidemiology
1-3 SCH. These courses are designed to provide students exposure and academic insight into contemporary and relevant topics in Epidemiology. Examples of such topics include, but are not limited to, prenatal epidemiology, structural equation modeling, meta-analysis in epidemiology, topical seminars, bioterrorism/emergency management, molecular epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, etc. Many of these courses require pre-approval by the course instructor before enrollment.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EPID 5399 Independent Study in Epidemiology
1-3 SCH. For students capable of independently completing topical studies or projects through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Topical or project work is chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor. Permission of the instructor is required before enrollment. This course may be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EPID 6000 PHD Comprehensive Examination
0 SCH. This academic activity constitutes the final evaluation necessary to advance to PhD Candidacy and to advance to the PhD culminating experience, the Dissertation. The evaluation affords the doctoral student with the means to demonstrate level of mastery in the PhD core and concentration- specific competencies. Enrollment requires permission of the Academic Advisor.
Offered Fall and Spring
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EPID 6310 Advanced Methods in Epidemiology 1
3 SCH. This is an advanced, doctoral level course for students who require extensive preparation in epidemiologic theory and methodology. Topics covered include causal inference; study design; the analysis of crude, stratified, and matched data; approaches to assessing effect modification and adjusting for confounding; estimating dose response associations; modeling data; bias and the critical evaluation of epidemiological studies.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5310, BIOS 5300, and BIOS 5310 prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Fall and Spring
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EPID 6311 Applied Epidemiology for Public Health
3 SCH. This course is intended for practitioners in epidemiology, and students in epidemiology and related disciplines that rely heavily on epidemiologic methods and reasoning in academic setting, federal agencies with public health related missions, state and local public health agencies, and health care organizations. This course focuses on areas of public health practice in which the systematic application of epidemiological methods can have a large and positive impact. It describes how best to apply traditional epidemiological methods for determining disease etiology to real life problems in public health and health services research. The course embodies advanced competencies in public health practice and illustrates concepts, strategies used in epidemiologic studies, ethics, principles, and methods generally useful in the surveillance and epidemic investigations, bio-emergency response, basic study designs, measures of disease frequency and association, bias, confounding, causal inference, data analysis, and reporting of epidemiologic results.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EPID 6312 Advanced Methods in Epidemiology 2
3 SCH. This course is designed to integrate methods introduced in Applied Data Analysis in Epidemiology and Advanced Methods in Epidemiology 1, along with new methods in data synthesis in order to prepare students to apply these methods as independent researchers in epidemiology. Students will have the opportunity to 1.) critically evaluate and interpret epidemiologic evidence, 2.) synthesize such evidence, 3.) analyze real data, and 4.) write manuscripts. Students will learn to interpret and synthesize information from ecologic, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort and clinical trial studies. Descriptive methods of synthesis as well as systematic meta-analysis methods will be covered. Classes will include both didactic instruction as well as hands-on practice interpreting, critically reviewing, synthesizing, analyzing and writing up results from epidemiologic studies. Course evaluations will be based on the students’ performance in class participation, exercises, as well as written and oral projects demonstrating the students’ ability to understand and apply epidemiologic methods, critically evaluate and synthesize information from the literature, analyze real data and write manuscripts.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5314 and EPID 6310 prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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EPID 6314 Experimental Methods in Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course is designed to introduce students to the methods involved in the design, conduct, analysis and evaluation of results from clinical trials. Topics include planning a trial, randomization, blinding, trial designs, ethics, analyses and writing a protocol. This course also provides examples of how these methods are applied in actual clinical trials. Course evaluations will be based on the students’ performance in class participation, the mid-term examination, as well as a written project demonstrating the students’ ability to apply these methods in planning for a clinical trial.
Prerequisite: Students must complete EPID 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Spring
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EPID 6316 Molecular Epidemiology
3 SCH. The focus of the course is on the basic concepts and methodology of molecular epidemiology, particularly in cancers. Designed for students who have a strong biology background and want to pursue doctoral study in the area of molecular epidemiology, we will explore how molecular biomarkers are integrated into population based studies to more accurately define and measure exposures and outcomes and how these measures in turn guide study development. Examples are discussed using current epidemiologic literature to emphasize methodologic issues relevant to molecular epidemiology. We also consider the ethical issues posed by this rapidly evolving field.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EPID 5310 and BIOS 6300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Fall
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EPID 6320 Social Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course will explore study design, measurement, and analytic issues applicable to epidemiologic research into the social determinants of health. The format of the course is a seminar offered to students with a basic knowledge of epidemiologic and biostatistical principles. The course is organized around key concepts in social epidemiology. Students will be expected to critically examine the scientific literature, form scientifically-based critiques, reach empirically and theoretically grounded conclusions and actively participate in class discussions. This course is intended for persons who have an interest in research and some background in epidemiology and/or behavioral sciences.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5300 and EPID 5300 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Summer
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EPID 6322 Nutritional Epidemiology
3 SCH. The overall purpose of this course is to introduce the methods and concepts involved in nutritional epidemiologic research. Topics that will be discussed in this course include the assessment on diet, physical activity and body composition, the reliability and validity of dietary assessment, advantage and disadvantage of different study designs in nutritional epidemiologic research, gene-nutrient interaction and the use of biomarkers, specific statistical issues involved in nutritional epidemiologic research, and the development of a research proposal on nutritional epidemiologic studies.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EPID 5300, BIOS 5300 and BIOS 5310 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered On Demand
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EPID 6324 Cancer Epidemiology
3 SCH. The course is designed to apply principles learned in the introductory and intermediate epidemiologic methods courses to the critical evaluation and interpretation of cancer epidemiology studies. Basic methodological concepts and problematic issues specific to cancer epidemiology studies and/or cancer sites will be emphasized, rather than descriptive epidemiology of specific cancers. The course is conducted in a participatory seminar format using assigned articles as a stimulus for discussion.
Prerequisite: Student must complete EPID 5300 and EPID 5310 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Summer
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EPID 6328 Secondary Data Analysis
3 SCH. This advanced course will prepare graduate students for actual analysis of epidemiological data from case-control or cohort studies. The course focuses on practical approaches to data analysis. Students will learn to choose the appropriate statistical analyses, conduct these analyses, using SAS, interpret their findings, and communicate their results clearly and effectively.
Offered Fall
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EPID 6330 Measurement Theory and Instrument Design
3 SCH. This course will help students acquire and advance skills in the conceptualization, development, and validation of health and medical research scales. This course provides students the skills to make assumptions about data, to choose the most appropriate measurement model, understand and meet specific model assumptions, know how to conduct original research for measurement and instrument design, how to implement and interpret measurement research findings.
Offered Fall
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EPID 6332 Practical Applications in Epidemiology
3 SCH. This course is intended to provide students in epidemiology dealing with research in human populations an understanding of the everyday tasks faced by an epidemiologist working in the research field, including generating hypotheses, measuring exposures, weighing advantages and disadvantages of different types of information-gathering tools, deciding which population to study, recruiting subjects with sufficient response rates, designing and writing questionnaires, training interviewers, coding and managing data, and disseminating study findings.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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EPID 6391 Advanced Topics in Epidemiology
1-3 SCH. This course is designed to give students exposure to cutting edge topics at the doctoral level in epidemiology. Permission of course instructor required.
Offered Summer
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EPID 6395 Doctoral Dissertation
3 SCH. The doctoral dissertation must consist of original research or public health program development and testing that is focused on a particular health problem. The student’s advisor is expected to provide guidance in the selection of a suitable project that provides for a clear direction for implementing the research or program. The student must complete an oral defense of the dissertation. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in EPID 6395 until the requirements are completed. This course may be repeated for credit. A minimum of 9 SCH is required for the DrPH degree.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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EPID 6399 Doctoral Independent Study in Epidemiology
1-3 SCH. This academic activity includes research and other scholarly projects carried out by the student under the supervision of a School of Public Health faculty member (instructor). A brief proposal should be written and approved by the academic advisor and a final report should be submitted to the supervising instructor for credit. Topical or project work is chosen by the student with the consent of the supervising instructor and approval from the academic advisor. This course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of course instructor.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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HMAP 5001 MPH Comprehensive Exam
0 SCH. The Comprehensive Examination is a culminating experience option for the MPH degree intended to test the mastery of the competencies required. A student who chooses this option must register for this course in the semester in which he/she intends to take the examination.
Offered Fall and Spring
Pass/No Pass
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HMAP 5050 MHA Professional and Academic Development
.5-1 SCH. The MHA Professional and Academic Development course is designed to advance the MHA competencies and enhance the professional development skills and opportunities for students through various workshops, sessions, and activities. This course will assist students in defining their career goals, build competency within their profession, and increase their knowledge and skills to excel academically and professionally. Similarly, activities in this course are designed to prepare the student professionally for the MHA internship. Students are required to fulfill certain MHA Portfolio activities prior to the enrollment in MHA Internship.
Offered Fall and Spring
Pass/No Pass
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HMAP 5116 MHA Internship I
1 SCH. This course provides MHA students with the opportunity to expand and practice MHA competencies in a healthcare setting. Under the direction of the MHA program Director and a preceptor, students gain valuable experience while applying skills learned in the curriculum. Students further enhance their professional development through exposure to key leaders within the healthcare organization.
Prerequisite: MHA students are eligible to enroll after successful completion of 27 SCH. Students must confer with the MHA program Director prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Spring
Pass/ No Pass
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HMAP 5216 MHA Internship II
2 SCH. This course provides MHA students with the opportunity to expand and practice MHA competencies in a healthcare setting. Under the direction of the MHA program Director and a preceptor, students gain valuable experience while applying skills learned in the curriculum. Students further enhance their professional development through exposure to key leaders within the healthcare organization.
Prerequisite: MHA students are eligible to enroll after successful completion of 27 SCH. Students must confer with the MHA program Director prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Summer
Pass/ No Pass
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HMAP 5262 Biomedical Aspects of Health Disparities
2 SCH. The course examines the disparities in health care among minority populations for several specific diseases. The course is offered as a lecture series divided into three sections for each health care problem: basic science, clinical and public health. It is the intention of the course to bring to light the behavioral and cultural characteristics of the minority populations that contribute to the disproportionate presence of the disease in that population, and the disparity in treatment available.
Offered Fall
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HMAP 5297 Practice Experience
1 SCH. This course provides students with experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. The public health practice experience involves different goals and activities aimed at providing opportunities for the student to gain hands-on experience addressing the MPH foundation and concentration competencies. Students are required to commit to a minimum of 600 cumulative hours total over three semesters, earning a minimum of 100 hours each semester of enrollment. Students are required to complete a project that is specific and beneficial to the organization, produce a poster presentation of their and practice experience, complete weekly reflection assignments, and other assignments as detailed in the course. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must attend all required practice experience sessions and obtain approval of their placement before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing with the university and have completed all required courses during the first year cohort program or have completed at least 21 SCH as an online student.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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HMAP 5300 Introduction to Health Management and Policy
3 SCH. This course covers a broad range of topics related to healthcare systems, healthcare management, and health policy. The financing and delivery of healthcare services in the United States will be examined in terms of function, costs, quality, outcomes, access and equity, and the United States system will be compared to health systems in other countries. The basic principles of health insurance, budgeting, resource management, personnel management, and leadership will be explored, and multiple dimensions of the policy-making process will be discussed.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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HMAP 5302 Healthcare Data Management and Analysis
3 SCH. This course provides hands-on experience using Excel as a data management and analysis tool. Students learn about and gain experience with data from healthcare organizations’ information technology systems containing numerous standard healthcare code sets (e.g., CPT, ICD-10, DRG). Students build critical thinking skills as they clean, transform, summarize, and stratify data and conduct, interpret, and share the results of basic statistical analyses.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5304 Communication for Health Professionals
3 SCH. This course focuses on developing and enhancing written, oral, and persuasive communication skills. Through concepts and skill- building exercises, this course enables students to distill and synthesize information, develop executive summaries and reports, present and write persuasively, and communicate within and between healthcare teams and organizations.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5306 Health Finance 1
3 SCH. This course offers an introduction to accounting, financial theory and practice in health care settings. It is designed to familiarize students with important financial concepts and issues confronting managers in the health sector.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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HMAP 5308 Health Economics
3 SCH. An overview of microeconomics theory, demand and supply of health services, hospital and physician service markets, role of public sector, comparative health systems and cost effectiveness analysis. A background in economics and statistics is helpful.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5310 Health Care Operations Management
3 SCH. This course will cover management techniques commonly used in healthcare organizations for decision-making, problem solving, and operations. Such topics include queuing and waiting models, supply chain management, project management and other management techniques.
Prerequisite: HMAP 5302 or obtain permission from the instructor.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5312 Process Improvement
3 SCH. This course provides students with an understanding of the policy and consumer forces driving quality improvement in healthcare. The course will enable students to apply commonly used tools necessary to measure, implement and facilitate change in healthcare organizations.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5314 Health Insurance and Managed Care
3 SCH. This course includes a survey of the history of health insurance in the United States. Theoretical issues in health insurance, cost containment in public and private sectors, finance of health services, payment models, and the problem of the uninsured are explored.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5316 Master of Health Administration Internship
1-3 SCH. This course provides MHA students with the opportunity to expand and practice MHA competencies in a healthcare setting. Under the direction of the MHA program Director and a preceptor, students gain valuable experience while applying skills learned in the curriculum. Students further enhance their professional development through exposure to key leaders within the healthcare
organization.
Prerequisite: MHA students are eligible to enroll after successful completion of 27 SCH. Students must confer with the MHA program Director prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Pass/Not Pass
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HMAP 5318 Managing Across Continuum of Care
3 SCH. This course provides an overview of the structure, financing and operations of the healthcare system with a particular emphasis on ambulatory, post-acute and long term care settings.
Offered Fall. Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5320 Health Care Law
3 SCH. This course is a study of the fundamental legal issues central to the delivery of healthcare, including ethical concerns and structural and operational issues affecting health care providers and payers. Discussions will cover federal and state fraud and abuse issues, self-referral laws, false claims issues, antitrust issues, confidentiality, and reimbursement issues.
Prerequisite: Completed 30 MHA required credit hours or faculty permission.
Offered Fall, and Spring
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HMAP 5321 Health Information Systems
3 SCH. The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of contemporary topics in health information systems. The course will emphasize electronic medical records, vendor selection, and the process for implementing information technology. Other topics include health care reform and “meaningful use,” as well as ICD10-CM classification system. We will also cover the principles of database design and Microsoft Access software.
Offered Fall
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HMAP 5322 Population Health Analytics
3 SCH. This course will enable students to use healthcare organizations’ and other sources of data to make decisions that will improve the health of patients and populations. Students gain hands-on experience assimilating multiple data sources to better understand these patients and populations. Analytic thinking and communication skills are developed as students use information technology tools to interpret and create data dashboards and data visualizations.
Prerequisite: HMAP 5302, HMAP 5314 or faculty permission.
Offered Fall
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HMAP 5324 Strategic Management and Marketing
3 SCH. This course focuses on issues in strategic management and marketing. It will concentrate on modern analytic approaches. The course is intended to provide a pragmatic approach to guide the formulation and implementation of corporate, business and functional strategies. This course explores the issues of defining corporate missions, objectives and goals. Students will focus on analysis of a firm’s external and internal environment to identify and create competitive advantage. The course emphasizes the cultural, ethical, political, and regulatory issues faced in any global business environment and the need for leadership for a successful management of strategic change.
Prerequisite: Completed 30 MHA required credit hours or faculty permission.
Offered Fall
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HMAP 5326 Health Finance II
3 SCH. This course is the sequel to Health Finance 1. It is designed to provide additional material and more in-depth financial theory and practice for MPH and MHA students. Topics include: payment systems, management control, capital budgeting, capital structure and special topics concerning health finance and public policy.
Prerequisite: HMAP 5306
Offered Fall
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HMAP 5328 Organizational Leadership
3 SCH. This course provides an examination of three fundamental areas of leadership in public health: 1) leadership theory distinguishing leaders from managers and strategies from tactics, 2) the role of the leader in the translation of public health findings into legislation and 3) developing the skills to mobilize the community and resources.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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HMAP 5330 Leading People
3 SCH. The course is designed to address the complexities of managing and leading human resources in the dynamic healthcare environment. The topics that will be covered in this course include basic HR functions such as job design, recruitment, selection, appraisal, development, retention and relevant healthcare labor law. Students will also cover principles of motivation, change behavior and effective teaming.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
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HMAP 5332 Public Health Law
3 SCH. Introduction to the statutes and case law governing the practice public health professionals. Emphasis on the constitutional basis for public health issues and the role of administrative law in public health.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Letter Grade
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