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Course Descriptions

 

Other Courses
  

  • GENS 5101 Biomedical Genetics I

    1 SCH. This course provides 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. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered Fall
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5102 Biomedical Genetics II

    1 SCH. This course provides an introduction into the key concepts of the human genetic diversity and how genetic variations are inherited across generations and maintained in populations. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered Fall
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5103 Biomedical Genetics III

    1 SCH. This course provides an introduction to Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance and heritability of human monogenic diseases. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered Fall
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5104 Electives in Med/Clin Gen

    1 SCH. This series of courses provide overviews of current and emerging topics relevant to health care providers and introduces the application of genetics in current medical practice. This series includes current topics in microbiomes, pharmacogenetics, aging, epigenetics, and mitochondrial dysfunction.  Emphasis is provided for fundamentals of each topic as well as the state of the science and the current and future clinical utility of genetic testing or analysis.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5111 Clinical Genetics I

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current laboratory genetic testing methodologies and considerations when ordering and utilizing genetic tests.  Emphasis is on how different testing methodologies are utilized and what information is returned from different genetic testing companies including direct to consumer testing and specialized testing.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5112 Clinical Genetics II

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current evaluation methods for classification of genetic testing results. Emphasis is on how different analysis methodologies are utilized and what information is returned within a laboratory report. Current and future trends in testing and evaluation are compared.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • GENS 5113 Clinical Genetics III

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current laboratory genetic testing methodologies and considerations when ordering and utilizing genetic tests. Emphasis is on how different testing methodologies are utilized and what information is returned from different genetic testing companies including direct to consumer testing and specialized testing.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass

Academic Medicine
  

  • AMED 5000 Clinical Teaching 1

    1 SCH. This course is designed to introduce medical faculty to concepts and processes involved in clinical teaching. Students will assess their own teaching style and develop a personal clinical teaching plan. Topics covered include developing a supportive learning environment; learner needs assessment, instructional planning, instructional modalities, observation skills and developmental models.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5100 Clinical Teaching 2

    1 SCH. This course builds on the basic concepts and processes introduced in Clinical Teaching 1 for medical faculty. Topics covered include feedback and evaluation, remediating academic performance problems and due process/academic dismissal.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5200 Curriculum Design 1

    1.5 SCH. This course is designed to introduce medical faculty to concepts and processes involved in curriculum design. Topics covered include the history of medical curriculum development, exploring models of mind/competency, defining curricular needs, learner needs assessment, writing clear goals/objectives and evaluation planning.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5300 Curriculum Design 2

    1.0 SCH. This course builds on the basic concepts and processes introduced in Curriculum Design 1 for medical faculty. Topics covered include the educational strategies, evaluation methods, and steps to implement curricular change. Students will develop a written curriculum for their medical education institution based on current needs.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5400 Professional Academic Development for Medical Faculty 1

    1.5 SCH. The Professional Academic Development course is designed to advance the faculty 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, develop interpersonal communication skills, and increase their knowledge and skills to excel academically and professionally. Activities in this course are designed to prepare the student professionally for careers in academic medicine.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5500 Professional Academic Development for Medical Faculty 2

    2 SCH. The course advances faculty competencies in organizational change management, developing productive teams, grant writing, and professional organizations. This course will feature exploration of emerging topics such as health care reform, disruptive innovations and teaching in a digital environment. Students will develop their own educator portfolio to demonstrate competencies. Activities in this course are designed to promote longevity and success as academic medicine faculty.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5600 Research Skills for Academic Health Professionals 1

    3.0 SCH. This course is designed to introduce medical faculty to concepts and processes involved in medical and educational research. Topics covered include asking quality research questions, searching the literature, research design, human subjects protection and successful writing. Students will develop a research question, choose a study design, develop applicable data collection instruments and submit their required project proposal for institutional review.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5700 Research Skills for Academic Health Professionals 2

    3.0 SCH. This course builds on the basic concepts and processes from the introductory course. Topics covered include critical appraisal of the literature, biostatistics, data analysis and evidence-based medicine journal clubs. Continuing the research project developed in Research Skills for Health Professionals 1, students will gather, analyze and present the resultant data and will prepare a written report.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 5800 Capstone for Academic Medicine Certificate

    1 SCH. This course is designed to refine and integrate content from earlier certificate course work via dialogue, symposia, and directed final reflection. The session will conclude with the final presentation of projects launched during initial certificate courses, a leadership round-table, and granting of a Certificate in Academic Medicine to those students who acceptably complete all course work.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • AMED 6300 Strategies for Clinical Education

    3 SCH. This course focuses on the application of conventional learning theories to the unique environment of the clinical setting. Course participants will be able to apply these principles in preparing and executing curriculum for advanced students in health education programs. Classes will include self-study and weekly participation in classroom-based interactive seminars. A semester project demonstrating acquisition of knowledge of learning and instructional design principles will be required. Course credit from the University of North Texas Health Science Center has been applied for.
    Offered Fall
    Conversion Grade Basis - SPH

Behavioral and Community Health
  

  • BACH 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
  

  • BACH 5297 Practice Experience

    1 SCH. 3 SCH; 1 SCH each semester. 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
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5300 Theoretical Foundations of Individual and Community Health

    3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to theoretical approaches used in facilitating behavioral, social and cultural changes needed for improving population health. Students learn the importance of integrating multidisciplinary perspectives- behavioral, social, cultural, political, and economic- to address health disparities and assess impacts of health policy. The course will rely on an ecological framework to examine theories of individual and community health at multiple levels.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5310 Participatory Approaches to Improving Community Health

    3 SCH. SCH. 3 SCH. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the principles and strategies that guide participatory research and practice in community health. Students learn different approaches to addressing health assets and barriers in disparate communities. The course explores the strengths and challenges of participatory research and practice, and skills necessary for effective implementation. Prerequisites:BACH 5300 . Offered Fall and Spring.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5312 Community Assessment and Program Planning

    3 SCH. SCH. 3 SCH. This course provides an overview of the models, concepts, and skills used in community assessment and health program planning. Students will learn how to conduct needs assessments, develop logic models for planning programs based on community needs, and identify goals and objectives that can serve as a foundation for program evaluation. This course is the first of three required courses designed to prepare the student to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate community intervention programs. Prerequisites: BACH 5300  and BACH 5310 . Offered Fall and Spring.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5314 Applied Public Health Methods

    3 SCH. Students will learn to effectively utilize multiple sources of data to address community health challenges. This includes methods for data collection, data management, and data analysis primarily using Excel. Students will learn to communicate effectively with community partners and manage program resources.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BACH 5300, EPID 5300 and BIOS 5300 or permission by instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5316 Community Health Program Evaluation and Interventions

    3 SCH. SCH. 3 SCH. This course focuses on models and procedures for evaluating community health programs. Practitioner competencies related to evaluation design, and the use and implementation of evaluation findings are addressed in the course. Prerequisites: BACH 5300 , BACH 5310  and BACH 5312  or permission of the instructor. Offered Fall and Spring.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5319 Tobacco Control and Prevention

    3 SCH. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the history of tobacco use and its impact on morbidity and mortality. Students learn about the production and marketing of tobacco products; the relationship between smoking and disease; the politics of tobacco legislation; effects of government and workplace regulatory policies; industry responses to regulation; research on smoking cessation and tobacco use in developing nations.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5320 Health Behavior Research Methods I

    3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to public health research designs and associated survey methods. This course will provide an overview of (1) strengths and weaknesses of public health research designs and (2) how survey methods are utilized across public health research designs and populations.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5321 Injury and Violence Prevention

    3 SCH. This course explores the causes and consequences of the many types of traumatic injury in the United States. Injuries associated with transportation, work-life, home-life, intimate partner and family violence, criminal activity, and natural disasters are included. The role of the public health and safety policy in preventing injury is critically examined.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5324 Introduction to Health Disparities

    3 SCH. The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding about the determinants and consequences of health inequalities and learn to advocate for reducing existing health disparities. Focuses on the economic, financial, political, and social causes for the growth of health disparities and the consequences for health. Students will gain skills to identify the underlying causes of health inequalities and how to develop and implement effective solutions.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5328 Introduction to Global Health

    3 SCH. This introductory course provides the student with an overview of the conditions, practices and obstacles encountered in delivering primary health care in the international arena. The differences and commonality of the challenges facing the health care provider are explored. The history of international health and the roles of government and non-governmental agencies are presented along with specific models of intervention and evaluation of major international health problems.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5330 Health Communication Strategies

    3 SCH. This course is designed to provide a step-by-step approach to developing, implementing, and evaluating a health communication plan designed to influence voluntary behavior change of target audiences to improve their personal welfare and that of their society. The role of media and other channels will be evaluated as part of health communication strategies. National and international health communication campaigns will be analyzed.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5335 Issues In Mental Health and Mental Illness

    3 SCH. This course introduces students to public health perspectives on mental health and mental illness. The course focuses on conceptions of mental health and illness, and the social and policy factors that sustain the inadequate system of care for persons with serious mental illness. Students will learn about the consequences of mental illness; the history of deinstitutionalization in the United States; the role of psychotherapeutic medications in contemporary treatment; the relationships between mental illness, homelessness, poverty, and the myths and prejudices associated with mental illness.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5340 Community Assessment and Program Planning

    3 SCH. This course provides an overview of the models, concepts, and skills used in community assessment and health program planning. Students will learn how to conduct needs assessments, develop logic models for planning programs based on community needs, and identify goals and objectives that can serve as a foundation for program evaluation. This course is the first of three required courses designed to prepare the student to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate community intervention programs.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 and EPID 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5345 Participatory Approaches to Improving Community Health

    3 SCH. The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the principles and strategies that guide participatory research and practice in community health. Students learn different approaches to addressing health assets and barriers in disparate communities. The course explores the strengths and challenges of participatory research and practice, and skills necessary for effective implementation.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BACH 5340 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5350 Community Health Program Evaluation

    3 SCH. This course focuses on models and procedures for evaluating community health programs. Practitioner competencies related to evaluation design, and the use and implementation of evaluation findings are addressed in the course.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5390 Professional Report

    3 SCH. The student conducts an individual project that addresses a well-focused public health question or issue. Work is conducted under the supervision of a faculty committee. A written report of the project is required as well as an oral presentation by the student to the supervisory faculty committee. BACH 5390 is designed to partially meet the culminating experience requirement for the MPH. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in BACH 5390 until the requirements are completed.
    Offered On Demand
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BACH 5391 Topics in Community Health

    1-3 SCH. This course is designed to give students exposure to cutting edge topics in community health. Examples of such topics include: health advocacy, social marketing, promoting health behaviors, topics seminars, etc.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5395 Thesis

    3 SCH. The thesis requires the student to conduct and prepare the written thesis under the supervision of a faculty committee.  The student must complete an oral defense of the thesis.  The student must maintain continuous enrollment in the thesis hours until the requirements are completed and the thesis is approved by the faculty committee.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  

  • BACH 5397 MPH Practice Experience

    2 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 expand and practice MPH core and concentration-specific competencies. Students are required to commit 200 hours to the practice experience, complete a special project that demonstrates their ability to define and issue, apply methods appropriate to their concentration, and produce results. Students are expected to produce a written report of project(s) undertaken in the site placement, and prepare a poster presentation of their practice experience. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must obtain approval of their choice of practice placement and plan for the practice experience in the semester prior to registering in BACH 5397. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in BACH 5397 until all the requirements are completed.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 5399 Independent Study in Behavioral & Community Health

    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. This course may be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 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
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BACH 6300 Advanced Theories of Individual and Community Health

    3 SCH. This seminar provides students with an intermediate to advanced level of understanding of the theoretical foundations of individual and community health. The course covers theory development, measurement of theories, and use of theories in intervention development. Since health behaviors occur in a multilevel context, the course emphasizes the integration of individual, community and ecological approaches to helping people change. Through reading, discussion, and presentation, students learn how to use theories both to explain behavior and to influence the health status of individuals and communities.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 or permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6310 Qualitative Methods

    3 SCH. This course examines different approaches, methods, and techniques for conducting qualitative and mixed methods research. Students study natural and group observation, participant observation, ethnography, focus groups, individual interviews, and mixed methods approaches. The course takes students through the process of designing a qualitative study based on a theoretical model that includes developing a conceptual framework, study methodology, and collecting and analyzing data.
    Prerequisite: BACH 5300
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6312 Health Behavior Research Methods II

    3 SCH. This course is an advanced methods seminar designed to provide doctoral students with a solid and applied understanding of sophisticated research topics and methods used commonly in public health research. Students will be provided with in-depth training and experience evaluating public health research designs by selecting and applying research methods and designs most appropriate to a variety of public health issues.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6314 Generalized Linear Modeling with Health Behavior Applications

    3 SCH. This course reviews the fundamentals of generalized linear models, including regression analysis with both continuous and categorical outcome data, for experimental and observational studies. Students will learn to examine unadjusted and adjusted effects, moderated effects, and mediational effects.
    Students will use statistical software to analyze health behavior data.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6316 Multilevel Modeling with Health Behavior Applications

    3 SCH. This course reviews the fundamentals of analyzing nested data, including longitudinal data and hierarchically structured data, using random-effects or multilevel models. Students will learn about the importance of correctly reflecting data structure via explicit modeling of variables that operate at different data levels. Students will use statistical software to analyze health behavior data.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6317 Addictive Behaviors

    3 SCH. Addictive behaviors are associated with significant personal, social and economic consequences. This course provides an overview of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of alcohol and drug use, and behavioral addictions. Students examine theories and empirical evidence to explain the acquisition and maintenance of different kinds of addictive behaviors, as well as to generate effective prevention and intervention approaches.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6318 Scale Development Models

    3 SCH. This course reviews the theories and methods utilized to construct measurement scales and test their validity and reliability. The course will introduce students to a mixed-methods approach to scale development and provide an overview of measurement models that utilize latent variable modeling techniques. Students will use statistical software to analyze health behavior data.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6322 Motivational Interviewing in Public Health Settings

    3 SCH. This course provides an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI), an evidence-based counseling strategy for promoting behavior change. The course focuses on using Ml conversations to target behaviors such as smoking, alcohol and other drug use, physical activity, obesity, risky sexual behavior, and injury and violence. The course also presents ways that Ml techniques have been integrated into Internet, mobile and phone-based interventions for a variety of health behaviors.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6324 Design and Evaluation of Preventive Interventions

    3 SCH. This course reviews research evaluation methods used in the assessment of preventive interventions. Students will learn about intervention development, evaluation paradigms, and methods to evaluate processes and outcomes. Students will be exposed to “gold-standard” guidelines for reporting intervention outcomes.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6328 Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Health

    3 SCH. This advanced course exposes students to cutting edge topics in race, ethnicity, culture, and health. The course provides insight into why some populations and communities experience disparities or dissimilarities in health status and health care services, relative to other populations and communities. The course will approach description and explanation from an ecological perspective that accounts for individual-level variables (e.g., genetics, psychology, behaviors) as well as socio-environmental variables (e.g., social structures and processes, socioeconomic status, neighborhood and community effects, culture).
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 6391 Advanced Topics in Behavioral and Community Health

    1-3 SCH. This course is designed to give students exposure to cutting edge topics in social and behavioral sciences. Examples of such topics include; community based participatory research, global economic development and health, program design and evaluation, chronic disease prevention, topical seminars, etc.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BACH 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 BACH 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
  

  • BACH 6399 Doctoral Independent Study in Behavioral & Community Health

    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.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade

Biostatistics
  

  • BIOS 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
  

  • BIOS 5297 Practice Experience

    1 SCH. 3 SCH; 1 SCH each semester. 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
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5300 Principles of Biostatistics

    3 SCH. This course provides an introductory overview of common statistical concepts and methods used in public health. It emphasizes general ideas, application, and interpretations in lieu of mathematical rigor. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, power, linear regression, and correlation, analysis of variance, nonparametric statistics, and use of statistical software. In addition, other topics such as logistic regression and survival analysis may be covered at an elementary level. This course satisfies the biostatistics core course requirement for all non-biostatistics MPH concentrations. Students in the biostatistics concentration should take BIOS 5301 instead.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5301 Foundations of Biostatistics

    3 SCH. The course provides a fundamental overview of common statistical concepts and methods used in public health with an added focus on theoretical foundations of probability and statistics at an introductory level. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability distributions, random variables, expectations, moments, transformations, estimation theory and applications, hypothesis testing theory and applications, power, linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance, nonparametric statistics, and the use of the SAS statistical software. This course satisfies the biostatistics core course requirement for the biostatistics MPH concentration. All non- biostatistics MPH students should take BIOS 5300 instead, but this course may serve as a substitute for BIOS 5300 for such students as well. Familiarity with basic algebra and univariate calculus is expected.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5310 Intermediate Biostatistics

    3 SCH. This course is the sequel to BIOS 5300 and provides greater insight into concepts and statistical methods in public health. Topics include multiple liner regression, nested models, model building, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, experimental design, multiple comparison, logistic regression, survival analysis, nonparametric  alternatives to common statistical methods, and further use of statistical software.
    Prerequisite: Students must be currently enrolled in or complete BIOS 5300- Biostatistics (or its equivalent) prior to enrolling in this course.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5311 Regression and ANOVA

    3 SCH. The course is the sequel to BIOS 5301 with emphasis on theory and application of linear statistical models for regression, analysis of variance, and experimental design. Topics include simple linear regression, correlation, regression diagnostics and remedial measures, multiple linear regression, matrix representation of linear models, categorical predictors, interaction, model building, non-linear models, one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA, multiple comparison, random and fixed effects, ANCOVA, and use of the SAS statistical software.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5301.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5314 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.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5300 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    ABC/NC
  

  • BIOS 5316 Categorical Data Analysis

    3 SCH. This course provides methods and applications of categorical data analysis beyond the introductory level. Topics include theory and application of contingency tables, measures of association and tests for homogeneity between populations, independence of variables, log linear models, logistic regression, and Bayesian methods for categorical data.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5310
    Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5391 Topics in Biostatistics

    3 SCH. This course provides exposure and introduction to specialized topics in biostatistics. Topics will be selected from a wide range of areas based on current trends in biostatistics and public health, e.g., intermediate statistical computing, data management, and experimental design.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5395 Thesis

    3 SCH. The thesis requires the student to conduct and prepare the written thesis under the supervision of a faculty committee.  The student must complete an oral defense of the thesis.  The student must maintain continuous enrollment in the thesis hours until the requirements are completed and the thesis is approved by the faculty committee.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
  

  • BIOS 5397 MPH Practice Experience

    2 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 expand and practice MPH core and concentration-specific competencies. Students are required to commit 200 hours to the practice experience, complete a special project that demonstrates their ability to define and issue, apply methods appropriate to their concentration, and produce results. Students are expected to produce a written report of project(s) undertaken in the site placement, and prepare a poster presentation of their practice experience. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must obtain approval of their choice of practice placement and plan for the practice experience in the semester prior to registering in BIOS 5397. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in BIOS 5397 until all the requirements are completed.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5399 Independent Study in Biostatistics

    1-3 SCH. The course is designed for students capable of independently completing topical studies or projects and activities under the directed of the instructor. Topics and projects must be approved by the instructor and the Biostatistics MPH and PhD Program Director.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5400 Introduction to Biostatistics for Clinical Sciences

    4 SCH. This course provides students with the basic knowledge and skills to effectively use biostatistics in research design and data analysis and to understand articles in related professional journals. Topics include choosing appropriate research designs and statistical methods in public health research and practice; descriptive statistics; probability and probability distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing; simple linear regression; introduction to analysis of variance; categorical data analysis and an introduction to the use of statistical software packages.
    Prerequisite: Students must be accepted to the Biostatistics Certificate for Clinicians and Health Professionals program to enroll in this course.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 5410 Intermediate Biostatistics for Clinical Sciences

    4 SCH. The student is introduced to more advanced statistical methods including multiple regression, polynomial regression, ANOVA, repeated measure designs, analysis of categorical data, nonparametric statistics, sample size determination methods and multiple logistic regression.
    Prerequisite: Students must be accepted to the Biostatistics Certificate for Clinicians and Health Professionals program to enroll in this course.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 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
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BIOS 6300 Advanced Methods in Biostatistics

    3 SCH. The course is the sequel to BIOS 5310 and focuses on advanced and specialized statistical concepts and methods often used in public health practice and research. Topics include regression diagnostic and remedial measures, non-linear regression, generalized linear models, experimental design, multilevel models, generalized estimating equations, factor analysis, principal component analysis, structural equation modeling, cluster analysis, sample size and power, missing data, Bayesian statistics, use of various statistical software, and statistical writing.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5310 or BIOS 5311 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6310 Probability and Statistical Inference

    3 SCH. The course provides rigorous mathematical principles of non-measure-theoretic probability and statistical inference. Topics include probability, conditional probability, independence, random variables, distributions, expectations, moments, probability models, convergence concepts, frequent and Bayesian approaches, estimation, and hypothesis testing.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6311 Linear Models

    3 SCH. This course provides rigorous mathematical principles of linear statistical models. Topics include vectors of random variables, multivariate normal distribution, quadratic forms, theoretical treatment of general linear models including Gauss-Markov theorem, estimation, hypothesis testing, polynomial regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5311 and have familiarity with multivariate calculus and linear algebra.
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6312 Methods of Survey Sampling

    3 SCH. This course focuses on survey sampling theory, methods, and their applications. Topics include parameter estimation for finite population, optimal allocation, detectability, multiplicity, simple random sampling, stratification, systematic selection, cluster sampling, multistage sampling, probability proportional to size sampling, cost models, sampling error estimation techniques, nonsampling errors, and compensating for missing data.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5310 or BIOS 5311 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6320 Biostatistical Research and Consulting

    3 SCH. This course provides basic knowledge and skills to provide biostatistical consulting to persons and organizations in a wide variety of settings, including medical centers, hospitals, industry and government. Students will hone skills in the scientific, technical, business and human aspects of consulting, including scope of work process and billing, research design, sample size estimation, data management and analysis. Students will complete an original research, evaluation or consulting project whereby they assess, analyze, write, and present finding.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 6300
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6322 Longitudinal Data Analysis

    3 SCH. The course introduces advanced biostatistical techniques of data organization, analysis, interpretation and dissemination pertaining to hierarchical repeated measures models. After successfully completing this class, students will be able to apply ANOVA models, mixed-effect models, covariance pattern models, and generalized estimating equation models for repeated measures data. Topics include choosing and applying correct statistical methods and experimental designs for repeated measures data, conducting simulation studies, and performing sample size calculations for hierarchical models.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 6314 or obtain permission of the instructor.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6324 Survival Analysis

    3 SCH. The course covers survival data analysis, that is, the use of specialized statistical methods for analyzing survival data derived from laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological studies of humans. Focus is on both the mathematical foundation and practical applications of survival data analytic methods to clinical and epidemiological research. Both parametric and nonparametric approaches are presented. The SAS statistical package will be the primary software used to conduct analyses; however, STATA and SPSS may be used for certain applications.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6326 Methods of Clinical Trials

    3 SCH. The course covers the general concepts and methods in clinical trials. Topics include phase I, II, and III clinical trials, basic study design, ethical considerations, organization, study population, patient recruitment, protocol adherence and compliance, adverse events, data management, closeout, and issues in reporting results. Additionally, it covers statistical techniques such as randomization, blindness techniques, sample size determination, analysis of safety data, intent-to-treat analyses, adaptive designs, multiple endpoints, quality of life, survival analysis, and meta-analysis.  
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5310.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6391 Advanced Topics in Biostatistics

    3 SCH. This course provides rigorous coverage in various advanced topics in biostatistics. Possible topics include Bayesian data analysis, missing data, generalized liner models, advanced statistical computing, sequential analysis, and adaptive designs. Prerequisites: varies. The course may be repeated for credit as topics vary.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BIOS 5300 and BIOS 5310 or obtain permission of instructor.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 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 BIOS 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
  

  • BIOS 6399 Doctoral Independent Study in Biostatistics

    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.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BIOS 6400 Advanced Biostatistics for Clinical Sciences

    4 SCH. The course emphasizes the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of research investigations. Topics include methods for multinomial response variables, methods for ordinal response, log-linear regression for Poisson counts, analysis of longitudinal data for continuous and binary outcomes, structural equation modeling, life tables, Kaplan-Meier and proportional hazards methods for analysis of time to event data and advanced methods for sample size calculation.
    Prerequisite: Students must be accepted to the Biostatistics Certificate for Clinicians and Health Professionals program to enroll in this course.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade

Biomedical Sciences
  

  • BMSC 5100 Application & Skills Workshop

    1 SCH. Participation in three workshops is mandatory. These workshops are designed to help students improve their non-academic qualifications such as interviewing skills, application process, and writing essays.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5101 Biomedical Genetics I - Sources of Genetic Diversity

    1 SCH. This course provides 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. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5102 Biomedical Genetics II - Pedigrees to Populations

    1 SCH. This course provides an introduction into the key concepts of the human genetic diversity and how genetic variations are inherited across generations and maintained in populations. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5103 Biomedical Genetics 111- Clinical Considerations

    1 SCH. This course provides an introduction to Mendelian and non-Mendelian inheritance and heritability of human monogenic diseases. Emphasis is provided on current approaches that address human population health and clinical considerations.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5104 Clinical Genetics I-Laboratory and Test Evaluation

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current laboratory genetic testing methodologies and considerations when ordering and utilizing genetic tests. Emphasis is on how different testing methodologies are utilized and what information is returned from different genetic testing companies including direct to consumer testing and specialized testing.
    Prerequisite: Biomedical Genetics (I,II,III) or comparable content with permission of instructor.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5105 Clinical Genetics II-Genetic Analysis

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current evaluation methods for classification of genetic testing results. Emphasis is on how different analysis methodologies are utilized and what information is returned within a laboratory report. Current and future trends in testing and evaluation are compared.
    Prerequisite: Biomedical Genetics (l,II,lll) or comparable content with permission of instructor.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5106 Clinical Genetics Ill-Test Interpretation and Reporting

    1 SCH. This course provides an overview of current evaluation methods for classification of genetic testing results. Emphasis is on how different analysis methodologies are utilized and what information is returned within a laboratory report. Current and future trends in testing and evaluation are compared.
    Prerequisite: Biomedical Genetics (I,II,lll) or comparable content with permission of instructor.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5107 Topics in Medical/Clinical Genetics

    1 SCH. This course provides overviews of current and emerging topics and introduces the application of genetics in current medical practice. Examples include current topics in microbiomes, pharmacogenetics, aging, epigenetics, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Emphasis is provided on the fundamentals of each topic as well as the state of the science and the current and future clinical utility of genetic testing or analysis.
    Offered TBD
    Pass/NotPass
  

  • BMSC 5108 Transferable Skills

    1 SCH. This course is designed to train students to develop transferable skills focused on the individual development plan.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5109 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Biomedical Sciences: Fundamental Concepts

    1 SCH. Specialized seminars/presentations on topics focused on the fundamental concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), particularly in the academic and research settings. This course is required for all traditional MS and PhD students to be taken in the spring of the first year of study and repeated every four years.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5121 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues for Responsible Clinical Research

    2 SCH. Regulations involved with human subject research will be discussed both from an historical and contemporary perspective. Case studies will be presented and students will attend an Institutional Review Board meeting.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BMSC 5140 Seminar in Biomedical Sciences

    1 SCH. Student will attend 15 lectures of current interest presented by invited speakers throughout the institution. Attendance is mandatory. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5150 Laboratory Rotations

    1 SCH. Students work in a research laboratory on activities directed by the instructor to become acquainted with the research and laboratory environment before selecting a mentor. All students in the Biomedical Science discipline are required to complete a minimum of two laboratory rotations. The primary goal of rotations is to help a student choose a major professor. A secondary goal is to expose students to a number of areas of study to expand expertise and knowledge in research techniques. Each rotation is seven (7) weeks in length. Require instructor’s consent.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5160 Biomedical Ethics

    1 SCH. Covers major ethical issues in biomedical sciences, including: authorship and intellectual property; conflict of interest; data selection/research design; privacy and confidentiality; discrimination and sexual harassment; misconduct and whistle-blowing; animals in research; human subjects in research; implication of funding sources for research.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5165 Industry Practice and Laboratory Management

    2 SCH. Introduction to the Industry Practice will provide students with an insight about life science industries and equip them for pursuing private-sector career opportunities when they graduate.  This course will also introduce students to the tools businesses use every day to increase efficiency, improve operations and succeed.  These tools can be used in the laboratory to improve turn-around time, lower costs, introduce new testing services, and help to increase quality.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • BMSC 5170 Techniques in Biomedical Sciences

    1 SCH. A practical course in techniques. Students will participate in laboratories demonstrating up-to-date techniques in biomedical sciences. A listing of the techniques of participating laboratories is available in the schedule of classes.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BMSC 5180 Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    1 SCH. Introduction to Entrepreneurship will provide students with general knowledge about life science entrepreneurship. Students will be exposed to concepts that will better equip them for interacting with entrepreneurs and other private-sector personnel involved in the commercialization of life science technologies. Students will also be exposed to concepts that shape an entrepreneurial mindset that will be beneficial in variety of career paths in addition to entrepreneurship.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BMSC 5181 Funding Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    1 SCH. This course is designed to help students gain understanding of the types of funding available for research/commercialization from private venture funding institutions (Angel Investors, Venture Capital and Private Equity) as well as government funding for commercialization. Students learn how these players identify and evaluate science opportunities for investment. Further, students develop skills and leverage resources required to identify competitive funding for commercialization of ideas or help others make investment decisions based on the viability of the science opportunity. Students will directly apply tools, resources methods learned in this class by assuming the role of scientific evaluator for proposals, research and investment deals. Students will gain additional business skills that are desirable across many employment sectors including academia, industry, government, and venture investment industries. The specific soft skills covered include: communication (speech, written), basic finance (reading financial statements), management and leadership (teamwork, project and leadership styles), and professionalism.
    Prerequisite: BMSC 5180 or permission of the Course Director
    Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • BMSC 5200 Online MCAT Prep

    2 SCH. This course offers self-paced instruction in biology, organic chemistry, general chemistry, physics, psychology/sociology, and critical analysis and reasoning skills (CARS), as well as test-taking strategies.
    Prerequisite: MEDS-MS Online majors or department permission
    Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • BMSC 5202 MCAT Prep

    2 SCH. This course offers self-paced instruction in biology, organic chemistry, general chemistry, physics, psychology/sociology, and critical analysis and reasoning skills (CARS), as well as test-taking strategies.
    Prerequisite: MEDS-MS Online majors
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
 

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