This is a required course for students enrolled in the Master of Public Health program. This course will provide guidance for students in completing a culminating project which draws from elements of the MPH core curriculum and from the student's concentration area. The course will provide students the opportunity to synthesize, integrate and apply the skills and competencies they have acquired to a public health problem.

The public health practicum is designed as an integrative experience in the workplace. The practicum is an opportunity to apply classroom theories and methods under the guidance of an experienced public health practitioner with faculty oversight.

The public health practicum is designed as an integrative experience in the workplace. The practicum is an opportunity to apply classroom theories and methods under the guidance of an experienced public health practitioner with faculty oversight.

The public health practicum is designed as an integrative experience in the workplace. The practicum is an opportunity to apply classroom theories and methods under the guidance of an experienced public health practitioner with faculty oversight.

The public health practicum is designed as an integrative experience in the workplace. The practicum is an opportunity to apply classroom theories and methods under the guidance of an experienced public health practitioner with faculty oversight.

This course applies and integrates the principles and tools of epidemiology to the study of cancer. The course includes discussion of the burden of various kinds of cancer across the United States and the world by age, gender, and race/ethnicity. The underlying biology behind the development of cancer in humans, cancer surveillance, the epidemiology of various kinds of cancer by category of major risk factors such as human behavior, (e.g.

Public health practitioners and researchers require knowledge of how exposure to environmental and occupational contaminants can adversely affect the health of both current and future generations. Public health professionals also require skills to communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders about opportunities to assess, control, and/or prevent complex environmental health hazards. In this course, students will develop foundational environmental health concepts and build cultural competencies for effective stakeholder communication.

Public health practitioners and researchers require knowledge of how exposure to environmental and occupational contaminants can adversely affect the health of both current and future generations. Public health professionals also require skills to communicate clearly with multiple stakeholders about opportunities to assess, control, and/or prevent complex environmental health hazards. In this course, students will develop foundational environmental health concepts and build cultural competencies for effective stakeholder communication.

This course focuses on measurement, the key component of research. Topics include types of measurement; units of measurement; theory and measurement; reliability and validity; survey development; how and where to find "good" measures of health behaviors; quantitative and qualitative approaches; and cultural considerations in measurement.

Designed for advanced students with research or special study interest in Behavioral Health. Students are under guidance and confer individually with faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 credit hours.