Examines theory and research on the nature and development of small group communication. Topics include leadership, interpersonal relations and roles, goals, and decision-making in multiple organizational contexts. Communication major or permission of instructor required for enrollment.

This course provides the student with basic knowledge about the discipline of public health. After receiving a philosophical and political orientation to public health, students will begin to acquire functional knowledge of the strategies most often applied in public health practice. Key content areas (such as HIV prevention, maternal and child health, reducing obesity rates, and reducing tobacco addiction) will become focal points for the investigation of these strategies.

This course will provide students with an introductory understanding of public health concepts through critical examination of popular cinema and instruction in basic public health principles, disease principles, and behavioral and social interactions related to the movie topics. A combination of lectures, readings and film viewing will enable students to understand the relationship between behavioral, environmental, biological and other risk factors with disease, injury or other health outcomes. The effect of social, economic and health systems context will also be examined.

This course will be an in-depth introduction to the relationship of sex and sexual behaviors to health and wellness.

This course will outline the history of epidemiology as a science and examine its wide-ranging contributions to the fields of public health, medicine, and the social sciences. This course will focus on epidemiological methods to investigate health outcomes and identify associated and causative factors of disease in populations.

An overview of the physical factors that influence human health, including hazards from unsanitary water, polluted air, traumatic injury hazards, toxins, radiologic risks, and other features of the natural and human made environment that can kill, injure, maim, and cause disease in human populations. Special focus is given to understanding the relationships between biological, chemical, and other factors that produce unhealthy environments that sicken individuals throughout their lifespan.

CPH 330 focuses on applying methods for solving public health analytical problems. This course will build on the statistical principles and scientific reasoning introduced in introductory statistics courses, but will focus on the application of methods for categorical data analysis. Topics include data visualization, exploratory data analysis, summary statistics, statistical testing, estimation, confounding, and the use of regression models commonly encountered in public health. An emphasis on data analytic methods will also introduce students to the use of statistical software.

Linked to many of the biggest health challenges of our time - heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, and more - overeating represents one of the leading preventable causes of premature death, both domestically and increasingly around the globe. Understanding why people overeat requires an understanding of the food system - the production, distribution, and consumption of food.

This upper division course introduces students to U.S. health system and its public health and health care components. The course explores the history of these systems in the U.S., their current status in terms of financing and law, and the role of health policy in system change. The course begins with an overview of the U.S. health care system and a comparison to other systems around the world. We then explore the history of the U.S. system, in terms of its public health and health care components, and its current state, including recent developments in both public health and health care.

This course will provide students with an overview of the public health effects of social media and the ways in which public health and health care organizations use these platforms to engage audiences and improve health outcomes at the population level. Emphasis will be placed on using theoretical concepts and evidence to evaluate organizational use of social media. The course includes an overview of strategic health communication and audience engagement.