Curriculum
 Core Courses
(28 quarter hours)
To satisfy the Council on Education for Public Health core curricular elements for graduate programs in community health/preventive medicine and to sufficiently educate enrolled students in the fundamentals of public health, seven core courses will be offered and must be completed by all students admitted to the program. (These are PDF files. You will need Adobe Reader, a free download, to read them.) |
Concentration
(16 Quarter Hours)
The M.P.H. program offers three concentration areas of study: Public Health Management, Health Promotion and Education and Emergency Preparedness. Students admitted to the program will select one concentration area and complete the specified courses in that area. Each concentration requires a minimum of 16 credit hours of study.
 Public Health Management Concentration
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The public health management concentration will provide students with depth of knowledge in issues impacting the management and administration in applied public health and associated work settings. Those who complete course work in this concentration will have advanced competencies in strategy, leadership, personnel, finance, health-related systems, and human resources. Course offerings in the management concentration are in partnership with the Boonshoft School of Medicine, the Raj Soin College of Business, and the College of Liberal Arts.
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Health
Promotion and Education Concentration |
 Students completing the health promotion and education concentration will develop advanced skills in community needs assessment, program planning, program implementation, program evaluation, and health promotion advocacy. Students will gain depth of knowledge in the determinants of health behavior, theories of social and behavioral change, the interdisciplinary nature of common health issues, and current health promotion and behavioral interventions. Course offerings in the health promotion and education concentration are in partnership with the College of Education and Human Services, the Boonshoft School of Medicine, the Raj Soin College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts, and the School of Professional Psychology.
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| Course |
Credit Hours |
| HPR 780 - *Research Methods and Program Evaluation |
4 |
| CMH 775 - *Application of Research in Health Seminar |
4 |
| HPR 750 - Scientific Foundations of Health and Wellness |
4 |
| ED 710 - Teaching Culturally Diverse Settings |
4 |
| Information Retrieval Through Technology |
4 |
| MKT 730 - Consumerism and Social Issues in Marketing |
3 |
| CNL 663 - Mental Health I |
4 |
| PSI 947 - AIDS: Clinical Issues for Families and Clients |
3 (1-3) |
| PSI 948 - Domestic Violence |
3 (1-3) |
| COM 653 - Communication and Conflict |
4 |
| SOC 620 - Society of Sexual Behavior |
4 |
| CMH 744 - Population Based Management |
4 |
| MBA 750 - Leading Teams in Organizations |
4 |
| *Designates required course within concentration |
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 Emergency Preparedness Concentration
The emergency preparedness concentration is designed to provide a graduate level education to the public health workforce, including public health professionals, physicians, registered nurses, allied health care providers, hospital executives, public safety personnel, and emergency management officials. The program will use multiple and diverse educational programs at the university to highlight the educational interface between public health, emergency medicine, the "science" of bioterrorism, politics, and organizational needs required to understand and prepare for disasters and associated potential mass casualties. The emergency preparedness concentration curriculum covers 12 to 14 credit hours.
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| Course |
Credit Hours |
| CMH 764 - Public Health Aspects of Disaster Management |
4 |
| CMH 765 - Interagency Disaster Planning & Response |
4 |
| CMH 766 - Terrorism and the Effects on Public Health Issues |
4 |
| PTX 770 - Principles of Toxicology: Applications to Medical, Chemical, and Biological Defense |
3 |
| BIO 651 - Environmental Management and Risk Communication |
3 |
| CMH 641 - Environmental Medicine |
3 |
| COM 647 - Organizational Communication |
3 |
| MBA 750 - Leading Teams and Organization |
4 |
| PLS 581 - National Security Politics |
4 |
| URS 620 - Public Safety Administration |
4 |
| URS 623 - Issues in Urban Administration |
4 |
| URS 713 - Public Planning |
4 |
| *Designates required course within concentration |
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Practice Placement & Applied Project/Problem Paper
 A major strength of the WSU M.P.H. program is in providing students
with opportunities to apply learning directly within the community
setting. The applied research component serves to ground students
in "real world" public health applications, and provides service
to the community. Each student will work with a faculty representative and a community preceptor. This will constitute the first component of applied learning.
The second component of the applied learning is the intensive culminating
experience. Each student will work with his or her faculty advisor
to develop an appropriate applied project. The applied project will
include elements from the core courses as well as mastery of the
concentration area of study. The student will have a primary program
committee including an academic advisor, one additional university
faculty member, and a field practicum representative. Program committee
members will work closely with students in the development and completion
of the project. The culminating experience has three primary components:
a proposal, a written applied project paper, and an oral presentation.
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