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Curriculum


CEPHCore 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.)

Required Courses Credit Hours
CMH 705 - Introduction to Public Health and Health Policy 4
CMH 734 - Health Systems Management 4
CMH 620 - Biostatistics 4
CMH 623 - Epidemiology I 4
CMH 640 - Environmental Health 4
CMH 770 - Social and Behavioral Sciences 4
EC 755 - Economics of Health and Health Policy 4
Sub Total 28
Concentration  
*Concentration Course 4
*Concentration Course 4
*Concentration Course 4
*Concentration Course 4
Sub Total 16
CMH 810 - Practice Placement 4
CMH 820 and CHM 821 - Culminating Experience 8
Sub Total 12
Total Hours 56

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.


ARROWPublic Health Management Concentration

Financial Mgmt.

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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Course Credit Hours
CMH 754 - *Strategic Leadership in Health Care (PDF) 4
CMH 744 - *Population-Based Management (PDF) 4
CMH 731 - Health Services Administration 4
CMH 771 - Global Health 4
CHM 772 - Global Health Systems 4
FIN 750 - Financial Management of Health Service Organizations (PDF) 4
URS 710 - Environment of Public Administration 4
URS 716 - Public Human Resource Administration 4
URS 615 - Ethics in Public Service 4
URS 620 - Public Safety Administration 4
URS 670 - Urban Leadership 4
URS 623 - Issues in Urban Administration 4
URS 624 - Issues in Urban Planning 4
URS 625 - Issues in Urban Development 4
MBA 750 - Leading Teams and Organizations 4
*Designates required courses within concentration

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ARROWHealth Promotion and Education Concentration

Public Health ImageStudents 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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MPH Image: DisasterARROWEmergency 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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ARROWPractice Placement & Applied Project/Problem Paper

Practice ImageA 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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