Program of Study Sheet
- TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 43
- For the most up-to-date information on program requirements, please reach out to the MPH Program Director, Dr. Christopher Seplaki.
- For course descriptions, please see: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/public-health-sciences/educational-programs/phs-complete-list-of-courses.aspx
Required courses
|
Course Number |
Title |
|---|---|
|
IND 501 |
Ethics and Professional Integrity in Research (or another 1 credit course) |
|
PM 401 |
Quantitative Methods |
|
PM 415 |
Principles of Epidemiology |
|
PM 421 |
US Health Care System: Financing, Delivery & Performance |
|
PM 426 |
Social & Behavioral Medicine |
|
PM 445 |
Intro to Health Services Res. |
|
PM 450 |
Community Health Applied Practice Experience |
|
PM 455 |
Foundations in Public Health Sciences |
|
PM 458 |
Qualitative Health Research |
|
PM 500 |
Integrated Learning Experience |
|
PM 461 |
Program Evaluation |
|
PM493 |
Health Policy Lab |
Electives
Electives can be tailored toward individual’s research focus and are identified accordingly.
|
Course Number |
Title |
Credit | When Offered | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PM 412 |
Survey Research |
3 | Fall | PM 415 |
|
PM 413 |
Field Epidemiology |
3 | Spring | PM 415 |
|
PM 414 |
History of Epidemiology |
3 | Spring | PH103 or equivalent. Permission of instructor required for undergraduates. |
|
PM 416 |
Epidemiologic Methods |
3 | Spring | PM 410, PM 415 and one semester of graduate level statistics |
|
PM 417 |
Molecular Epidemiology |
3 | Spring | Course Status Unconfimed |
|
PM 418 |
Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention |
3 | Fall | PM 415 OR PH 103 |
|
PM 419 |
Recruitment & Retention of Human Subjects in Clinical Research |
3 | Alternating Fall | none |
| PM 420 | American Health Policy and Politics | 3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 422 |
Quality of Care & Risk Adjustment |
3 | Spring | PM 464 or PM 416 or equivalent, or permission of instructor |
|
PM 424 |
Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Disease |
3 | Alternating Spring | PM 415 OR PH 103 |
|
PM 430 |
Psychology in Health Services Research |
3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 438 |
Grantsmanship |
3 | Spring (even years only) | none |
|
PM 442 |
Nutritional Epidemiology |
3 | Spring | PM415 and PM401 or equivalent |
|
PM 443 |
Foundations of Maternal & Child Health |
3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 451 |
Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
3 | Fall | none |
| PM 464 | Introduction of Regression Analysis | 3 | Spring | none |
|
PM 466 |
Cancer Epidemiology |
3 | Spring (beginning Spring 2022) | PM415 and graduate level statistics course |
|
PM 469 |
Multivariate Models for Epi |
3 | Fall | PM416 or permission of instructor |
|
PM 470 |
Environmental & Occ Med |
3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 472 |
Measurement & Evaluation of Research Instruments |
3 | Spring | none |
|
PM 484 |
Medical Decision Making & Cost Effectiveness Research |
3 | Spring | none |
| PM 485 | Introduction to Biomedical Informatics | 3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 486 |
Medical Ecology in Global Context |
3 | Spring | none |
|
PM 488 |
Experimental Therapeutics |
3 | Fall | none |
|
PM 489 |
Injury Epi & Emergency Care Research Methods |
3 | Fall | PM 415OR PH 103 |
| PM 504 | Environmental Health | 3 | Summer | PM 415 |
| PM 494 | Reproductive Justice and Health Equity in the U.S. | 3 | Fall | none |