Archived MPH Curriculum
The information listed below is for students who did not transfer to the Academic Year (AY) 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog. Information for the current curriculum can be found on the MPH Core Curriculum page.
Core Courses
The Council on Education in Public Health requires accredited programs to offer core curriculum in the five areas of knowledge basic to public health. These courses are listed below.
| Area of Knowledge | Core Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Health Services Administration | MPH 6000 Public Health Practice Foundation for public health administration. Introduces MPH degree program. Applied focus on public health problems, issues, and resources of eastern North Carolina. Describes how empirical assessment of population health status informs managerial decision-making and describes the organization of the public health infrastructure. Overview range of practice in public health and of tools and resources for health improvement. | 3 |
| Health Services Administration | MPH 6002 Ethics and Law in Public Health P: MPH 6000 or consent of instructor. Core issues and skills for public health administration and practice. Focuses on public health law, ethics, legislation, media relations, human services management, and emergency preparedness. | 3 |
| Health Services Administration | MPH/NURS 6035 Interdisciplinary Rural Health Theoretical base and skills for interdisciplinary rural health practice. | 3 |
| Environmental Health | MPH/EHST 6010 Fundamentals of Environmental Health Effects of environment on human health with focus on rural environment. Considers water supply and wastewater disposal, water quality, solid and hazardous wastes, air quality, occupational health and safety, food protection, and vector control. | 3 |
| Epidemiology | MPH 6011 Introduction to Epidemiology Introduces methods and concepts of epidemiologic methodology and application of epidemiology in public health. | 3 |
| Research Methods | MPH 6020 Research Methods (HPAL Concentration) Synthesize material from social and behavioral sciences, biostatistics, and epidemiology to better understand health problems. | 3 |
| Research Methods | MPH 6027 Mixed-Methods Research (CHHB Concentration) Mixed-methods data collection and analysis, with focus on use of qualitative and quantitative software. | 3 |
| Research Methods | MPH 6702 Epidemiology Methods (Epidemiology Concentration) P: MPH 6011; P/C: BIOS 7021; or consent of instructor. Explores quantitative research methods, principles and techniques necessary for designing and implementing epidemiological research. | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | MPH/HLTH 6013 Behavioral Sciences and Health Education Introduces concepts of role of social factors in health and illness as well as health education/promotion. Overview of relationships between various social factors, with health outcomes. Includes theories and approaches of health education/promotion programs. | 3 |
| Biostatistics | BIOS 7021 Biostatistics for Health Professionals I P: MATH 1065 or consent of instructor. Applies statistical methods to health sciences. Types, organization, and display of data; elementary probability; parametric and nonparametric techniques when dealing with one or two samples (matched and independent); one way ANOVA; and simple linear regression. | 3 |
Total Credits: 24
Epidemiology Concentration
The following presents concentration-specific courses and optional electives required to complete the Epidemiology Concentration.
| Focus | Courses | Semester Hours (SH) |
|---|---|---|
| Epidemiology | BIOS 7022 Biostatistics for Health Professionals II P: BIOS 7021 with a grade of B or better or consent of instructor. Continuation of BIOS 7021. Topics include ANOVA for multi-factor designs and analysis of single degree of freedom contrasts; randomized block and repeated measures designs; nonparametric methods for standard designs; multiple linear and logistic regression; and chi-square analysis of contingency tables. | 3 |
| Epidemiology | MPH 7202 Introduction to Public Health Data Analysis P: BIOS 7021; MPH 6011. Basic instruction in public health data analysis using core features of SAS Software. | 3 |
| Concentration Courses | MPH 6021 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease P: MPH 6011; or consent of instructor. Epidemiologic measures, statistical methods, and quantitative models specific to chronic disease epidemiology. | 3 |
| Concentration Courses | MPH 6022 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease P: MPH 6011; or consent of instructor. Provides concepts involved in understanding causes, transmission, and control of infectious disease as well as policies, methods, and tools employed in surveillance, detection, investigation, control, and prevention of disease outbreaks. | 3 |
| Popular Electives | MPH 6007 Global Public Health: A Global Perspective Explores the issues related to the fields of medical anthropology and public health leading toward developing global health interventions. | 3 |
| Popular Electives | MPH 7200 Principles of Public Health Surveillance P: BIOS 7021, MPH 6011; or consent of instructor. Public health surveillance as a fundamental epidemiologic activity applied to infectious and non-infectious conditions affecting human populations. | 3 |
| Popular Electives | HIMA 6060 Health Informatics P: Consent of instructor. Theoretical and practical foundations of health informatics for clinical, managerial, community health, and public health services. | 3 |
Health Policy, Administration & Leadership Concentration
The following presents concentration-specific courses and optional electives required to complete the Health Policy, Administration & Leadership Concentration.
| Focus | Courses | Semester Hours (SH) |
|---|---|---|
| Health Policy, Administration & Leadership | MPH 6800 Health Policy and Politics Examines the health policy formation context, process, roles of public health and healthcare professionals in policy formation and impact of policy on health. | 3 |
| Health Policy, Administration & Leadership | MPH 6810 Strategic and Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations Provides a framework for understanding strategic and financial management of healthcare organizations. | 3 |
| Health Policy, Administration & Leadership | MPH 7010 Human Resource Management and Leadership for Health Administration Provides the essential knowledge and skills for management of human resources in a health services organization and a foundation in leadership theory, skills and applications. | 3 |
| Electives | MPH 6040 Long Term Care Administration P: Consent of instructor. Overview of delivery of long term care services with an emphasis on the knowledge and skills needed for effective leadership. | 3 |
| Electives | MPH 6700 Health Economics P: ECON 2113 or equivalent. Overview of delivery of long term care services with an emphasis on the knowledge and skills needed for effective leadership. | 3 |
| Electives | COHE 6100 Community Health Administration P: COHE 6000 or MPH 6000; MPH 6200 or consent of instructor. Role and application of basic administrative theory and practice in health service institutions and agencies. Emphasis on public aspects of health service. | 3 |
| Electives | COHE 6310 Health Care Accounting and Financial Administration Application of the theories, principles and concepts of financial management and accounting to decision-making and accountability in health care organizations. | 3 |
| Electives | COHE 6630 Quality Management in Health Care P: COHE 6000; HIMA 6060; or consent of instructor. Health care quality management tools and applications and review of current literature. | 3 |
| Electives | HIMA 6060 Health Informatics – Theory and Applications P: Consent of instructor. Theoretical and practical foundations of health informatics for clinical, managerial, community health, and public health services. | 3 |
Community Health & Health Behavior Concentration
The following presents concentration-specific courses and optional electives required to complete the Community Health & Health Behavior Concentration.
| Focus | Courses | Semester Hours (SH) |
|---|---|---|
| Community Health & Health Behavior | MPH 6600 Planning Public Health Programs P: MPH 6013. Development and delivery of public health programs. | 3 |
| Community Health & Health Behavior | MPH 6605 Evaluating Public Health Programs P: MPH 6013, MPH 6600. Evaluation of public health programs, including formative, process, impact, and outcome evaluation. | 3 |
| Electives – MPH Courses (Select 3) | MPH 6005 African-American Health Comprehensive, holistic, and sociocultural perspective focusing on national, regional, state, county and local African-American health and health disparity issues leading toward developing public health interventions. | 3 |
| Electives – MPH Courses (Select 3) | MPH 6007 Global Public Health: A Global Perspective Explores the issues related to the fields of medical anthropology and public health leading toward developing global health interventions. | 3 |
| Electives – MPH Courses (Select 3) | MPH 6036 Fundamentals in Agromedicine Occupational and environmental illnesses, injuries, and prevention in agriculture (farming, fishing, and forestry). | 3 |
| Electives – MPH Courses (Select 3) | MPH 6670 Public Health Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health Introduces students to maternal and child health (MCH), with primarily a domestic focus. Emphasis on understanding the role policies and programmatic issues play in MCH. Students will gain an understanding of key issues for MCH populations. (every other spring odd years) | 3 |
| Electives – Preferred Elective | MPH 7201 Introduction to Survey Methodology P: MPH 6020 and BIOS 7021; or consent of instructor. In addition to BIOS 7021, students should have taken one of the three concentration Research Methods core courses. Overview of principles and practices of population-based survey research, including methods, sampling designs, questionnaire development, sources of error, and analysis of survey data. | 3 |
| Electives – Communications | COMM 6210 Media and Health Communication P: Admission to MA in communication or graduate certificate in health communication, or consent of graduate program director. Theory and research of issues involving media and health. | 3 |
| Electives – Communications | COMM 6220 Interpersonal Health Communication P: Admission to MA in communication or graduate certificate in health communication, or consent of graduate program director. Theories and practices in various health care contexts, with emphasis on relationships among patients and health care providers. | 3 |
| Electives – Communications | COMM 6221 Intercultural Communication in Health Contexts P: Admission to MA in communication or graduate certificate in health communication, or consent of graduate program director. Intercultural communication theory and research as they apply to health contexts. | 3 |
| Electives – Communications | COMM 6224 Communication and Health Organizations P: Admission to MA in communication or graduate certificate in health communication, or consent of graduate program director. Analysis and practice of communication in health care settings. | 3 |
| Electives – Communications | COMM 6226 Communication Approaches to Health Advocacy P: Admission to MA in communication or graduate certificate in health communication, or consent of graduate program director. Theories and practices of advocacy in health contexts. | 3 |