DrPH EOH – Curriculum
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.
| Focus | Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Core (8 s. h.) | PUBH 8020 Organizational Theory and Leadership P: Admission to the DrPH health policy, administration and leadership concentration. Organizational theories and healthcare organization evolution. | 3 |
| PUBH 8025 Quantitative Research Methods P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Application, analysis and evaluation of advanced quantitative methods used in public health research. | 3 | |
| HUMS 7004 Ethics and Research: Humanities and Basic Medical Sciences Same as GRAD 7004 and NURS 7004. May not receive credit for both GRAD 7004 and HUMS 7004. Identifies some philosophical, moral, political, legal, and social issues associated with scientific research. Explores relationship between moral, legal, professional, social, and institutional responsibilities of working scientist. Develops critical skills for understanding and evaluating arguments, claims, and policies pertaining to moral, political, legal, and social aspects of research. | 2 | |
| EOH Core (15 s. h.) | PHAR 7680 Toxicology P: PHLY 7702 or BIOC 7301 or consent of chair. Principles of toxicology and the mechanisms that underlie toxic effects from the subcellular to the organism level will be discovered. In addition, patterns of toxicity of specific chemicals will be discussed, as well as how those results can be employed in risk assessment. | 3 |
| PUBH 7930 Environmental and Occupational Exposure Assessment P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Environmental and occupational exposure assessment and its role in providing information and tools for toxicology, epidemiology, and risk management applications. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8125 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Application of epidemiological principles to the study of occupational and general environmental exposures to contaminants. Type of exposures, outcomes and related epidemiological topics. Examination of data sources and management, sampling strategies, tracing and follow-up procedures, and monitoring and surveillance. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8245 Health Policy Analysis P: MPH 6700 or equivalent, MPH 6800 or equivalent. Empirical strategies and techniques for analyzing health policy impacts. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8100 Applied Environmental and Industrial Hygiene P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Case studies of exposures to chemical and physical hazards in both occupational and non-occupational settings will be conducted, to include exposure evaluation, exposure controls and environmental sampling to document conditions. | 3 | |
| Choose one specialty area (9 s. h.) (Environmental) | PUBH 8002 Public Health Microbiology, Water and Food Safety P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Evaluation and management of microorganisms that contribute to water and food safety concerns. | 3 |
| PUBH 8004 Public Health Pests and Vector-Borne Diseases P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Identification, management, and ecology of arthropods and other disease vectors, as well as characteristics and epidemiology of diseases associated with these vectors. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8006 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Overview of methodologies to protect water quality, with an emphasis on fundamental principles. Topics may include settling, biosolids/sludge treatment, filtration and disinfection. | 3 | |
| (Occupational) | PUBH 8003 Issues and Case Studies in Occupational Medicine P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Identification of occupational factors in the causation of disease, consideration of occupational factors in the management of disease, and measures for prevention of occupational and work-related diseases, and promotion of health in the workplace. | 3 |
| PUBH 8005 Advanced Control of Occupational Hazards P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Application of engineering controls to prevent and manage occupational health hazards, such as substitution of less toxic options, modification of work processes, design of local exhaust ventilation systems, proper selections and use of personal protective equipment. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8007 Advanced Industrial Hygiene Applications P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Evaluation, prevention and management of occupational hazards (industrial hygiene). | 3 | |
| Electives (Required -HUMS 7201 plus choose one additional course (3 s. h.) | GEOG 6340 Advanced Medical Geography Topics range from geographic patterns and processes of disease to locational aspects of health care delivery systems. GIS used to describe and analyze problems in medical geography. Students become acquainted with current research literature. | 3 |
| PUBH 8110 Emerging Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Impact of macro-level trends, such as corporate globalization, immigration patterns, and technological development on the environment, focusing on the relationship between the environmental infrastructure and environmental media, such as air, water and waste. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8120 Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health Law P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Examination of US and international environmental and occupational health legislation, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Occupational Safety and Health Act. | 3 | |
| PUBH 8150 Environmental Risk Communication P: Admission to DrPH environmental and occupational health concentration. Focus upon the improvement of skills in effectively communicating environmental risk information to diverse groups and promoting appropriate risk prevention/control strategies. | 3 | |
| HUMS 7201 Independent Study P: Consent of instructor, independent exploration and scholarship of area(s) of interest in clinical bioethics. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. | 1 | |
| Field Experience | PUBH 8684 - Field Practicum P: Consent of instructor and completion of the DrPH interdisciplinary and concentration core courses. Application of key concepts and principles in public health work settings. | 5 |
| Dissertation | PUBH 9000 Dissertation Research May be repeated. May count a maximum of 9 s. h. This course is graded “S” or “U” and is not included in meeting the cumulative “B” average required for graduation. P: Consent of instructor. DrPH candidate’s completion of all required dissertation research and submission of dissertation in final Committee-approved form. | 9 |