Courses

The Population Health Core Curriculum (M.S., Ph.D.) includes an introductory course in population health, an introductory course in health services research, a two-semester sequence in epidemiology, a three-semester sequence in biostatistics, and a course in research ethics.  Students concentrating in epidemiology will choose a relevant thesis/dissertation topic and select electives from courses such as:

 
Introduction to Environmental Health (PHS 471)
Air Pollution and Human Health (PHS 502)
Introduction to Nutritional Epidemiology (PHS 621)
Public Health Genetics (PHS 650)
International Health (PHS 718)
Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change (PHS 740)
Infectious Disease Epidemiology (PHS 801)
Advanced Epidemiology (PHS 802)
Cardiovascular Epidemiology (PHS 904-001)
Genetic Epidemiology (PHS 904-002)
Analytic Methods in Genetic Epidemiology (PHS 904-003)
Global Epidemiology (PHS 904-004)
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology (PHS904-006)
Introduction to Clinical Trials (BMI 542)
Introduction to Clinical Trials II (BMI 544)
Statistical Methods for Molecular Biology (BMI 992)
Genome & Proteonic Analysis (GENET 875)
Human Genetics (MD GENET 565)
Population Genetics (MD GENET 629)
Cancer Genetics (MD GENET 646)
Adv. Topics in Genetics: Human Genetics (MD GENET 677)
Adv. Topics in Genetics: HIV/AIDS Prevention (MD GENET 677)
Genetic Analysis of Human Biology (MD GENET 707)
Methods & Logic in Genetic Analysis (MD GENET 708)
Molecular& Medical Genetics (MD GENET 721)
 Clinical Genetics (MD GENET 731)
Immunology (MM&I 341)
Infectious Disease & Bioterrorism (MM&I 544
Contemporary Practice in Nursing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on End-of-Life (NURS 590)
Nutrient Gene Interactions (NUTR SCI 875)
Introduction to Experimental Oncology (ONCOL 401)
Cell & Mollecular Biology of Aging (PATH 751)
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy (PHM PRAC 710)
Social Studies of Race, Genetics, & Society (SOC 901)