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All M.P.H. students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 42 credit hours.
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The COPH Competencies are a resource and guide for faculty and students. These competencies set a baseline for skills that master students should be competent in upon graduation. Concentration specific competencies are in addition to the following college wide competencies. Within the context of a specific professional public health career, the Master in Public Health graduate will be able to: 1. Investigate, determine, and address socio-ecological factors that affect the health of a community; a. Apply the study of patterns of death, disease, and disability to the prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of health issues. 2. Apply public health ethical principles; 3. Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communicating with different stakeholders; and 4. Demonstrate leadership and professionalism in public health practice.
For a complete list of degree and concentration competencies and the courses associated with each competency see the COPH Competencies listing at http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/faculty.html. |
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Program Core Course - 1 hour PHC 6600 History & Systems of Public Health Foundation Courses* - 15 hours (Choose track 1 or track 2) Track 1 (current foundation courses available to all students) PHC 6000 Epidemiology (3 hours) Track 2 (alternate foundation courses available to full-time, on-campus students) PHC 6080 Population Assessment: Part 1 (5 hours) Concentration (variable hours, see concentration section for details) Courses in specialty areas (12 credits minimum) Special project (3 hours, see special project details) Comprehensive Exam (must be registered for 2 credit hours, see comprehensive/CPH exam details) * Students in the Biostatistics concentration who have previously taken introductory statistics courses and have a strong mathematical background must take the more advanced level biostatistics course "PHC 6057: Biostatistical Inference I" instead of "PHC 6050: Biostatistics I". However, if a student does not have this prior training in introductory statistics coursework then she/he can take both PHC 6050 Biostatistics I and PHC 6057 Biostatistical Inference I. |
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