Curriculum Information
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- Students in this program will have two faculty advisors; One from Epi and one from Community and Family Health
- Emphasis Area Support Courses must be selected from the following categories:
- Epidemiology (6 credit hours)
- MCH (6 credit hours)
- Field Experience must address both Epidemiologic and MCH issues
- Special Project must be epidemiological and MCH. There will be two readers (one from each department).
Program Coursework
College Core Courses | CH* | Pre-reqs* |
PHC 6000 | Epidemiology | 3 | |
PHC 6050 | Biostatistics I | 3 | |
PHC 6102 | Principles of Health Policy and Management | 3 | |
PHC 6357 | Environmental and Occupational Health | 3 | |
PHC 6410 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health | 3 | |
Core Total Hours | 15 | |
Required MCH Courses | | |
PHC 6530 | Issues and Concepts in Maternal and Child Health | 3 | CI. |
PHC 6537 | Case Studies in MCH Programs, Policies, and Research | 3 | PHC 6530, Core Courses, or CI. |
PHC 6505 | Program Planning in Community Health | 3 | PHC 6500 or CI |
PHC 6708 | Evaluation and Research Methods in Community Health | 3 | |
PHC 6724 | Synthesizing Public Health Research | 1 | |
| MCH Total Hours | 13 | |
Required Epidemiology Courses | | |
PHC 6051 | Biostatistics II | 3 | PHC 6000, 6050 or CI. |
PHC 6010 | Epidemiology Methods I | 3 | PHC 6000 or CI. |
PHC 6011 | Epidemiology Methods II | 3 | PHC 6000, 6010 or CI. |
PHC 6701 | Computer Applications for Public Health Researchers | 3 | CI. |
PHC 6591 | Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology | 3 | PHC 6000, 6050 or CI. |
PHC 6053 | Categorical Data Analysis | 3 | PHC 6051 or CI. |
PHC 6190 | Public Health Database Management | 3 | PHC 6701 |
| Epidemiology Total Hours | 21 | |
Emphasis Area Support Courses | | |
Emphasis Area Total Hours | 9 | |
Culminating Experience | | |
PHC 6945 | Supervised Field Experience | 6-12 | See Note #1 |
PHC 6977 | Special Project | 3 | |
PHC 6936 | Public Health Capstone Course | 3 | All Core completed + 75% of Concentration |
| Culminating Experience minimum Hours | 12 | |
* CH=Credit Hours; Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite)
- During 2nd semester meet with advisor and begin planning field experience. See http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/fe/. May be met through the Peace Corps Master’s International option.
- Any grade below a C (C- to F) is required to be retaken. The grade will be included in the student's GPA.
- The College Reserves All Rights to Repeal And/or Modify.