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COPH Department: Community and Family Health and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Concentration: Epidemiology & Maternal & Child Health (Code: EMC)
Minimum Credit Hours: 70
No info blurb on admissions page (http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/apply/Epidemiology%20and%20Maternal%20and%20Child%20Health)
Please print the check sheet and take it with you to your advising appointments each semester.
Master of Public Health Degree Competencies
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Curriculum
Program Coursework
Requirement | CH* | Pre-reqs* |
College Core and Foundation Courses | 16 | |
Required Concentration Courses | 27
| |
PHC 6530 | Issues and Concepts in Maternal & Child Health | 3 | |
PHC 6537 | Case Studies in MCH Programs, Policies & Research | 3 | PHC 6530, Core Courses |
PHC 6197 | Secondary Data Analysis in MCH | 3 | |
PHC 6505 | Program Planning in Community Health | 3 | PHC 6500 |
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 6934 | Application in Advanced Biostatistics Methods | 3 | PHC 6051 or CI |
PHC 6591 | Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology | 3 | |
Approved Electives (See selected examples of courses) | 3
| |
MPH Requirements
| 6 | |
PHC 6945 | Supervised Field Experience5 | 3 | See Note #1 |
PHC 6977 | Special Project | 3 | |
Total Minimum Credit Hours | 52 | |
* 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.
- 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).