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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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Epidemiology & Maternal & Child Health Competencies
In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Epidemiology and Maternal and Child Health dual concentration graduates will be able to meet the competencies from both the Epidemiology M.P.H. and the Maternal and Child Health M.P.H..
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).