MPH Global Health Practice

COPH Department: Global Health
Concentration: Global Health Practice(Code: GLO)
Minimum Credit Hours: 49

This program will prepare students for achieving a professional position in the field of international public health, such as with international, bilateral, governmental and non-governmental agencies. The curriculum focuses on assessment and intervention strategies useful in resolving health problems of primarily undeveloped countries. Global Health Practice students have an opportunity to select courses that focus on areas such as epidemiology, maternal and child health, management and socio-cultural health. Students who choose to combine this program with the Peace Corps Master's International program will be able to obtain a long-term field placement experience that will enhance their marketability for employment.

Check Sheets by Year:

2010/11

Please print the check sheet and take it with you to your advising appointments each semester.

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Master of Public Health Degree Competencies

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Global Health Practice Competencies

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Global Health Practice graduates will be able to:

Describe the socio-cultural, political and economic determinants of health and health status at the global level;
Assess the burden of disease on health, service utilization and finance, and the importance of prevention;
Analyze the prevailing international health systems in industrial and developing countries, comparing coverage, utilization, equity, policy, organization, delivery and financing of those systems and define the rationale for health systems' reforms;
Appraise the role of cultural, social and economic factors that contribute to the incidence of infectious disease;
Assess public health conditions and problems related to infectious disease control and surveillance in developing countries;
Use ethical and culturally appropriate technology/interventions when addressing public health problems and prevention at the global level; and
Propose methodologies for the evaluation of public health programs and interventions.

Curriculum

Program Coursework

Requirement		CH*	Pre-reqs*
College Core and Foundation Courses		16
Required Concentration Courses		12
PHC 6764	Global Hlth Principles and Contemporary Issues	3
PHC 6761	Global Hlth Assessment Strategies	3	PR: PHC 6000, PHC 6050
PHC 6106	Global Hlth Program Development and Administ.	3
PHC 6442	Global Health Applications in the Field	3	PR: PHC 6106, 6761
Approved Electives (See selected examples of courses)		12
MPH Requirements		9
PHC 6945	Supervised Field Experience⁵	6	See Note #1
PHC 6977	Special Project	3
	Comprehensive Exam (CPH Exam)		Must be registered for two hours
Total Minimum Credit Hours 49

* CH=Credit Hours; Seq= Term Sequence; Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite)

During 2^nd semester meet with advisor and begin planning field experience. See http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/fe/.
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.
Term sequence given assuming Fall starting term.
May be met through Peace Corps Master's International option.

Examples of common elective options:

Courses not included on the list below may be approved by the student’s advisor.

PHC 6111 Global Primary Health Care Strategies
PHC 6146 Health Services Planning and Evaluation
PHC 6147 Managing Quality in Health Care (2)
PHC 6511 Public Health Immunology
PHC 6512 Vectors of Human Disease
PHC 6513 Public Health Parasitology
PHC 6074 Epidemiology of Diseases of Major Public Health Importance
PHC 6700 Research Methods in Epidemiology
PHC 6934 Intermediate Infectious Disease Epidemiology
PHC 6535 International Maternal and Child Health
PHC 6765 International Health Education
PHC 6536 Population and Community Health
PHC 6532 Women's Health Issues in Public Health
PHC 6121 Vaccines
PHC 6726 Community-Based Participatory Research for Tropical Health (6 credits)
PHC 6518 Eco Health & the Ecology of Tropical Infectious Diseases