2015-2016 Graduate Catalog

CH 610 Program Planning and Evaluation

Prerequisite: CH 509. Theories and practices of program planning and evaluation including needs assessment, planning approaches, election of strategies, data collection and analysis, evaluation design, program implementation and utilization of evaluation data.

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CH 612 Statistical Applications in Public Health

Applied statistical methods for students in public health. Developing statistical literacy and an ability to perform basic statistics, data summarizations and hypothesis testing using statistical software will be emphasized.

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CH 615 Methods in Public Health Research and Evaluation

Prerequisite: CH 612. Public health research methods, qualitative/quantitative research designs, data collection/analysis and program evaluation. Students will conduct an evaluation project with a local public health agency.

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CH 620 Epidemiology

Prerequisite: CH 612. Epidemiological principles analyzed with an emphasis on selected topical issues, infectious and chronic/degenerative diseases, research design and analysis. Practical applications of statistical and epidemiological methods.

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CH 622 Directed Studies

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

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CH 635 Policy, Advocacy, Leadership & Management in Community Health

Prerequisite: PUBH 6600 or consent of instructor. Health policy, advocacy, leadership and management is a multidisciplinary field of public health practice that is concerned with the delivery, quality and costs of public health services.

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CH 686 MPH Masters Project

Prerequisite: CH 693 (or concurrent) and consent of instructor. Independent project in which student demonstrates public health competencies. Includes public presentation of capstone paper.

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CH 693 MPH Practicum

Prerequisites: CH 610 and consent of instructor. Theory and skills applied in a public health setting. Students must complete a minimum of 150 practicum field hours incorporating core competencies.

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CH 699 Thesis

Optional for Master of Public Health candidates in Health Education. Repeatable, no limitations.

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