Degree Requirements

MS Student Handbook

School-Wide Core Requirements (18 semester hours) Heading link

  • BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 520 – Foundations of Public Health (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 598 – Research in the Public Health Sciences – MS (8 semester hours)

Required Non-Credit Training Heading link

Divisional Core Requirements (16-17 semester hours) Heading link

Required courses:

  • BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 591 – Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 595 – Epidemiology Research Seminar (1 semester hour)

Select one of the following courses:

  • BSTT 505 – Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis (2 semester hours)
  • BSTT 506 – Design of Clinical Trials (3 semester hours)
  • BSTT 507 – Sampling and Estimation Methods Applied to Public Health (3 semester hours)

Electives (as needed to bring the program total to 50 semester hours) Heading link

Students may use their electives to pursue a course of study in one of the following optional concentrations, or may customize their program of study by selecting from a broad range of course work to meet their career goals and interests. All students must complete sufficient elective hours to bring their total program of study to a 50 semester hour minimum.

Optional Concentrations Heading link

About the Concentration

Students electing the Cancer Epidemiology concentration must complete the School-Wide Course Requirements as well as 35 semester credit hours of the following concentration courses.

Required Courses

  • BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
  • BSTT 505 – Survival Analysis and Logistic Regression (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 515 – Survey of Cancer Epidemiology (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 591 – Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 595 – Epidemiology Research Seminar (1 semester hour)

Select two of the following courses:

  • CHSC 514 / HN 594 – Nutritional Epidemiology (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 520 – Genetics in Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 550 – Advanced Special Topics in Epidemiology: Surveillance Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 554 – Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 594 – Advanced Special Topics in Epidemiology: Social Epidemiology (2 semester hours)

Elective Courses

Students must take a minimum of 11-12 semester hours of electives as necessary to reach minimum of 50 total semester hours.

About the Concentration

Students selecting the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology concentration must complete the School-Wide Course Requirements as well as 38 semester credit hours of the following concentration courses.

Required Courses

Required:

  • BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS 421 – Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene (2 semester hours)
  • EPID/EOHS 530 – Current Topics in Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EPID/EOHS 535 – Applied Methods in Occupational Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EPID/EOHS 536 – Applied Methods in Environmental Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 551 – Occupational and Environmental Diseases (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 556 – Risk Assessment in Environmental and Occupational Health (3 semester hours)
  • EPID/EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)

Select one of the following courses:

  • EPID 410 – Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 semester hours)
  • EPID 411 – Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 semester hours)

Elective Courses

Select 6 – 7 semester hours of electives.  Suggested electives include:

  • EOHS 405 – Environmental Calculations (2 semester hours)
  • EOHS 411 – Water Quality Management (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 432 – Air Quality Assessment and Management (4 semester hours)
  • EOHS 455 – Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3 semester hours)
  • EOHS/HPA 565 – Datamining Applications in Public Health (3 semester hours)