Degree Requirements
MS Student Handbook
School-Wide Core Requirements (18 semester hours)
- 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
- Information Privacy & Security
- Human Subjects Research
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
Divisional Core Requirements (16-17 semester hours)
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)
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
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)