Course Offerings and Required Competencies

The Morgan State Public Health Program under the School of Community Health and Policy offers a variety of courses for all five core discliplines in Public Health that provide students with the required concepts and competencies for public health.  Below is a listing of every course by department.  The Concepts and Competencies matrix will be available soon. 

Detailed listing of all course offerings

Public Health Analysis

PUBH 500 Epidemiology I  3 credits
PUBH 501 Biostatistics I   4 credits
PUBH 512 Biological Basis of Public Health  2 credists
PUBH 601 Epidemiology II  3 credits
PUBH 603 Demographic Methods and Community Needs Assessment 3 credits
PUBH 604 Research Methods I  3 credits
PUBH 609 Biostatistics II  3 credits
PUBH 610 Introduction to Public Health Research  2 credits 
PUBH 617 Application of Statistical Packages in Public Health  3 credits
PUBH 708 Research Methods II  3credits
PUBH 709 Biostatistics III  4 credits
PUBH 713 Community and Social Epidemiology  3 Credits
PUBH 718 Maternal, Child, and Family Health Epidemiology  3 Credits
PUBH 720 Qualitative Research in Public Health  3 Credits
PUBH 809 Biostatistics Questionnaire Design and Survey Sampling  4 credits
PUBH 729 Design and Application of Case-Control Studies  3 Credits
PUBH 723 Design and Application of Cohort Studies  4 credits
PUBH 611 Disease Specific Analysis and Evaluation  3 Credits
PUBH 732 Mental Health Research  3 Credits
PUBH 725 Epidemiology of Mental Health  3 credits
PUBH 727 The Epidemiology of Drug Use and Addiction  3 Credits
PUBH xxx Substance Abuse Research Methods  4 credits
PUBH 730 Community Health Education and Research  4 credits
PUBH 738 Nutrition Research  4 credits
PUBH 736 MCH Research  3 Credits

Department of Health Policy and Management

PUBH 503 Health Services Policy and Planning  3 Credits
PUBH 504 Introduction to Public Health and Public Health Practice  3 Credits
PUBH 506 Environmental Health Sciences  3 Credits
PUBH 605 Policy, Advocacy, and Ethics  3 Credits
PUBH 712 Health Policy, Politics, and Law  3 Credits
PUBH 716 Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Public Health  3 Credits
PUBH 717 Bioterriosm as a Public Health Problem  3 Credits
PUBH 803 MCH Politics and Policy  2 credits
PUBH 802 Policy Analysis for the Elimination of Health Disparities  4 credits
PUBH 722 Conceptual Frameworks for Policy Development  3 Credits
PUBH 728 Understanding Effective Communication in Health Systems  3 Credits
PUBH 726 Leadership for Change  2 credits
PUBH 804 Managing Health Services Organization  3 Credits
PUBH 724 Human Capital Development in the Public Health Force  2 credits
PUBH xxx Special Topics in Policy and Administration  2 credits
PUBH 737 Emerging Public Health Nutrition Politics  3 Credits
PUBH 739 Ethics in Public Health Research and Practice  4 credits
PUBH 707 Prevalent Ethical Issues in Public Health  3 Credits
PUBH 807 Ethical Practice: Questions and Application  2 credits
PUBH xxx Policy Implications of Environmental Justice  3 Credits

Department of Behavioral Health Sciences

PUBH 502 Behavioral Science of Public Health  3 Credits
PUBH 510 Principles, Theories and Practice of Community Health Education  3 Credits
PUBH 608 Substance Abuse in Minority Populations  3 Credits
PUBH 613 Public Health Nutrition and Family Health  3 Credits
PUBH 615 Public Health Seminar  3 Credits
PUBH 618 Community Outreach: Public Health Issues and Principles  3 Credits
PUBH 710 Strategies for Health Promotion, Planning, and Program Development
PUBH 711 Public Health Principles of Social Marketing  3 Credits
PUBH 719 Critical Public Health Issues on Minority Drug Use  3 Credits
PUBH 731 Best Practices of Health Communications  3 Credits
PUBH 621 Community Health Planning and Evaluation  3 Credits
PUBH 733 MCH Program Performance and Evaluation  2 credits
PUBH 612 Substance Use and Co-Morbid Mental Health Disorders  2 credits
PUBH 735 Federal Nutrition Program Performance Evaluation  3 Credits

Special Studies Courses

PUBH 714 Special Studies  3 Credits
PUBH 715 Research Seminar and Public Health  3 Credits
PUBH 999 Research  3 Credits

Internship Practice Courses

PUBH 551 Application of PH Principles (Internship I)  2 credits
PUBH 651 Practicum Experience in the Field (Internship II)  4 credits
PUBH 751 Practicum Experience Synthesis (Internship III)  3 Credits

Research Required Courses

PUBH 607 Integrating Experience  3-6 credits
PUBH 797 Thesis Guidance  2 credits
PUBH 798 Thesis Seminar  3 Credits
PUBH 997 Dissertation Guidance  3 Credits
PUBH 998 Dissertation Seminar  6 credits