MPH 500. Biostatistics (3 credit hours)
This course introduces various statistical methods used in public health management, research, and education. Students are trained in biostatistical data analysis and the interpretation of standard statistical packages.

MPH 501. Introduction to Environmental Health (3 credit hours)
This course introduces all students to the fundamentals of environmental health sciences. It is designed to enable students to recognize environmental health problems, initiate assessments, and communicate with other professionals and the lay public regarding environmental health issues.

MPH 502. Epidemiology (3 credit hours)
This course provides students with knowledge of patterns of disease occurrence in human populations and factors that influence these patterns. The course is designed to enable students to identify and use systematic procedures that are helpful in determining epidemiological relationships. Students will gain insight and be able to recognize situations in their public health practice where epidemiological principles are to be applied.

MPH 503. Health Administration, Management and Policy (3 credit hours)
This course provides an introduction to major issues in management of health programs and services. The course exposes students to an overview of theories of administration. Specific aspects of health service delivery, policy and management are explicated with emphasis on the role of the manager in contemporary health systems.

MPH 504. Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3 credit hours)
This course provides a survey of the socio-structural, cultural, microecological and personal determinants of human behavior. This core course provides students with a general appreciation of the central role that human behavior plays in the development and prevention of illness and in the promotion of health. Specific interventions targeted at African Americans are presented to illustrate these theoretical constructs.

MPH 505. Fundamentals of Public Health (3 credit hours)
The interdisciplinary foundation course for first year MPH students is designed to improve their analytical and practical skills in the fundamental principles (values, ethics) and core competencies in domestic and global public health issues. The course integrates theory and practice as important characteristics of learning and includes presentations by public health professionals, films, site visits, case studies, and individual and group presentations of assigned projects.

MPH 506. Research Methods (3 credit hours)
This course is designed to provide an overview of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and provide practical experience for students to apply skills learned. Qualitative research methods will be taught and practiced as a way of further understanding the deeper meaning and context of attitudes, beliefs and behaviors within communities and as related to program design and outcomes. This course is designed to assist students with the Culminating Experience Requirement.

MPH 521. Grant & Proposal Development (3 credit hours)
The design of this course familiarizes students with specific written and oral communication skills needed to develop competitive grants and proposals for international health programs, public programs and community-based organizational settings. The course incorporates a focus on cultural competency while establishing fundamental proposal development skills that facilitate public health practice.