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Population Health, MS

2023-2024 Edition

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Please see Population Health, PhD for further information about this program. No students will be admitted directly into this program to pursue a master's degree.

Core Requirements

A grade of B or higher is required in all coursework.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Population Health Courses
PHTH 5232Evaluating Healthcare Quality3
or PHTH 5234 Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
PHTH 6400Principles of Population Health 13
PHTH 6410Principles of Population Health 23
Core Research and Statistics Courses
PHTH 5202Introduction to Epidemiology3
PHTH 5210Biostatistics in Public Health3
PHTH 6202Intermediate Epidemiology3
PHTH 6210Applied Regression Analysis3
PHSC 5212Research Skills and Ethics2
or BIOL 6381 Ethics in Biological Research

Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete a minimum of 7 semester hours of additional courses from the following:7
PHTH 6224
Social Epidemiology
PHTH 6440
Advanced Methods in Biostatistics
PHTH 6800
Causal Inference in Public Health Research
ECON 5110
Microeconomic Theory
PHTH 5234
Economic Perspectives on Health Policy

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

Minimum of 30 semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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