Degree Planner: FOR FALL 2012 – SUMMER 2013 ENTERING STUDENTS
MPH: Management, Policy and Community Health -- Community Health Practice Major

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CORE COURSES PUBLIC HEALTH CORE COURSES (16 credit hours)
Core courses can be taken at any point in the program unless they are a specific requirement for another course.
PHM 2610 / 3 / a,b,cd / Fundamentals to Epidemiology
PH 1690
PH 1700 / 4 / a,b,cd
a,b,cd / Foundations to Biostatistics or
Intermediate Biostatistics
PHM 1110 / 3 / a,b,c / Social and Behavioral Aspects of Community Health
PHWM 2120 or PHM 2110 / 3 / a,b,cd / Man’s Impact on the Environment or
Overview of Environmental Health
PHM 3715 / 3 / a,b / Introduction to Management and Policy Sciences
OTHER REQUIRED COURSE (1 credit hour)
PHM 5010 / 1 / a,b / Ethics in Public Health
CHOOSE 3 CORE FOR MAJOR FROM 4 LISTED MAJOR COURSES (9 credit hours)
PHM 3630 / 3 / b / Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
PH 3998 / 3 / -- / Community Assessment Concepts, Methods, and Technologies (ITV from SA)
PHM 3922 / 3 / b / Economic and Social Determinants of Health
PH 3620 / 3 / a,cd / Principles and Practice of Public Health
CHOOSE 5 ELECTIVES FOR MAJOR FROM LIST ELECTIVE COURSES FOR MAJOR (13 credit hours)
PH 1232 / 3 / b / Public Health Nutrition Practice
PH 1240 / 3 / a,b / Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
PH 1250 / 3 / b / Genital, Sexual and Reproductive Public Health
PH 1260 / 3 / a,b / Chicano/Mexican American Health: Exploring its Social Dimensions
PH 1498 / 3 / -- / Adolescents Sexual Health
PH 2998 / 3 / -- / Injury Epidemiology
PH 3998 / 2 / -- / Mental Health Issues and Policy
PH 3855 / 3 / b / Climate Change Policy
PH 1350 / 3 / c / Ethnicity, Race, Class and Gender: A multicultural Public health perspective
PH 1118 / 4 / a / Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
PH 1119 / 3 / b / Qualitative Methods
PH 1430 / 3 / a / Systematic Review Meta Analysis, and Evidence-based Public Health
PH 2125 / 4 / -- / Medical Geographic Information Systems
PH 2998 / 3 / -- / Rapid Assessment Methods
PH 1125*
*Periodic / 3 / d / The Principles and Practice of Data Management in Behavioral Sciences Research
PH 3660 / 4 / a / Demographic Data for Public Health Practitioners
PH 3998 / 4 / -- / Demography and Public Health
PH 2498 / 3 / -- / Science and Law
PH 3815 / 3 / a / Law on the Line: Health Policy Analyses
PH 3818 / 3 / b / Texas Health Policy: Emerging Issues and New Approaches
PH 3825 / 3 / b / Public Health Law
CULMINATING EXPERIENCE CULMINATING EXPERIENCE (3 credit hours)
PH 9996 or PH 9998 / 3 / Capstone Course* or
Written Paper Option
PRACTICUM TOPIC AND SITE: PRACTICUM (3 credit hours)
PH 9997 / 3 / Practicum
ELECTIVES – not required for graduation ELECTIVES AND OTHER (E.G. CONCENTRATIONS)
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* 30 credits are required before taking Capstone Course

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