OUHSC Course Catalog - The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

College of Public Health Courses

BSE
BSE	5001	Problems in Biostatistics and Epidemiology	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: Concurrent or previous enrollment in BSE 5113 and 5163. Applied problem solving in biostatistics and epidemiology.
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Laboratory
BSE	5011	Topics in Data Analysis	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Provides students practice in the analysis and presentation of data from actual multivariable studies. Students will present, defend and discuss the methods used. Students will develop and integrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to master biostatistical analysis.
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Lecture
BSE	5013	Application of Microcomputers to Data Analysis	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 or permission of the instructor. Introduction to the use of data management and processing equipment and 1 package (SAS) readily available on this campus. Storage, manipulation, and retrieval of data and statistical summaries are emphasized.
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Lecture
BSE	5023	Computer Applications in Public Health	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 or Permission of Instructor. Application of currently available hardware and software to common problems encountered in Public Health practice.
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Lecture
BSE	5112	Principles of Epidemiology	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in MHA program. Enrollment in this course is limited to MHA students. This course provides an introduction to epidemiology for students majoring in any aspects of Public Health. The principles and methods of epidemiology research and investigation, both of infectious and non-infectious diseases are discussed.
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Lecture
BSE	5113	Principles of Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None. This course provides an introduction to epidemiology for students majoring in any aspects of Public Health. The principles and methods of epidemiology investigation, both of infectious and non-infectious diseases are discussed.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5153	Clinical Trials	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Basic Statistics and Epidemiology or permission of instructor. Principles for the design and conduct of clinical trials are discussed. Emphasis will be given to protocol preparation, randomization, sample size, trial monitoring, ethical issues and data analysis.
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Lecture
BSE	5163	Biostatistics Methods I	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: College algebra and ability to use computer spreadsheet or instructor permission. Fundamental concepts and applications of statistics. This course and BSE 5173 serve as an introduction to all higher level courses in statistics. This course makes use of the SAS statistical package.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5173	Biostatistics Methods II	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and BSE 5013. More complex forms of the analysis of variance are present. The fundamental aspects of experimental design as well as covariance, multiple regression, curvilinear regression, and the binomial and poisson distribution are discussed.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5183	Critical Appraisal of Health Research Literature	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology and BSE 5163 Biostatistics Methods I. Health professionals review large numbers of research articles on a regular basis for a variety of applications. This course presents some basic principles and methods for critiquing the health research literature effectively and efficiently. The course provides methods to critique individual research articles, strategies to conduct literature reviews.
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Lecture
BSE	5193	Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 or equivalent Methodological issues important to the design of epidemiologic studies of both infectious and non-infectious disease. Topics include formulation of a research question, types of studies, sample size, sampling methods, biases and confounding, data collection instruments and the presentation and interpretation of data.
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Lecture
BSE	5253	Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 and BSE 5163 or equivalent. Methodologic issues and approaches used in occupational and environmental risk assessment studies will be presented. These include study design, assessment of exposures, ascertainment of outcomes, methods of analysis and sources of data. Examples of classic occupational and environmental studies will be presented and implications for health policy will be discussed.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5263	Injury Epidemiology and Prevention	3 hrs.
Gives students an introduction to the field of injury and violence epidemiology and prevention. Course will discuss importance of injuries as a public health problem; surveillance and data collection sources; data linkages; leading causes of injury morbidity and mortality; populations at high risk of injury; and much more.
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Lecture
BSE	5272	Sports Injury Epidemiology	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology. This course is a study of epidemiology and public health impact of sports injuries in adolescents/young adults. Emphasis on epidemiologic methods used to identify incidence and risk factors for common injuries in major sports. Additional emphasis on unique exposure measurements and collaboration needed between epidemiology and sports medicine in research and injury prevention.
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Lecture
BSE	5303	Epidemiology of Infectious Disease	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113. Intended for epidemiology majors. Lectures and laboratory sessions devoted to the study of factors common to all infectious diseases as well as studies of specific disease.
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Lecture
BSE	5313	Epidemiological Issues in International Health	3 hrs.
The course will cover issues of clustering, field trial designs, measurement of risk factors and outcomes with limited resources, health economics, ethical issues, and review international health funding agencies (mainly developing countries) with a particular focus on infectious diseases.
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Lecture
BSE	5333	Introduction to Emerging Infections and Bioterrorism	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology. The course will introduce students to a wide variety of topics relating to emerging infections and bioterrorism. The course will first provide an overview of emerging diseases and the factors associated with their appearance. Second, the course will examine bioterrorism, its agents, history, potential impact and discuss public health preparedness.
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Lecture
BSE	5343	Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113; BSE 5303; or authorization from the instructor. This course aims at covering methods applicable to the design and conduct of epidemiological studies specific to infectious diseases.
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Lecture
BSE	5353	Multicenter Clinical and Epidemiological Studies	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology and/or BSE 5193 Intermediate Epidemiology Methods and/or BSE 5153 Epidemiological Studies. This course covers practical procedures for the planning and conduct of epidemiologic studies and clinical trials that involve multiple study sites. Topics include organization, development of common protocol and operations manual, recruitment and follow-up, data collection and management, surveillance, and interim and final data analyses.
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BSE	5363	Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic Diseases	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113; BSE 5163; BSE 5193 or BSE 5001 This course is a survey of chronic diseases and the epidemiologic methods used to study them. Students are expected to read and report on the literature and to use descriptive statistics on survey data of chronic disease risk factors.
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BSE	5403	Social Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 (Principles of Epidemiology) and BSE 5163 (Biostatistics Methods I) or permission of the instructor. The purpose of this course is to provide students with both the information and experience to identify social determinants of health outcomes in populations. Students will develop an understanding of the general concepts of social epidemiology and develop their own critical assessment of how social factors impact health outcomes and the development of disease. Students will participate in class discussions, read relevant materials, and conduct and report on a community assessment project.
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Lecture
BSE	5563	Theory and Application of Matrices in Biostatistics	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. Understanding of matrix theory necessary for further courses in statistics which utilize these techniques extensively. A lecture recitation designed for majors enrolled in the biostatistics curriculum.
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Lecture
BSE	5603	Sampling Theory and Methods	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and permission of Instructor. To introduce various commonly used sampling methods including when and how to apply them, advantages and disadvantages, how to determine sample size, and the design of forms and questionnaires for data collection.
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Lecture
BSE	5643	Regression Analysis	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and 5013. Multiple linear regression analysis, including polynomial regression, indicator variables, and covariance analysis are covered. Also covered are : tests of hypotheses and interval estimates, model selection and validation; methods for measurement errors, diagnostic methods for outliers, influence, and multicollinearity; nonlinear regression, logistic regression with non-normal distributions; and time-series analysis and forecasting. Applications are drawn from public health.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5653	Nonparametric Methods	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5013; BSE 5163; one of the following: BSE 5173 or BSE 5643 or BSE 5663 Modern techniques of nonparametric analysis applied to single and multiple samples, including approaches based on signed- and ranked-transformed data and on permutation tests. Discussion of exact results and large sample approximations. Nonparametric analysis of categorical data summarized in contingency tables. Nonparametric bootstrapping. Introduction to robust regression. Analysis of qualitative data as it applies to experimental design in biology and medicine. Discussion of the binomial and chi square tests as well as rank based and distribution free methods to the k-sample case and nonparametric measures of correlation and association. Analysis of variance of ranked data is included.
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Lecture
BSE	5663	Analysis of Frequency Data	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and 5013. Tests and measures of association for contingency table analysis; partitioning chi-square; the odds ratio; comparative trials; analysis of categorical data with matched samples; combining evidence from contingency tables; effects and controls of misclassification errors; and multiway contingency tables are covered in this course.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	5703	Principles of the Theory of Probability	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. Introduction to the principles to the theory of probability. Primarily for the student who plans to major in the field of statistics.
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Lecture
BSE	5733	Principles of Mathematical Statistics I	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5703 and Differential and Integral Calculus. An introduction to mathematical statistics and the theory of statistical inference. The theory of distributions including sampling distributions, multivariate distributions and approximations to distributions.
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Lecture
BSE	5743	Principles of Mathematical Statistics II	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5733. Law of large numbers, estimation of parameters, central limit theorem, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses. Regression, sampling from a normal population, experimental design, analysis of variance, and distribution free methods.
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Lecture
BSE	5950	Field Work in Biostatistics and Epidemiology	1-4 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated; maximum credit four hours. Qualified students may participate in field investigation under the supervision of staff.
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Independent Study
BSE	5960	Directed Readings in Biostatistics and Epidemiology	1-6 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours. Offers the student the opportunity to explore with faculty guidance, areas of interest in biostatistics or epidemiology not specifically incorporated in formal courses.
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Independent Study
BSE	5980	Research for Master's Thesis	1-4 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission. Credit hours vary
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Independent Study
BSE	5990	Special Studies	1-3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. Topics of a special nature or of unusual interest to students. Deals with a specific topic, area or problem, which is not adequately covered in the current curriculum, as judged by the training needs of the students.
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Independent Study
BSE	6151	Applied Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163, BSE 5153 (or concurrent enrollment), BSE 5013 This course is designed to introduce the student to practical applications of statistical methods in clinical trials.
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Lecture
BSE	6192	Grant Writing Skills in Epidemiology	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5303, BSE 5363, BSE 5193. Problems encountered in the design and execution of epidemiologic field studies in human populations. Students will be required to design a field study for a specific disease and prepare a scientific protocol and emphasis will be placed on grantsmanship.
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Lecture
BSE	6194	Advanced Epidemiologic Methods	4 hrs.
Prerequisites: Principles of Epidemiology and Introductory course in Biostatistics This course will cover, in depth, the design of epidemiologic studies, practical and theoretical considerations, biases, confounding and misclassification, concept of cause and causal models. Examples from the literature will be evaluated and methods of analysis presented.
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Lecture
BSE	6233	Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology & BSE 5163 Biostatistics Methods I This course provides an overview of the epidemiology of major reproductive and prenatal health endpoints including infertility, fetal loss, birth weight, congenital malformations and infant mortality. Current knowledge of the determinants of these outcomes is introduced with emphasis on metholodologic considerations specific to the study of reproductive and prenatal health.
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Lecture
BSE	6263	Outcomes Research for Evidence-Based Practice	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Evidence of graduate level research course or permission of instructor. This course is an introduction to outcomes research in the context of evidence-based practice. The principles and methods of outcomes research and evidence-based practice are critical tools for public health and clinical decision-making. The application of outcomes research to public health practice is emphasized.
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Lecture
BSE	6323	Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology	3 hrs.
A description of the use of human genetics and molecular biology in studying host susceptibility to disease. Includes a background review of mendelian genetics and single gene defects as well as methodologies currently being used in the laboratory and their application to epidemiologic studies of multifactorial disease.
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Lecture
BSE	6333	Pediatric Epidemiology	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113. This course provides an overview of the epidemiology of selected causes of morbidity and mortality in infants and children. The descriptive epidemiology and suspected risk factors will be reviewed. Methodological issues specific to the design or conduct of studies in this age group or that are related to the individual disease processes will be addressed through lectures, group discussions and problem sets.
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BSE	6353	Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113, BSE 5363 or Permission. The course includes a detailed review of the epidemiology of the major cardiovascular diseases including natural history, prevention, and treatment. Major cardiovascular studies are reviewed.
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Lecture
BSE	6363	Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5363 and BSE 6323. A detailed review of epidemiologic aspects and prevention strategies for the major cancer sites is presented. Emphasis will be placed on the causes, prevention, early detection and control of cancer.
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Lecture
BSE	6403	Experimental Design	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5173. The methodology underlying the analysis of data from specific experimental designs. The problem of sample size, factors influencing sample size, advanced aspects of factorial design, response surfaces, and incomplete block designs are topics.
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Lecture
BSE	6553	Linear Models I	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5563, BSE 5743. The theoretical development of analytic methods for the analysis of data conforming to linear models with a review of basic mathematical statistics, an introduction to linear models and their classifications, the general linear model of full rank, curvilinear models and model of functional relationships.
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BSE	6563	Longitudinal Data Analysis	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 Biostat. Methods I; BSE 5013 Microcomputer Applic. Data Analysis; BSE 5173 Biostatistics Methods II. The course focuses on data that are correlated in time, space, or through an inherent hierarchical structure. Applications for continuous outcomes include repeated measures, mixed, random coefficient, and hierarchical models. Applications for categorical outcomes include general estimating equations and generalized linear mixed models.
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BSE	6643	Survival Data Analysis	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and 5013 and either BSE 5663 or BSE 5653, or by permission of the instructor. Discussion of statistical methods for the analysis of clinical and laboratory data related to survival. Special attention is given to data from experimental animals and human patients with acute diseases, for example, cancer.
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Lecture Laboratory
BSE	6663	Analysis of Multivariate Data	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5173, BSE 5663 or Permission of Instructor. The development and application of the statistical techniques which are currently used for description, estimation, and hypothesis testing of multivariate data collected in medical or health related studies. Use of computer programs which perform these techniques and of programs which can be combined to perform these techniques will be emphasized.
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Lecture
BSE	6950	Research in Biostatistics and Epidemiology	1-4 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission. Open only to advanced students to engage in supervised research into Biostatistics or Epidemiology.
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Independent Study
BSE	6960	Directed Readings	1-4 hrs.
Prerequisites: None Intensive directed readings in a specific area of interest.
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Independent Study
BSE	6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-16 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission. Credit hours vary
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Independent Study
CPH
CPH	7003	Integrated Public Health Practice and Preparedness	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Completion of 3 core courses including BSE 5113 Principles of Epidemiology plus 2 additional core courses. A three credit hour course that would blend an overview of the five core courses with a public health practice approach with specific emphasis in all hazards preparedness. This would provide students "hands on" practical experience from a public health practice viewpoint. Students would experience public health as a member of a team, while performing practical public health exercises.
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Lecture
CPH	7013	Fundamentals of Terrorism	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course provides a systematic overview of terrorism for students majoring in Public Health. Didactic elements and exercises will be used to examine: What is terrorism? What are the organizational attributes of terrorist groups? What factors motivate terrorist groups and individuals? What are the tactics and targets of terrorism? Emphasis will be placed on understanding the historical evolution, organization, motivation, and tactics of terrorists at the group and individual levels.
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CPH	7113	Advanced Topics in All Hazards Preparedness	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Accepted to MPH program in Public Health Preparedness, or permission of instructor. This course is an overview of the current issues facing public health professionals tasked with preparing for and responding to technological and natural disasters. The course will provide foundation information on all hazards preparedness.
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CPH	7223	Policy and Legal Aspects of Terrorism	3 hrs.
A three credit hour course that would teach master's level students in bioterrorism about the law as a public health tool. This course will provide students with an understanding of current laws relevant to public health preparedness, an appreciation of emerging areas of law, as well as past, present, and future conditions that will raise legal issues, require legal solutions, and impede or facilitate the success of public health legal interventions.
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CPH	7323	Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosives Terrorism	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course provides a systematic overview of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives terrorism. Didactic elements and exercises used to examine weapons of mass destruction and weapons of mass effect. Emphasis is placed on understanding the basic principles of explosive devices, chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals, biological agents, radiological dispersion devices, nuclear devices.
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CPH	7433	Psychological Aspects of Public Health Preparedness	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course addresses the Public Health role in Preparedness for the psychological aspects of Terrorism and Disaster, no prior psychological study required.
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CPH	7633	Public Health Strategies for Tobacco Control	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5113, BSE 5163, HAP 5453, HPS 5213, OEH 5013, or permission of instructor. This course provides an overview of the history, health effects, politics, and prevention of tobacco abuse. This interdisciplinary course is designed for MPH students who have completed the public health core courses and are prepared to examine tobacco abuse from all perspectives of public health.
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CPH	7950	Public Health Practicum	1-2 hrs.
Prerequisites: Completion of 36 credit hours of the MPH program, including the core courses, or by permission of the Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. This course will provide the student an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills from the classroom toward the achievement of practical goals and the refinement of the student's skills. The student will receive practical training from a public health preceptor and a faculty advisor. A maximum of 2 hours can be applied toward the MPH degree.
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Practicum
HAP
HAP	5113	Health Organization and Administration	3 hrs.
A survey course for non-majors covering major health services, institutions, trends in the supply of human and technical resources, changing financing arrangements, and the role of government in regulating, insuring, and delivering health services.
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HAP	5183	Organizational Theory and Behavior	3 hrs.
Organization design, theories of management, the social psychology of organizations.
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HAP	5203	Health Economics	3 hrs.
This course is designed to give students an overview of health care markets. Topics include supply and demand of medical care, physicians input into the production of health care, supply and demand health insurance, medical liability costs, and the role of alternative delivery systems in health care markets.
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HAP	5213	Advanced Health Economics	3 hrs.
Open to advanced students for study of specialized areas in health economics. Student will conduct an in-depth study of a special area of economic analysis of health issues.
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HAP	5233	Economics in The Marketplace	3 hrs.
The theory of demand, production and supply. The determination of price, output, firm size in different markets.
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HAP	5263	Ethics and Human Values in Health Care	3 hrs.
This course examines the ethical issues confronting health care providers, patients and administrators. Intended for graduate students in any health discipline, students will analyze issues from the medical-scientific moral and socioeconomic bases and examine the decision-making processes involved.
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HAP	5303	Health Policy and Politics	3 hrs.
How health policy in the U.S. is initiated, formulated and implemented. A comparative, cross-national and cross-state perspective is employed to analyze political culture, interest group and party behavior, the legislative and executive processes, and the dynamics of federalism.
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HAP	5323	Operations Research	3 hrs.
A review of the queuing theory, linear and goal programming, networks, (pert,cpm, dynamic programming) simulation.
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HAP	5331	Managerial Epidemiology	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5112, 2 credit hours of Principles of Epidemiology The focus of this course is on the role of epidemiology in health care administration. Epidemiologic techniques are applied to specific areas of health administration, to include medical management, planning , quality assurance, marketing, the directing function, organizing, staffing and community relations in the market areas.
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HAP	5333	Financial Accounting in Health Services Organization	3 hrs.
Preparation of financial statements, cost categories, time value of money.
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HAP	5353	Public Health Law	3 hrs.
Introduction to the legal system and its potential for advancing public health policy implementation. Judicial decisions are analyzed to reveal the major legal issues confronting public health professionals. Topics include federal public health activity, state public health powers, patients' rights and other topics relevant to delivering health care to large populations.
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HAP	5413	Principles of Health Services Management	3 hrs.
Course develops the framework for explaining, predicting and controlling events in organizations. The emphasis is on open systems, leadership, motivation, power, and change. Also considered is the process of planning, organizing, and directing organizational activity.
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HAP	5453	U.S. Health Care Systems	3 hrs.
This course focuses on the history and structure of health organizations in the U.S. Also examined are the functional interrelations among institutional and financial arrangements in the health industry. The course concludes with a comparison of international health systems.
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HAP	5483	Health Care Law and Ethics	3 hrs.
An overview course focusing on the impact of laws and regulations on the processes involved in delivering health care services, and the ethical issues raised. Topics covered include civil liability in the provider-patient relationship; treatment consent and refusal, licensing and medical staff, antitrust, and managed care issues.
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HAP	5522	Health Planning and Evaluation	2 hrs.
The course focuses on the development, implementation and evaluation of health plans in public and private settings. Emphasized are methods of designing, implementing and evaluating programmatic activity for well defines target populations.
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HAP	5543	Marketing of Health Services	3 hrs.
Specific topics include analysis of the market, the development and administration of a marketing program, and methods of evaluating marketing strategies.
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HAP	5563	Human Resources Management in Health Services Organizations	3 hrs.
Basic concepts and theories of human resources management and their application in the health care organization. Included are current human resources management theories and techniques and their impact on the health care organization's personnel management practices.
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HAP	5603	Managerial Accounting in Health Services Administration	3 hrs.
Focuses on the financial environment, payment mechanisms, fiscal incentives, cost behavior, differential accounting, break-even analysis, contribution margin, Overhead allocation, operating budgets and methods of cost determination.
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HAP	5613	Financial Management of Health Service Organization	3 hrs.
The course focuses on indicators of fiscal performance that are common to all health service organizations. Emphasized are the fundamentals of managing working capital, sources of funding and capital rationing. The course concludes with discussion of advanced methods of improving profitability.
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HAP	5623	Health Forecasting and Budgeting	3 hrs.
This course examines methods of developing forecasts and the budgets for the programmatic activity of health organizations that function in the public or private section.
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HAP	5633	Financing Health Care in the U.S.	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HAP 5453 or permission of the instructor. This course examines the history, development and current theories of financing healthcare in the United States. The course considers financial management issues and the related strategic questions facing healthcare organizations. The course also reviews the affect these financial issues have had on community health status and the sources of revenue derived from health services operations.
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HAP	5643	Quantitative Methods in Health Administration	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor. The focus of the course is on the application of statistical analyses to administrative functions, issues or problems that are germane to health service organizations. Excel and other statistical packages are used to perform required calculations.
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HAP	5673	Advanced Health Care Financial Management	3 hrs.
This course emphasizes advanced methods and computer applications that improve financial decisions and fiscal performance. The focus is on liquidity, profitability, debt structure and capital decision.
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HAP	5713	Forecasting Methods in Health Administration	3 hrs.
The course examines the use of management information and various approaches to the development of forecasts. Based on projections. The course also focuses on methods of managing the risks imposed on health organizations.
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HAP	5723	Health Program Evaluation	3 hrs.
Practical application of techniques and methods for identifying problems, setting goals, measuring resources, processes and out comes, constructing research designs, and assessing the impacts of health programs and activities.
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HAP	5731	Managed Care and Integrated Systems	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: U.S. Health Care Systems, Principles of Epidemiology, Managerial Epidemiology Enrollment in this course is limited to MHA students. Course focuses on the structures and processes that characterize managed care organizations and integrated health systems. Contractual obligations and relations among health professionals are also discussed.
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HAP	5733	Managed Care and Integrated Systems	3 hrs.
Course focuses on the structures and processes that characterize managed care organizations and integrated health systems. Contractual obligations and relations among health professionals are also discussed.
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HAP	5763	Decision Making and Policy Analysis in Health	3 hrs.
Quantitative and non-quantitative aspects of decision-making; techniques of organizing ideas and data for decisions and developing policy alternatives.
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HAP	5766	Healthcare Quality Practice	6 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 and HAP 5453 To provide the participants with enhanced skills to initiate, develop and sustain health care change. The program provides the participants with advanced skills in organizational development, team building, problem solving techniques and process improvement.
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Practicum Lecture Independent Study
HAP	5783	Public Policy and the Aged	3 hrs.
The student is introduced to the mechanisms and methods of public policy formulation and traces the history of social policy in the U.S. related to the aged. The course also provides an introduction to public policy analysis and research.
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HAP	5813	Hospital Administration	3 hrs.
An analysis of the principles of organization and management as they pertain to the hospital, including an examination of external responsibilities and community outreach programs, medical staff self-governance and patient advocacy.
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HAP	5823	Long Term Care Administration	3 hrs.
A survey of the managerial, financial, political, legal and ethical issues involved in the provision of long-term care through institutional and non-institutional settings.
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HAP	5833	Ambulatory Care Administration	3 hrs.
An analysis of the principles of organization and management as they pertain to ambulatory health care including outpatient services, medical group practice, emergency services, and mental health clinics.
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HAP	5843	Public Health Practice	3 hrs.
The purpose of this course is to integrate the principles of Health Administration, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Promotion Sciences and Environmental Health as components that contribute to public health practice.
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HAP	5863	Strategic Management in Health Services Organization	3 hrs.
Emphasized elements of organizational strategy with a focus on leadership, application of general themes to health industry. Components of strategic plan, and the development, implementation and evaluation of plans in relation to organizational environments.
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HAP	5873	Health Information Systems	3 hrs.
Covers the methods, techniques and technologies used to collect, analyze, and disseminate information needed to effectively manage health service organizations. Includes, but is not limited to, the use of computers in managing organizations.
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HAP	5883	Health Care Quality Management	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HAP 5453, HAP 5183, BSE 5113, and BSE 5103. An introduction to the process of quality improvement in health care organizations. Different criteria and guidelines for implementing total quality improvement process will be discussed. Differentiation will be attempted between components of quality assurance and quality management.
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HAP	5893	Decision Analysis in Health	3 hrs.
This course brings together concepts and methodologies from Decision Analysis, Operations Research, and Health Economics to teach MPH students the basic approaches in making managerial and administrative decisions.
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HAP	5950	Field Work in Health Administration	1-4 hrs.
Supervised experience in field work appropriate to training and career goals.
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Internship
HAP	5960	Directed Reading	1-3 hrs.
Offers the student the opportunity to explore, with faculty guidance, areas of interest in health not specifically incorporated in formal courses.
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Independent Study
HAP	5973	Seminar in Health Administration	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: All required courses in the MHA program. This course serves as the capstone for the MHA Program. The course ensures that students possess the knowledge, skills and ability required of all senior administrators. The course also ensures that students are able to comprehend, integrate, and apply previous training to problems or issues that occur in a health service organization.
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HAP	5980	Research for Master's Thesis	1-4 hrs.
Research for Master's
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Independent Study
HAP	5990	Research in Health Administration	1-6 hrs.
Supervised research into the organization and administration of medical care and Public Health programs.
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Independent Study
HAP	6123	Seminar on Industry and Health	3 hrs.
Reviews the strategies, methods, and techniques industry is using to control health care expenditures. Includes analysis of trends; interrelationships with industry and third party payers, managed care systems, and government; employee benefit packages, self insurance; employer health promotion, employee assistance programs and utilization control.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6453	Comparative International Health Systems	3 hrs.
A comparative analysis of the evolution, administrative structure, finance and provision of medical care in selected countries throughout the world.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6773	Quantitative Issues in Healthcare Qualtiy	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 Biostatistics Methods I, HAP 5453 US Healthcare Systems, HAP 5883 Health Care Quality Mgt. A course of quantitative analysis and tools in Healthcare Quality and Quality Improvement. Several display and analyses quality tools will be discussed. SPSS software will be used to apply statistical methods on the analyses and reporting of databases for health care quality studies and improvement projects in healthcare organizations.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6783	Advanced Public Organizations and Decision-making	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Organizational theory & behavior HAP 5183 The course is the study of current theories of public organizations, management, and decision-making. The readings include both seminal and more contemporary work on the theories as well as their application to health and public sector organizations.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6883	Health Insurance and Finance	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HAP 5203 (Health Economics) or instructor's permission The course covers the economics of health insurance, its role in healthcare markets and its effects on healthcare financing and costs. The course examines both the efficiency benefits insurance provides and the efficiency losses insurance creates in health care markets and market failures. The course discusses basic insurance terminology, public private, employment-based health insurance plans and options.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6893	Healthcare Risk Management	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: BSE 5163 Biostatistics Methods; HAP 5453 US Health Care Systems; HAP 5883 Health Care Qualtiy Mgt. Healthcare risks and how to implement strategies that can mitigate risks are discussed. It provides students with information on the functionality of risk management systems. It will reinforce the skills needed for risk assessment data management, configure facility management risks, perform risk analysis and create risk models in health care organizations.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6940	Representative Studies in Health Administration	1-3 hrs.
Topics vary.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6953	Advanced Healthcare Quality	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HAP 5883 Healthcare Quality Management. This course identifies current topics in healthcare quality from the different perspective of the provider, consumer and regulator. Participants will critique activities and mechanisms related to understand quality issues. The course will focus on practical application of quality in healthcare facilities, including process of documentation, performance monitoring, and outcome improvements.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6960	Directed Reading	1-4 hrs.
Participation in subject and field investigation under the supervision of the faculty.
Course Component
Independent Study
HAP	6972	Seminar For Doctoral Students	2 hrs.
A forum for depth exploration, articulation, and discussion of current health care issues and trends, as well as their administrative implications. Doctoral students will lead, respond, discuss, and summarize issues.
Course Component
Lecture
HAP	6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-16 hrs.
Research for doctoral dissertation.
Course Component
Independent Study
HAP	6983	Advanced Health Care Organizations and Environment	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Organizational theory & behavior HAP 5183 The course is the study of current theories of complex organizations. Beginning with a comparison between closed and open systems of organizing, organizations are examined in the context of their environment. Special emphasis will be given to the internal and external environments as they relate to organizational innovation and change.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS
HPS	5073	Human Behavior in Occupational Medicine	3 hrs.
An advanced course dealing with the cultural, psychological, and sociological aspects of human behavior in the work setting. Focus will be on providing the student with an understanding of the various personal factors that influence the worker in the workplace and how the worker's performance affects the overall work setting.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5213	Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health	3 hrs.
Introduction to basic concepts of social and behavioral sciences in public health theory and practice. Social factors influencing health outcomes, theories of health behavior and health promotion at the community level are emphasized.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5223	Medical Anthropology	3 hrs.
Investigates the dynamic relationships of the biological, cultural, political, and economic forces that interactively contribute to a population's health status, organization of health resources, and delivery of health care in a culturally pluralistic society and world.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5383	Health and Illness in Old Age.	3 hrs.
This course reviews the relationship between aging and health status and the factors which affect health services utilization by older people.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5423	Communications in Health Education	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 5402 Basic principles of public health education with the nature of public health education where and how it occurs, techniques of working with people as individuals and groups, and the media used in group communications.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5453	Theoretical Concepts of Health Promotion	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 5503 or permission. Introduction of theories of health behavior and behavior change at individual, group, organizational, community and social levels. Emphasis is on the examination of major theoretical concepts, discussion of similarities and differences, and their application.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5463	Community Assessment, Organization and Interventions	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 5503 The course addresses knowledge and skills for facilitating community organization and empowerment for health promotion. Topics addressed include defining community and an ecological approach to community development; assessing community needs and assets; building upon community capacities; gaining trust and entry into communities.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5473	Psychology of Aging	3 hrs.
This course examines psychosocial adjustment in aging. Topics include adjustment to role changes, psychological well-being, mental health and disorder, and cognitive changes.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5483	School Health Education	3 hrs.
Considers the development and implementation of school health programs with emphasis on curriculum design to meet individual and community health needs.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5493	Health Promotion Interventions for Chronic Disease	3 hrs.
Course emphasizes individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, public policy and cultural interventions to reduce the society burden from chronic diseases.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5503	Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion	3 hrs.
An overview of the historical, behavioral sciences, epidemiological and conceptual foundations of health education and health promotions. Stresses stages of program development, models of practice, and professional issues.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5543	Program Evaluation	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 5213; HPS 5563 The purpose of the course is to introduce key concepts used in program evaluation and to provide the student with the conceptual tools needed to participate meaningfully in program evaluation activities. The course integrates many previous courses, including biostatistics, research methods, and theory. The stress is on practical evaluations that can be conducted in applied settings.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5563	Program Planning for Health Promotion	3 hrs.
Covers basic components of the program planning process in health education, including problem analysis, needs assessment, intervention design, implementation and process evaluation.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5603	Human Behavior and the Social Environment I	3 hrs.
From an ecological perspective, selected concepts totality, systems, adaptation, and social role as frames of reference for viewing the growth and development of the individual in transaction with the environment and the reciprocal impact upon health; review of the physical, social, psychological and genetic factors which enhance or inhibit normal growth and development from the prenatal period through childhood.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5623	Psychosocial Influences on Health	3 hrs.
Psychosocial and social factors in public health. Topics include personality, coping styles, social support, depression, instrument development, self-disclosure, social learning theories, and suicide.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5633	The Family and Health	3 hrs.
Study of the internal and external factors (social, cultural, physical, economic and psychological) affecting the family and the relationship of changing family form and function to other major institutions related to public health.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5653	Minority Health and Aging	3 hrs.
An examination of ethnic and cultural variations in physical and mental health status among minority aging individuals. Topics include mortality, morbidity, social and environmental influences on health status, individual risk factors, functional impairment, and the relation of these issues to the use of health care services.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5693	Physical Activity and Public Health	3 hrs.
This course will draw from public health, medicine, behavioral sciences, exercise physiology, and epidemiology to examine physical inactivity as a public health problem. The course will provide students with skills and knowledge to plan, implement, and evaluate physical activity programs.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5713	Adolescent Health	3 hrs.
This course will focus on methods for the assessment of health issues and public health interventions for adolescents. Psychosocial, psychodynamic, sociocultural and ecological perspectives on adolescents will be examined. Influences of biological factors, cognition and creativity, peers, sexual development, and adolescent subculture will also be studied. A variety of early intervention and treatments will be explored.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5753	Psychosocial Aspects of Disability	3 hrs.
This course is designed to assist helping professionals with regard to: identifying the magnitude of disability; increasing awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities; and identifying effective ways of assisting them toward becoming as independent as possible.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5803	Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Health	3 hrs.
Emphasis is on the attitudes, customs, traditions, perceptions and beliefs held by some ethnic minority groups and the impact these attitudes have upon the abilities of public health workers to interact with these individuals.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5853	Health and the American Indian	3 hrs.
Health needs, beliefs, and practices of American Indian groups will be explored as they relate culturally. Content areas include: American Indian health needs, problems and resources history; problems of reservation and urban Indians; the Alaskan Eskimo; and the interrelationship of health, property ownership, and social organization.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5940	Field Practice	2-5 hrs.
Experience in the application of public health education techniques in a community agency setting under supervision of a public health professional. Students will be required to attend a weekly seminar focusing on field work issues.
Course Component
Independent Study
HPS	5943	Violence and Public Health	3 hrs.
The course introduces the student to the extent and types of violence in Oklahoma and the nation. The Public Health approach to control and prevention of violence is stressed.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5950	Research in Social Sciences and Health Behavior	1-4 hrs.
Introduction to research principles and practices on a designed research problem.
Course Component
Independent Study
HPS	5953	Research Methods in Social and Behavioral Sciences	3 hrs.
Research design, measurement, methods of data collection, analysis and interpretation of results and application in the behavioral sciences.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5960	Directed Reading	1-6 hrs.
Intensive reading in special areas with staff.
Course Component
Independent Study
HPS	5971	Seminar	1 hrs.
Presentation of special topics or results of individual research with discussion.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	5980	Research for Master's Thesis	1-4 hrs.
Research for Master's Thesis
Course Component
Independent Study
HPS	5990	Special Studies	1-6 hrs.
Topics of a special nature or of unusual interest to the individual student which are not adequately covered in curriculum.
Course Component
Independent Study
HPS	6230	Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary Social and Behavioral Issues	1-6 hrs.
Topics change with each offering, and include contemporary issues in public health, health education and health promotion.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6403	Advanced Public Health Education	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None. Organization and planning for the delivery of health education services in the administrative framework. Programs are considered at international, federal, state, and local levels.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6453	Focus Group Research	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 6933 A valuable qualitative research methods used in health promotion. For those students who intend to conduct focus group research during their careers must possess a thorough understanding of the concepts involved. Includes discussion on appropriate use of research, planning phase, implementation phase, data analysis, collaboration and budget, and reporting results.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6533	Human Sexuality	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None. Study the dynamics relative to the inclusion of sexuality and family life instruction in health education, education, counseling, and social service programs.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6553	Community Health and Medical Pluralism	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course will provide students a broad perspective of health care dynamics by delineating the multiple sectors of health care and health care actors found in all communities. The dynamic interplay among the sectors and actors will be viewed in terms of the social ecology model of community health.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6633	Health Promotion Theory I: Individuals and Small Groups	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Admission to PhD program or completed HPS 5354 and departmental approval. Introduces PhD students to advanced theory regarding strategies and concepts of health behavior, health behavior changes and health outcomes of individuals and small groups. A comprehensive understanding of the theoretical foundations of health promotion sciences and the capacity to evaluate and utilize theory in the development of health promotion strategies and interventions is stressed. Addresses history and the scientific foundations of health promotions.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6643	Health Promotion Theory II: Groups, Organizations, Community, and Policy	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Admission to PhD program or completed HPS 5453 and departmental approval. Introduce students to the major theories of health behavior and behavior change at group, organizational, community, and policy levels. Emphasis is on the examination of major theoretical concepts, discussion of similarities and differences, and their application.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6653	Community Mental Health I	3 hrs.
Involves the organization and delivery of mental health services at the community level, with specific emphasis on the application of the principles of preventive mental illness at the community level. Additionally, epidemiological, primary prevention strategies and risk and resiliency factors for developing mental disorders, substance abuse and family violence problems will be explored.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6813	Sociology of Health	3 hrs.
Social factors in the distribution and etiology of disease; adaptive processes and diseases; cultural and social responses to illness; sociocultural aspects of medical care; sociology of the hospital; sociology of the healing occupations and the principles of community organization and social changes as these relate to health policies and programs.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6823	Social Problems	3 hrs.
An examination of the theoretical and practical aspects of individual, group and societal disorganization and their relationship to health.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6833	Social Marketing	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: HPS 5503 or HPS 5453 The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the technique of social marketing. Students will identify an issue they wish to address through a social marketing effort and work through the social marketing planning process.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6843	Health Attitudes	3 hrs.
Attitudes relevant to the topics of health and health care in the context of a general theory of attitude formation and change, with special emphasis on attitude measurement and the relationship of attitude change to social and technological change.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6853	Measurement in Health Education	3 hrs.
Explores the evaluation methodologies for specific application in health education programs. Uses health education and evaluation models in contrast to the biomedical models. Laboratory utilizes computers to solve simulation problems and perform measurement functions.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6923	Social Determinants of Health	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Admission to Program or Permission of Instructor. The purpose of this course is to provide a thorough background to the ecological model of health that fully acknowledges the complexity of the social determinants of health and how interventions at each level of the ecological model can be designed and implemented to improve population health.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6933	Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Admission to the PhD program or permission of the instructor. This course will identify the intellectual foundations of qualitative research in the context of multiple research methods. Rationales for most appropriate use of qualitative techniques will be delineated. Qualitative research design construction will be specified. The use of a coding scheme as a simultaneous research technique and analytic device and many demonstrated.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6943	Advanced Program Evaluation	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: Admission to Ph.D. program or completed HPS 5993 and departmental approval. This course provides the Ph.D. student with knowledge and skills necessary to conduct program evaluations for a variety of programs in diverse public health settings. The course builds on the HPS master level program evaluation course by providing students with an in depth examination of the program evaluation process, methods, and goals. Current issues emerging with the area of program evaluation are also addressed.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6953	Advanced Research Methods in Social and Behavorial Sciences	3 hrs.
Emphasis is on development of research proposals and preparation of manuscripts for publication. Each student prepares a proposal for a social or behavioral research project in public health which will be critiqued by faculty and students. Required of M.S. and doctoral students before submitting prospectus to advisory committee.
Course Component
Lecture
HPS	6980	Research for Doctoral Dissertation	1-16 hrs.
Research for Doctoral Dissertation
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH
OEH	5013	Environmental Health	3 hrs.
The effects of environment on health. Consideration is given to urban water supply and wastewater disposal, air quality control, solid and hazardous wastes, and sanitation.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5023	Environmental Sanitation	3 hrs.
Basic principles for the identification, evaluation, and control of health hazards in the environment. Areas of study include water quality, municipal and rural solid wastes, food protection, disease vectors and housing.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5102	Occupational and Environmental Sampling Strategies	2 hrs.
Essential elements of sampling and analysis strategies for occupational and environmental contamination, interpretation of data and record keeping requirements are discussed.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5213	Principles of Environmental Health and Safety Management	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: OEH 5013 Designed to introduce students to the principles and practices of environmental health and safety management. Emphasis is on the industrial, municipal, state, and federal system.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5233	Integrated Environmental Management	3 hrs.
Permission. Structured to expand on principles and concepts presented in OEH 5213 through applying environmental management skills to a variety of environmental health issues including policy analysis, economic, legal, social, technical, and political, and the manner in which these factors influence environmental decision-making.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5253	Environmental Risk Policy	3 hrs.
An overview of current methods of assessing and evaluating environmental risk policy and management as they relate to human health.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5262	Occupational and Environmental Law	2 hrs.
An overview of occupational and environmental health law focusing on RCRA, SDWA, OSHA, TSCA, NEPA, and other critical legislation and regulations guiding occupational and environmental health efforts.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5702	Principles of Safety	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: Permission Basic principles of safety management and injury prevention are presented, with emphasis on programs and practices applied to major issues in occupational safety. Essential elements of ergonomic performance and basic principles of safety science are introduced. The ergonomic and safety evaluation of the work place, risk reduction through management, engineering and behavior modification are discussed.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5723	Fundamentals of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course is an introduction to fundamental concepts of physical science applied to qualitative and quantitative examination of occupational/environmental problems impacting human health. This course will provide the students with an understanding of how to apply theoretical constructs to solve problems in the occupational/environmental health arena.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5730	Occupational Noise and Vibration	1-3 hrs.
Noise legislation, fundamentals of sound and vibration, controls and systems design for abatement, and effective noise control management.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5743	Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Measurements	3 hrs.
Prerequisites: OEH 5723 This course familiarizes the student with basic measurements used in the field of occupational and environmental health. It is primarily a lab class that exposes students to the procedures that they have been introduced to in the prerequisite classes. Part of the class is spent in the laboratory but a significant portion occurs in the field. Students will learn basic lab techniques such as equipment calibration, sample collection methods, laboratory analytical methods, and field analytical techniques.
Course Component
Laboratory
OEH	5783	Radiation Hazards	3 hrs.
Provides occupational health personnel with the technical knowledge essential to the evaluation and control of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5793	Indoor Air Quality Management	3 hrs.
Provides an introduction to indoor air pollution problems and techniques for their prevention, recognition, evaluation, and control. Topics discussed include: sick building syndrome; building related illness; environmental illness; the effects of exposures to radon, environmental tobacco smoke, volatile organic compounds, and biogenic allergens; and management strategies for dealing with indoor air quality problems.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5801	Basic Ergonomics	1 hrs.
Prerequisites: None This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of ergonomics. On completion of this course, students should be able to analyze jobs for ergonomic risk factors and communicate their findings to professional peers and lay people.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5832	Topics in Environmental Health Sciences	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: HAP 5731 U.S. Health Systems, Managerial Epidemiology, Principles of Epidemiology, Managed Care and Integrated Systems. Course introduces students to the basic knowledge and skills needed to assess the influences of environmental health risks on the health status of a population or community. The focus is on a paradigm that articulates the nature of exposure, close response and health outcome.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5843	Clinical Occupational Medicine I	3 hrs.
An advanced course in the administrative and clinical aspects of the practice of occupational medicine. The course will focus on providing the student with knowledge and competencies in the management of a wide variety of the most common occupationally related diseases and injuries.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5853	Clinical Occupational Medicine II	3 hrs.
An advanced course in the administrative and clinical aspects of the practice of occupational medicine. The course will focus on providing the student with knowledge and competencies in the management of a wide variety of the most common occupationally related diseases and injuries.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5860	Clinical Preceptorship in Occupational Medicine	1-6 hrs.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Offers advanced professional level experiences in an actual occupational medicine setting under physician supervision. The student participates in the management of occupational related injury and illness and in the evaluation and management of various work environment factors.
Course Component
Clinical
OEH	5940	Field Practice	1-6 hrs.
Practice in the detection, evaluation and control of various environmental hazards with a consideration of the cost and benefits of effective control measures.
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH	5950	Research In Occupational Environmental Health	1-4 hrs.
May be repeated with change of subject matter, maximum credit four hours. Introduction to research principles and practices on a designed research problem.
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH	5960	Directed Readings	1-4 hrs.
May be repeated; maximum credit four hours. Designed for each student with an extensive directed reading in a specific area of the student's interest and/or background.
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH	5971	Seminar	1 hrs.
May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum credit two hours. Presentation of special topics or results of individual research with discussion.
Course Component
Discussion
OEH	5972	Technical Reporting	2 hrs.
To provide experience and improvement in both written and oral technical reporting, to allow exposure to the breadth of the field, and to provide a forum for discussing and sharing of concepts, ideas, and problems.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	5980	Research For Master's Thesis	1-4 hrs.
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH	5990	Special Studies	1-4 hrs.
May be repeated with change of subject matter. Topics of a special nature or of unusual interest to the student. Deals with a specific topic, area or problem in depth which is not adequately covered in the current curriculum as judged by the training needs of the student.
Course Component
Independent Study
OEH	6102	Research Methods In Occupational And Environmental Health	2 hrs.
Scientific methods of investigating occupational and environmental health problems; evaluating research studies; developing research designs. Special emphasis will be given to quantitative research tools, modeling and simulation techniques.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6113	Occupational Environmental Decision Analysis	3 hrs.
Intended for doctoral and advanced master's students, the course applies quantitative methods in making occupational and environmental policy and management decisions.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6252	Risk Communication	2 hrs.
Prerequisites: OEH 5213, OEH 5723, & OEH 5013 or Permission. Designed to acquaint public health students with risk communication concepts, strategies and activities during non-emergency and emergency situations by investigating the structure, methodology, and application of theoretical principles of communication with a focus on the occupational and environmental health arena.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6503	Occupational And Environmental Diseases	3 hrs.
Diseases as a consequence of chemical exposures in the general environment and in the workplace will be presented with emphasis placed on prevention, causes and control. Chronic low dose toxicology will also be considered.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6514	Occupational and Environmental Toxicology	4 hrs.
Prerequisites: OEH 5013 Environmental Health Organic Chemistry This course introduces students to the field of toxicology from an occupational and environmental health perspective. It is designed to teach students the fundamentals of toxicology from the molecular level through the effects of exposure to chemical compounds on individuals and populations.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6722	Occupational Health And Safety Management	2 hrs.
Information management and analysis, legal and ethical dilemmas, government regulations, and organizational strategy issues that impact on the management of an occupational health and safety program.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6753	Occupatonal Hazards Control	3 hrs.
Examination of the technology and criteria to eliminate and/or adequately control occupational chemical hazards. Industrial ventilation process controls, respirators and chemical protective clothing receive primary attention.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6793	Aerosol Science	3 hrs.
Introduction to aerosol science, including characterization and measurement of airborne particles, with emphasis on applications to occupational and environmental health. Lecture is supplemented with laboratory demonstrations.
Course Component
Lecture
OEH	6980	Research For Doctor's Dissertation	1-16 hrs.
Research For Doctor's Dissertation
Course Component
Independent Study