MPH Curriculum
The curriculum offers students the opportunity to take advantage of classes taught at the The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health, the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine and other NCSU departments. Our goal is for each graduating student to have a sound grasp of the epidemiologic approach to problem solving, outbreak investigation, study design, data storage, data analysis, and data communication. The core curriculum is designed to provide each graduate with a working knowledge of the issues and policies that impact public health. In addition, each graduate will be required to have a thorough understanding of the philosophy of One Health, which bridges the medical professions, zoonoses, and their rapid detection, and alternative approaches that can be used to minimize their effect on human health. Elective courses complement the core curriculum by providing students with the opportunity to focus time on studying issues that challenge the safety of our food supply, spatial information systems, international trade in animal products and community response and disaster management.
Sample Curriculum (printable copy)
Optional Summer Session
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| NCSU |
ST511 & ST512 |
Experimental Statistics for the Biological Sciences (Biomed. Section)
Experimental Statistics, SAS-based data analysis, regression, linear modeling |
(3)
(3) |
Fall 1st Year
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| UNC |
EPID 710 |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology |
4 |
| UNC |
EPID 705 |
Logic and Probability |
2 |
| UNC |
EPID 700 |
SAS |
3 |
| NCSU/UNC |
|
Elective* |
(3) |
| NCSU (UNC) |
ST 511
(BIOS 600 sub) |
Experimental Statistics for the Biological Sciences (Biomed. Section) |
3 |
| NCSU |
VPH 650 |
Population Medicine Forum |
1 |
| Total |
13 |
Spring 1st Year
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| UNC |
EPID 715 |
Theory and Quantitative Methods |
4 |
| UNC |
EPID 716 |
Epidemiologic Data Analysis |
2 |
| NCSU |
ST512
(BIOS545 sub) |
Experimental Statistics, SAS-based data analysis, regression, linear modeling |
3 |
| NCSU |
VPH713 |
Zoonoses and Public Health |
3 |
| NCSU/UNC |
|
Elective* |
(3) |
| NCSU |
VPH 650 |
Population Medicine Forum |
1 |
| Total |
13 |
Summer 1st Year
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| UNC |
EPID 900 |
Epidemiology Practice (master's practicum) |
4 |
Fall 2nd Year
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| UNC |
HPM 600 |
Introduction to Health Policy and Management |
3 |
| UNC |
EPID 718 |
Epidemiologic Analysis of Binary Data |
3 |
| NCSU(UNC) |
Tox 715
(ENVR 600 sub) |
Environmental Toxicology |
3 |
| NCSU/UNC |
|
Elective* |
(3) |
| NCSU |
VPH 760 |
Molecular Technologies for Epidemiologic Investigation |
3 |
| NCSU |
VPH 650 |
Population Medicine Forum |
1 |
| Total |
13 |
Spring 2nd Year
| University |
Course Number |
Course |
Credit |
| UNC |
HBHE 600 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
3 |
| NCSU/UNC |
|
Elective* |
(3) |
| NCSU/UNC |
|
Elective* |
(3) |
| UNC |
EPID 992 |
Master's Paper |
3 |
| NCSU |
VPH 650 |
Population Medicine Forum |
1 |
| Total |
7 |
| Required Credits |
50 |
| Elective Credits |
6 |
| TOTAL CREDITS |
56 |
*Sample of Elective Courses (other courses considered on a case-by-case basis)
| Food Safety |
| NCSU |
FSA 520 |
Pre-Harvest Food Safety |
3 |
| NCSU |
FSA 530 |
Post-Harvest Food Safety |
3 |
| NCSU |
FSA 540 |
Food Safety and Public Health |
3 |
| Geographic Information Systems |
| NCSU |
GIS 510 |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| NCSU |
GIS 530 |
Principles of Geographic Information Systems |
3 |
| UNC |
GEOG 445 |
Medical Geography |
3 |
| UNC |
GEOG 450 |
Population Geography |
3 |
| NCSU |
GIS 520 |
Advance Geospatial Analysis |
3 |
| NCSU |
MEA/GIS |
Geospatial modeling and Analysis |
3 |
| Community Preparedness and Disaster Management |
UNC
|
HPM 420
|
Community and Public Health Security - Disasters, Terrorism and Emergency Management
|
3
|
| Global Health |
UNC
|
PUBH510
|
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health
|
3
|
UNC
|
HPM664
|
Globalization and Health (HPM 664/MCH 664)
|
3
|
| Field Epidemiology |
UNC
|
EPID750
|
Fundamentals of Public Health Surveillance
|
3
|
UNC
|
EPID758 |
Principles and Methods of Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology
|
3
|
UNC
|
EPID759 |
Methods in Field Epidemiology
|
3
|
| Trade Policy |
NCSU
|
ST 506
|
Sampling Animal Populations
|
3
|
| NCSU |
ST 520
|
Statistical Principles of Clinical Trials and Epidemiology
|
3
|
| NCSU |
VPH580
|
Veterinary Production Epidemiology
|
3
|
| NCSU |
VPH554 |
Trade and Agricultural Health-on-line
|
3
|
| NCSU |
VPH555 |
Public Health, Sustainable Development and Gender in A Global Context
|
3
|
| NCSU |
VPH675 |
Supervised Public Health Research
|
1 - 7
|
| NCSU |
VPH/ FW 720
|
Epidemiology of Wildlife Diseases
|
3
|
| NCSU |
CBS/VPH 784
|
Principles of Analytic Epidemiology |
3
|
