| Course Title | Previous Course Numbers | Course Description | Credit Hours | Department |
| BIOM 5108 Special Topics in Biometry | BIOM 5108 | (On demand) Advanced work in specialized fields such as bioassay, multivariate analysis, time series, etc. Credit, 1 to 3 hours per semester, limit of 9 hours. | 1 | BIO |
| BIOS 5315 Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis | BIOS 5315 | This course introduces the principles and methods for logistic regression and survival analysis. The major topics covered are: simple and multiple logistic regression, Kaplan-Meier estimator, log-rank method, and Cox regression, variable selection, model building strategies and model diagnosis. The emphasis of the course is on practical application and interpretation rather than theory. Consent required to take the course. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 5317 Biostatistics Computing with SAS II | BIOS 5317 | The use of base SAS in data management and recoding techniques. Theses include processing variables with Arrays, introduction to Macro variables, processing Macro variables, and creating Macro programs. Course focuses on programming techniques with limited use of analytical procedures. Class activities include lecture/discussion and intensive programming work using SAS. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 6317 Biostatistics Computing with SAS II | BIOS 6317 | The use of base SAS in data management and recoding techniques. Theses include processing variables with Arrays, introduction to Macro variables, processing Macro variables, and creating Macro programs. Course focuses on programming techniques with limited use of analytical procedures. Class activities include lecture/discussion and intensive programming work using SAS. | 3 | BIO |
| BMIG 5103 Foundations of BMI Population Health Information | BMIG 5103 | As an introduction to the discipline of biomedical informatics, this course introduces Public and Population Health Informatics. The course will explore common information sources and uses in the domain, information-related challenges in the domain and application of Biomedical Informatics theories, methods, and tools to overcome them. Topics covered include the role of informatics in disease prevention, surveillance and epidemiology, toxicology and environmental health, health promotion and behavior change at local, state, national and global levels. Public health communication and dissemination, and public health policy are also covered. | 2 | EPI |
| BMIG 6012 Database Systems and Data Warehousing | BMIG 6012 | This graduate course covers database and data warehousing concepts necessary to implement and query databases management systems and appreciate role of data warehousing in clinical research. Students develop the required skills to define data structures and manipulate data load and retrieval using Structured Query Language (SQL). | 3 | HPM |
| COPH 5000 Public Health Writing Workshop | COPH 5000 | Graduate studies require the ability to write and reason in order to be successful in course assignments. Writing well is also an essential skill in the workplace. To help promote success, all students who enter the College of Public Health will be required to complete a Writing and Reasoning Skills Assessment at the beginning of their first semester. The Assessment will identify strengths and weaknesses and highlight opportunities for improvement. Students who do not meet a predetermined score will be required to complete an online Public Health Writing Workshop course. This course will address the fundamentals of good writing, writing with scholarly sources, revision strategies, and other topics in the interest of improving student writing skills. | 1 | CW |
| COPH 5140 History and Theory of Public Health | COPH 5140 | This course focuses on the historical and theoretical background of public health as a scientific discipline. The focus is on epidemiology, health behavior, and environmental health as key sciences of public health. Major schools of public health from the Roman-Greek, Italian, English, Danish, and American schools will be compared and contrasted. | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 5146 Rural and Global Public Health Practice | COPH 5146 | This course focuses on rural concerns and global influences on public health. Students will become familiar with trends in global health, global health policies, human rights, health equity, and mobile and vulnerable populations. Students will be introduced to global health research methods and design, which will be used to analyze rural and global health issues. The class will emphasize evaluation of health initiatives in rural areas across the globe. | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 5147 Special Topics in Rural Public Health Practice | COPH 5147 | | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 5148 Health Numeracy | COPH 5148 | This course will help you to better understand and practice the use and communication of numerical information in public health practice and medical sciences practice settings. health numeracy involves the mastery of numbers in health science practice settings, with the aim of improving the health of the public. | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 5410 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine | COPH 5410 | Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine is part of the interdisciplinary Global Health Certificate Program, which is intended to equip students with practical skills specific to global health practices and the ability to positively impact social determinants of health. The course will explore the interactions between infectious agent, host, and environment, modes and dynamics of disease transmissions, the role of immunity in infectious disease epidemiology, as well as introduce students to concepts related to disease elimination and eradication. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 5421 Rural and Global Health Program Evaluation and Impact Assessment | COPH 5421 | This course brings together natural and social science theory of assessment to explore the health impacts of policies, programs and projects on population health. The course provides an overview of the history and rationale of HIA and explores specific methods so that students are provided with the knowledge and skills to evaluate, synthesize and communicate the evidence to assess potential health risks stemming from public intervention across a wide range of sectors and geographical locations. This course is designed for a high level of participation from from students and interaction between the students and instructor. Students will serve as discussants in each session. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 5422 Global Health Systems | COPH 5422 | Global health systems will provide students an introduction to health systems, health policy and health economics from a global perspective. Factors that impact global health systems, analysis of health, care delivery systems and influential health system analysis on a country of their choice. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 5430 Global Health Field Experience | COPH 5430 | All Global Health Certificate students must complete a practicum that is related to global health. Students generally fall into two categories: 1) those enrolled in a degree program (at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) that requires a practicum and 2) those that are enrolled in a degree program (at UAMS) that requires a practicum. The practicum for the degree program can be used to satisfy the certificate requirements if it is related to global health and approved by the certificate director in advance. Other requirements (e.g., number of hours, preceptor qualifications, etc.) are aligned with those of the degree program. Students in this category generally complete the practicum in the summer after the first year of study. Category 2: Students who are enrolled in the certificate only or in a degree program (at UAMS) that does not have a practicum requirement. Students in this category complete the practicum in the summer after meeting all other certificate course requirements. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 6400 Directed Study | COPH 6400 () | Directed Study | 0 | CW |
| ENVH 5202 Applied Knowledge in Environmental Health-MEHS | ENVH 5202 | | 3 | EOH |
| ENVH 5302 Principles of Toxicology in Public Health-MEHS | ENVH 5302 | | 3 | HPM |
| ENVH 5404 Public Health Microbiology-MEHS | ENVH 5404 | | 3 | EOH |
| ENVH 5447 Geographic Information Systems in Public Health | ENVH 5447 | This course provides an introduction to Geographic Information Systems and geospatial technologies, with an emphasis on their practical applications in public health and related fields. Students will learn both theory and practice, including basics of working with geospatial data, principles of cartography, the use of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online (industry-leading GIS software), and numerous hands-on lab assignments examining real-world public health problems with actual data. Student will also complete a final project relevant to their professional interests, and will develop an interactive online map to present their findings. | 3 | EOH |
| ENVH 6447 Geographic Information Systems in Public Health | ENVH 6447 | This course provides an introduction to Geographic Information Systems and geospatial technologies, with an emphasis on their practical applications in public health and related fields. Students will learn both theory and practice, including basics of working with geospatial data, principles of cartography, the use of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online (industry-leading GIS software), and numerous hands-on lab assignments examining real-world public health problems with actual data. Student will also complete a final project relevant to their professional interests, and will develop an interactive online map to present their findings. | 3 | EOH |
| EPID 6224 Clinical Trials | EPI 9493 (PBHL 9493) | This course is designed to introduce students to clinical epidemiology. Topics will include screening, diagnostic clinical research, prognostic clinical research and etiognostic clinical research, randomized and non-randomized clinical studies, clinical decision making and meta-analysis. This course also provides examples of how these methods are applied in actual clinical epidemiologic studies, and guidelines for critically evaluating evidence from these studies. Course evaluations will be based on the students' performance in class participation, examinations, written assignments, as well as a written project demonstrating the students' ability to apply these methods. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 5330 Managerial Epidemiology | EPID 5330 | This course teaches managers of personal and public health systems how to use epidemiological measures and methods to assess population health, identify and prioritize health and health care needs, plan for personal and public health services aimed at improving population health, and critically evaluate the accessibility and quality of private and public health services. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 6330 Managerial Epidemiology | EPID 6330 | This course teaches managers of personal and public health systems how to use epidemiological measures and methods to assess population health, identify and prioritize health and health care needs, plan for personal and public health services aimed at improving population health, and critically evaluate the accessibility and quality of private and public health services. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 6402 Advanced Integration of Epidemiologic Concepts and Methods | EPID 6402 | This course designed to help the students integrate and apply key epidemiologic concepts and methods from required courses, current literature, and textbooks. Opportunities will be given in this course to practice integrating concepts and methods in epidemiology in test taking situations with in-class and take-home examination formats. This is a credit/no credit course, which can be taken as an elective for doctoral students in epidemiology only. Course evaluations will be based on the students' performance on weekly assignments and practice examinations. | 3 | EPI |
| HBHE 5105 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Health | HBHE 5105 | This introductory research methods course (3-credit hours) is designed to provide an overview of basic research methods relevant to public health. The course content includes conducting a literature review, evidence-based practice in public health, framing a research question, and an introduction to a range of study designs in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. In addition, other research designs and approaches will be discussed such as community engaged research utilizing the principles of community-based participatory research implementation science. Lastly, throughout the course knowledge required to develop and conduct a research study will be emphasized, including research ethics and protection of human subjects, establishing the sample (sample size, power analysis, sampling), and internal/external validity. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5200 Intro to Maternal & Child Health | HBHE 5200 | | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5220 Introduction to Maternal and Child Health | HBHE 5220 | This introductory course provides a solid foundation in domestic and global perspectives on maternal and child health research, practice, health policy, and advocacy. Utilizes various methods to examine critical health challenges facing women, children, health providers, and policymakers including disadvantaged and under-resourced communities. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5222 Spec Pop Maternal/Child Health | HBHE 5222 | | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5240 Tobacco Prevention and Control | HBHE 5240 | The overall goal of this course is to provide students with the knowledge on evidence-based strategies to reduce tobacco use and exposure in the U.S. and globally. Students will learn about 1) the history of tobacco as a public health nuisance; 2) factors that influence tobacco use and exposure; 3) how to assess factors that influence tobacco use including accessing valid and reliable data sets; 4) various types of evidence-based policies and programs to reduce tobacco use; 5) gaps in strategies to reduce tobacco use and exposure, and 6) how to present to key audiences data on a current tobacco use and explore issue that affects different segments of the community At the end of this course, students will be prepared to take more advance course in tobacco control and make substantial contributions as entry staff to a non-profit or government organization seeking staff with content expertise in tobacco prevention and control. This course fulfills and elective requirement for HBHE. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5241 Community Organizing for Health | HBHE 5241 | The overall goal of this course is to provide students with introduction to the basic ideas, practices, history and theory of community organizing in the United states. This course is for students interested in learning to create social change through collective action. this course focuses broadly on key social movements, social change efforts and community organizing, both in U.S. and other countries. Students will learn about 1) the history, development and basic assumptions of community organizing; 2) a range of community organizing approaches and issues taken up by social justice organizations; 3) how to reflect on their own political development, assumptions, and understanding in relationship to the principles of community organizing and health; and how to lead an organizing campaign. The course will help students engage several fundamental questions: What is community organizing? What key assumptions lie at the center of this approach to social and political change,, and what differences and divisions characterize the field? Finally, what do community organizers do in their day-to-day work, and how does one become a community organizer? the readings draw from a variety of perspectives. The course is attentive to the ways that race, class, gender, sexuality, indigeneity, intersectionality and other forms of difference shape privilege power. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5373 Effective Crisis Communication | HBHE 5373 | Issues such as terrorism, public health crises, and corporate malfeasance have increased the importance of crisis communication. This course will: facilitate understanding of the critical role of communication on the onset and recovery of crisis; enhance the student’s effective crisis communication skills; promote understanding of the counter intuitive nature of crisis communication; utilize crisis communication theory and perspectives to argue for effectiveness and ineffectiveness in crisis communication; and assist interactions between students, researchers, and policy makers on effective crisis communication. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 5436 Communication for Public Health Leaders | HBHE 5436 | Theoretical overview of organizational communication; includes communication flow, networks, organizational relationships, groups, conflict, language. Special topics may include teams in organizations, diversity, organizational politics, leadership, and change. The focus is on applying organizational communication theories and concepts to understand others better and to control one’ own communication in organizations. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 6120 Introduction to Mixed Methods Research Design | HBHE 6120 | This course (3-credit hours) is designed to introduce an array of conceptual strategies and practical techniques for formulating, planning, and implementing a mixed methods research study. The course content includes philosophical and historical perspectives of mixed methods research, definitions of mixed methods research, objectives, purposes, and rationales for conducting a mixed methods study, and writing mixed methods research questions. Theoretical and conceptual frameworks for developing a mixed methods research design that fits the research question(s), selecting/constructing a mixed sampling design, techniques for collecting, analyzing, and integrating qualitative and quantitative data. Additionally, the application of quality criteria throughout a mixed methods study will be emphasized, including research ethics and protection of human subjects. The course also will cover approaches for applying guidelines when reporting results in publications. Required Prerequisites: COPH 6438 Fundamentals of Research, NPHD 6102 Qualitative Methodology in Nursing Research or approval by Instructor. Recommended Prerequisites: HBHE 6212 Applied Behavioral Research Methods, NPHD 6108 Qualitative Data Analysis Theory and Practicum | 3 | HBHE |
| HPMT 5116 Communications and Negotiation for Health Leaders | HPMT 5116 | The purpose of this course is to develop foundation and skills in communications, negotiations, and relationship management. Health care administrators need these skills to manage people and to lead organizations. This course addresses essential skills that are sometimes referred to as "soft skills" in the industry. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5211 Healthcare Data Management using SQL | HPMT 5211 | Databases are the core of every healthcare information system. The course will cover data management and database technologies, including relational database systems and the structured query language (SQL) in a health information environment. Additional topics include strategies for optimizing data quality, data preparation/transformation, new models of healthcare data organization such as clinical registries and query health. The course will provide hands-on opportunity for the students to use database management systems. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5213 Healthcare Quality Management and Information Systems | HPMT 5213 | This course serves the dual purpose of familiarizing the student with major issues and trends in healthcare information technology, while also exploring contemporary issues in quality management and process improvement. Particular emphasis will be placed on the nexus between emerging clinical technologies such as the electronic medical record and other clinical databases, and the opportunities these advances present for clinical quality evaluation, procedural improvements in a variety of care settings, advances in community health, and improvements in day-to-day operations as well as strategic management. Also considered will be quality standards used by regulators and accreditation agencies, and the potential for significant advances in outcomes research. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5214 Decision Analytics in Healthcare | HPMT 5214 | Decisions can be made at different levels and can have significant impact on success or failure of an organization. Decision Analysis helps you evaluate the alternatives on hand considering uncertainties, value preferences and risk preferences. This course will introduce the growing range of applications of decision making in healthcare using arrays of predictive and prescriptive analytic methods. These methods are used by health analytic practitioners to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare. this course will serve the dual purpose of understanding the mechanisms of quantitative decision models as well as techniques or software packages that are most commonly used for decision making. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5215 Statistics for Healthcare Managers | HPMT 5215 | | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5334 Data Visualization for Healthcare Analytics | HPMT 5334 | This course provides a foundation for interpreting and creating visualizations of complex healthcare data. In this course, students will learn methods and techniques for displaying data in a format that effectively communicates information primarily using Tableau Desktop Software. This course begins by addressing the basics of data and the psychological processes behind human understanding of data visualization. The course then provides students with applied instruction on the fundamentals of creating graphics in different formats and using different types of data. Students are expected to leave the course having the skills necessary for interpreting data visualizations, for using data visualization as an exploration tool, and for creating visualizations that can tell an analytical story. Case studies and a final project will provide opportunities for student assessment. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5335 Data Mining in Healthcare | HPMT 5335 | The amount of data created in every aspect of the healthcare industry is growing at an exponential rate, but the information and insights that these data resources have the potential to provide largely go unutilized. This course will provide students with technical skills in statistical analysis, statistical computing, and machine learning throughout a combination of lecture and hands-on projects. Students will also gain an understanding of how data mining is currently being used in the healthcare industry and will be encouraged to explore how data mining could be used in novel ways in different healthcare settings. The skills students will gain in this course will allow them to unlock new potential in their organization's data holdings and drove data-driven change and improvement in the healthcare industry. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5338 Data Quality Management | HPMT 5338 | | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5588 Strategic Management | HPMT 5588 | In the 21st century the environment healthcare organizations are facing an environment which is changing at a more rapid rate than at any time in our history. The purpose of this course is to explore this change in detail and to provide future administrators with the tool necessary to manage and lead in a turbulent environment. The primary themes of the course are (1) The importance of culture in the leadership equation and techniques to move the culture of an organization in a desired direction, (2) The rise of transformational management and servant leadership as the driving forces of contemporary managerial theory and practices, (3) The increasing role of management in clinical affairs, (4) Exploration of the concept of strategic management, the development of relevant business models and strategic alliances, and the relationship of key stakeholders to mission attainment, and (5) the tools a modern administrator must possess to perform continuing surveillance of the strategic environment and to development of appropriate business plans | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6112 Management of Healthcare Organizations | HPMT 6112 | The purpose of this course is to expose graduate students to the fundamental management issues and techniques that can be used to administer a health care organization. Students will gain experience applying these issues and techniques to a health care organization. The students are also expected to identify and apply relevant methods for evaluating health policies and programs and for assessing the performance of organizations and professors in the areas of quality, safety, accessibility, efficiency and equity. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6116 Communications and Negotiation for Health Leaders | HPMT 6116 () | The purpose of this course is to develop foundation and skills in communications, negotiations, and relationship management. Health care administrators need these skills to manage people and to lead organizations. This course addresses essential skills that are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ in the industry. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6329 Advanced Topics in Implementation Science | HPMT 6329 | This is the follow-up course to HPMT 6319: Implementation Research in Clinical Practice Settings. That course provided foundational knowledge in implementation science theories/models/frameworks, implementation strategies and their evidence base, and common research designs in dissemination and implementation research. The course provides advanced knowledge across a limited range of implementation science topics, e.g., research design, partnering with relevant clinical/community partners, adapting interventions for special populations and contexts, and "de-implementation" approaches and strategies. As well, this course provides opportunities for applying this knowledge in a variety of writing exercises including sections of research grant applications. | 3 | HPM |
| COPH 6600 Mentored Research | HPPR 960V (PBHL 920V, HBHE 6600) | This course is intended to provide a supervised experience in ongoing projects through which the doctoral student becomes familiar with the application of theories and methods used in public health research. Guidance from the faculty mentor will help the student develop a research question, define the knowledge base and skills required to address the question, and select and implement methods to answer the question. Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing and permission of instructor (faculty mentor). | 1 | HBHE |
| BIOS 6213 Application of Microcomputers to Data Management and Analysis | HSRE 5313 (GSIC 5753, HSRE 5313) | Brief overview of software packages commonly used for data management and analysis that include Excel, Access,SPSS and Stata, followed by primary focus on use of SAS software in data management and recoding techniques.These include working with SAS libraries, inputting raw data, reading and writing from external files, using logicalstructures, using numerical and character functions, working with dates and using arrays. Course focuses onprogramming techniques with limited use of analytical procedures. Class activities include lecture/discussion andintensive programming work using SAS.Prerequisite: Prior completion or concurrent enrollment in Biostatistics I isrecommended. | 3 | BIO |
| HPMT 6103 Health Systems Theory and Research | HSRE 9103 (PBHL 9213) | This course will review conceptual foundations of health services and systems research (HSR), and examine current topics and ongoing research in this field. Students will examine current empirical research conducted by local investigators concerning the development, organization, financing, and delivery of health services and their impact on population health. Students will also gain experience in conceptualizing research questions of interest in HSR, developing theoretical frameworks to inform these questions, and critically reviewing the empirical literature on topics of interest. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6303 Applied Research Methods using Retrospective Data Sources | HSRE 9303 (PBHL 9403) | This course will outfit students with the skills necessary to analyze and conduct studies using retrospective health care data with a focus on large administrative claims data such as Medicaid and private payer insurance claims. Students will use SAS to analyze actual health care data. Instruction on study design, statistical techniques, and data integrity issues specific to observational studies using these data sources will be offered. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6323 Advanced Econometric Methods and Special Topics | HSRE 9323 (PBHL 9413) | Examines advanced econometric methods used in health systems research, including instrumental variables analysis, propensity score methods, longitudinal and panel data analysis methods, and duration models. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6014 Introduction to Health Care Quality | HSRE 9603 | Examines critical issues and processed for the evaluation and management of quality in health care delivery systems.
Includes issues related to quality of care in community and clinical settings, customer service definitions and quality
improvement in health care organizations. Prerequisites: Doctoral student status or permission of the instructor | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6315 Advanced Methods for Quality and Health Outcomes Research | HSRE 9613 (HPPR 9343, HSRE 9343, PBHL 9613) | Examines conceptual models, methods, and dimensions of quality of care (QOC) research. Students will analyze the history and rationale of QOC assessment and methodological issues in measuring QOC in research. Prerequisites: Doctoral student status or permission of the instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6317 Performance Measurement, Reporting and Incentives | HSRE 9623 (PBHL 9623) | This course will examine the theoretical constructs and empirical methods currently used to assess, profile, and compare the performance of health professionals, health care institutions, and health systems. We will examine the advantages and disadvantages of alternative measurement approaches in the context of alternative purposes of measurement, including: quality improvement; regulation and accreditation; payment; consumer education and empowerment; and research and evaluation. The course will examine a number of case studies based on contemporary developments in this field, including the National Quality Forum measurement process, Medicare's quality reporting initiatives, and private sector pay-for-performance programs. The course will also examine approaches for studying the impact of performance measurement, reporting, and incentive programs. Prerequisites: HSRE 9301 | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6319 Implementation Research in Clinical Practice Settings | HSRE 9653 (PBHL 9653, GSIC 9653) | Examines the theoretical frameworks relevant for studying diffusion of innovations and implementation of change in clinical practice settings, assesses the empirical evidence on strategies for adopting and implementing change, and considers methods for evaluating change processes. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6104 Introduction to Health Economics | HSRE 9703 | The course provides an overview of economic theory with health care applications. Economics is the study of optimal
allocation of scarce resources. Health economics considers the allocation of health care resources to evaluate whether
more efficient or equitable distributions can be achieved. Economics concepts and principles will be introduced,
followed by the application of these principles to heath care, health management, and health policy. Prerequisites:
BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I; HPMT 5103: The Health Care System; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6320 Advanced Health Economics 1: Demand-side Economics | HSRE 9723 (PBHL 9723) | Examines theory and advanced methods for modeling the demand for health, health care, health insurance, and public health activities. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6321 Advanced Health Economics II: Supply of Health Services | HSRE 9733 | Provides an advanced examination of the supply side of health economics, including theory and research involving the production and distribution of health services and related products and technologies. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6326 Pharmacoeconomics and Health Care Technology Assessment | HSRE 9743 (PBHL 9743) | The purpose of this course is to provide students with the skills to design, conduct, analyze and rate investigations that assess the value or outcomes of health care technologies with a focus on pharmacy related products and services. The course will also integrate the theoretical prefaces to health care technology as well as provide real world applications using decision modeling software to conduct cost effectiveness and other related studies. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6328 Healthcare Organizational Theory | HSRE 9803 | This graduate course will explore the scientific study of the components of organizational Theory and research particularly as it relates to healthcare. A useful way to understand organizational theory is the definition offered by Martin Kilduff: Organization theory is a set of approaches to the understanding of how organizations form, survive and grow, interact with each other, recruit and process members, gain and manage resources, and deal with problems both internal and external. Organizational theory is one of the most interesting areas in social science research as we move towards a system-based approach.
In each class session, we will examine both important historical contributions and more recent treatments of the topic for the day. Each session may contain both theoretical and empirical contributions. While sessions may differ somewhat in their execution, each session will generally begin with a more general discussion of the components and boundaries of the week's topic. This discussion will be followed by a more in-depth exploration of the articles assigned for the week, where we will explore not just what has been said but also how these theories have been tested. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6800 Directed Research Studies | HSRE 980V (PBHL 986V) | Practical research experience involving working on a research project under the supervision of a program faculty member with significant experience in health services and policy research. Students will complete three semester-long rotations (nine hours) of study in one or two substantive areas of policy of research. Prerequisites: Doctoral student status. | 1 | HPM |
| NPHD 6102 Qualitative Methodology in Nursing Research | NPHD 6102 | Examines the philosophical foundation for and methodological issues in using qualitative approaches for scientific inquiry and knowledge development. Strategies for enhancing scientific and methodological rigor are explored. | 3 | EPI |
| REGS 6013 FDA Regulations | OEHM 6013 (OEHM 6013) | This class explores how developing science and changes in commerce have influenced the basic laws, regulations and policies used by the United States Food and Drug Administration to insure the safety of medical products, food and cosmetics. Also, the impact of FDA’s regulations and policy in protecting consumers and promoting public health is examined. The course will focus on the use of toxicology as the scientific discipline that forms the foundation for actions taken by the Food and Drug Administration. The overall goal is for students to gain a working knowledge of how laws and regulations impact on Regulatory Sciences and public health. The course incorporates lecture presentations, classroom discussions of case studies and writing of critiques of current issues before the agency. | 3 | EOH |
| REGS 6023 Product Safety Assessment | OEHM 6023 (OEHM 6023) | The course reviews the utilization of risk assessment by Federal Government regulatory agencies with emphasis on the US Food and Drug Administration. The course describes basic principles and provides hands-on training with methods used to quantify or predict human risk. Emphasis will be placed on dose-response assessments and topics relevant to estimating human health risk from drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other regulated products. The course is organized to provide a systematic approach to current and emerging assessment practices. The course includes the application of the latest methods for describing human health risks from drugs and other chemicals. Topics include the utilization of current in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical testing methods, scientific principles underlying extrapolation from animal toxicity testing to the assessment. The use of post approval data to estimate risk is demonstrated. The course will utilize readings, classroom lectures and presentations, classroom discussions/demonstrations, written critiques, and presentations of current issues in risk assessment. | 3 | EOH |
| REGS 5107 Design and Management of Clinical Trials | OEHM 6033 | This course examines the design and conduct of clinical trials from the perspectives of the investigator, sponsor, and regulators. Basic principles of study design is reviewed and applied. Students will gain experience developing a clinical trial protocol in a team-based environment that will simulate project development in the pharmaceutical industry. Elements of study conduct is explored from multiple perspectives including study sites, sponsors, and regulatory agencies. Contemporary issues in study design and management is considered. Problem solving, case studies, and group projects, are used to provide a participation-based learning experience. Many of the topics are presented by guest lecturers who are experts in their subject matter. | 3 | EOH |
| REGS 6101 Good Regulatory Practices | OEHM 6043 (PHSC 6043) | This course examines the FDA and ICH regulations on good manufacturing, laboratory, and clinical practices. The meaning of these regulations, the globalization of practices, and the roles and responsibilities of various professionals implementing these regulations is addressed. Special emphasis is on detailed coverage of the process for the assembly and submission of an IND or NDA and the function of the regulatory affairs department in a pharmaceutical company and data quality issues required for regulatory decision-making. | 3 | EOH |
| COPH 5003 Introduction to Public Health | PBHL 5003 | An introduction to basic and contemporary issues of public health, including tools of community-based health assessment, surveillance, health promotion, disease prevention, policy and ethics will be presented. This course provides an overview in the diverse areas of public health practice. | 3 | HPM |
| ENVH 5011 Biology for Public Health: Infectious Disease | PBHL 5011 | Biology for Public Health is an introductory course which provides a foundation of biology concepts necessary for the practice of public health. The lectures in this course will focus on the biology basics related to infectious disease including an overview of infectious disease epidemiology; the different types of pathogens; the immune system and response to pathogens; treatment, prevention, and control of infectious disease; and the role humans play in the evolution of infectious diseases. Each lecture series will relate covered biological concepts back to examples of common infectious diseases affecting US and worldwide populations. The course will also assist students in their preparations for the National Board of Public Health Examiners’ (NBPHE) Certification Exam. | 1 | CW |
| BIOS 5013 Biostatistics I | PBHL 5013 (BIOM 5013) | Introductory topics in descriptive biostatistics and epidemiology, database principles, basic probability, diagnostic test statistics, tests of hypotheses, sample size estimation, power of tests, frequency cross-tabulations, correlation, nonparametric tests, regression, randomization, and analysis of variance. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 5212 Biostatistics II: Advanced Linear Models | PBHL 5023 (BIOM 5023) | Multiple regression and linear models for analysis of variance. Experimental Designs with factorial arrangement of treatments, repeated measures, and multiple covariates. Introduction to logistic and non-linear regression. Prerequisite: Biostatistics I. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 5223 Biostatistics III: Multivariate Analysis & Linear Models | PBHL 5033 (BIOM 5033) | This course is designed to give students an overview of applied multivariate analysis. Some of the topics include principal component analysis, exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, structural equation model, discriminant analysis and classification, clustering methods and algorithms, Hotelling’s T-square, and MANOVA. Prerequisite: Biostatistics II | 3 | BIO |
| ENVH 5202 Environmental Hazards Controls | PBHL 5043 (OEHM 5043) | Detailed study of the principles and practices involved in the control of environmental health hazards. Topics covered will include ventilation for airborne contaminants, respiratory protection, electrical, fire, and some mechanical safety methods, and the control of hazards from noise, vibration, radiation, heat, and chemical hazards in all environmental setting such as schools, home, public places and workplaces. | 3 | EOH |
| ENVH 5302 Principles of Toxicology in Public Health | PBHL 5063 (OEHM 5063) | This course focuses on the application of toxicology to protecting and improving public health. Toxicology is an interdisciplinary science. Toxicology is a tool to evaluate the hazards to health from toxicants in the environment, community and workplace. Toxicological methods including the detection of. Examples of regulatory application are provided. Emphasis is placed on dose response relationships and the risk assessment synergism between animal toxicology and epidemiology. The role and responsibility of toxicology in the function of the EPA, FDA, CDC, ATSDR, OSHA, NIOSH, ADH and ADEQ is articulated by the instructors and demonstrated in classroom exercises and presentation of case studies. When advantageous, hazard analysis and risk assessment is explained in the contest of site specific and community based exercises and case studies. The role of toxicology in setting policy is demonstrated utilizing the “whose risk and whose benefit” approach Environmental Justice as a benchmark. | 3 | EOH |
| ENVH 5221 Regulations in Environmental Health | PBHL 5073 (OEHM 5073) | The course provides an overview of the operational statutory basis for and aspects of governmental regulations that address environmental hazards and public health. It is designed to provide a better understanding of relationships that exist between scientific aspects of environmental and occupational health and their application through the statutory framework and related governmental regulations in the public health arena. | 3 | EOH |
| HPMT 5285 Health Administration Residency | PBHL 5083 | A three-month administrative residency in a health institution or agency; work experience under a qualified health administrator with selected field projects and written reports. The residency is designed to provide “real world” experience in a healthcare organization, and so that students may apply program competencies learned in their first year of study. Full-time students perform their residency during the summer between their first and second years of study. Prerequisite: Completion of twenty-four (24) hours in the MHA program or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5286 Management Project | PBHL 5093 | Administrative problem defined by a health institution or agency. This experience is designed so that part-time students may be exposed to “real world” experience in a healthcare organization. The student’s Preceptor and faculty supervisor develop a project which will be mutually beneficial to the student and the sponsoring organization. Part-time students complete this project during a summer session. PREREQUISITE: The completion of twenty-one (21) hours in the MHA program. | 3 | HPM |
| BIOS 5111 Biostatistics Computing with R I | PBHL 5101 (GSIC 5101) | This course will introduce statistical software computing associated with topics discussed in Biostatistics I. The primary statistical software will be R. R is an extremely versatile and powerful statistical package that is becoming very popular among researchers in virtually every research realm. Unlike most statistical software, R is free and is constantly being enriched by users themselves. Additionally, R can be downloaded and compiled on almost any computer platform, thus allowing students to use their own computer in the course and beyond. Topics include inputting data, calculation of descriptive statistics, t-tests, confidence intervals, chi-square test, regression, analysis of variance, and non-parametric methods. This course is designed to enrich computing skills, and simultaneous or past enrollment in Biostatistics I is not required, but is highly recommended. Students should have a background in fundamental statistics. Students must provide their own notebook computer. | 1 | BIO |
| ENVH 5102 Environmental and Occupational Health | PBHL 5113 (OEHM 5023) | This course is intended to provide a detailed overview of the fields of environmental and occupational health, with an emphasis on the practical aspects of the recognition, evaluation and control of chemical, physical and biological hazards, including basic quantitative assessment of these hazards. Additional topics include significant legal and historical influences as well as currently important issues in the fields. | 3 | EOH |
| OEHM 5104 Special Topics in Occupational and Environmental Health | PBHL 511V (OEHM 511V) | Gives in-depth treatment to topics of current importance and to specialized subjects not covered in general courses. Each topic will be a narrowly defined aspect of occupational or environmental health. | 3 | EOH |
| HPMT 5103 The Health Care System | PBHL 5123 (GSIC 5113) | Analysis of system-wide issues related to delivery of health in the United States, including organizational arrangements, financing, health status issues, health insurance, health manpower, cost of health care, quality of health care, access and regulatory issues. | 3 | HPM |
| HBHE 5104 Health Behavior and Health Education | PBHL 5133 (GSIC 5133) | Introduction to health behavior, health education, theory, health disparities, behavioral research, and community-based health promotion practice; defines key terms and concepts; intrapersonal, interpersonal, and community level theories of health behavior; variables influencing responses to interventions; interpersonal and community level theories examining elements in the environment affecting health behavior; basic planning models; and includes discussion of ethical principles and application of theory in culturally distinct and/or other unique populations. | 3 | HBHE |
| HPMT 5114 Management of Healthcare Organizations | PBHL 5143 | The purpose of this course is to expose graduate students to the fundamental management issues and techniques that can be used to administer a health care organization. Students will gain experience applying these issues and techniques to a health care organization. The students are also expected to identify and apply relevant methods for evaluating health policies and programs and for assessing the performance of organizations and professors in the areas of quality, safety, accessibility, efficiency and equity. | 3 | HPM |
| ENVH 5404 Environmental Biological Hazards | PBHL 5153 (OEHM 5153) | Biological hazards associated with exposures via foods, water, air, vectors (human, animal and insect, parasites) are evaluated. The course also covers the impact of direct and indirect human perturbations of the environment, disease control and prevention, surveillance and regulations regarding protecting the public health from biological hazards. the course also explores global emerging microbial issues and emerging threats. | 3 | EOH |
| HPMT 5134 Introduction to Health Systems Financial Management | PBHL 5163 | Basic accounting/financial principles and practices as applied to health institutions and agency administration; emphasis on budgeting, financial analysis, cost management, third-party reimbursement systems; working capital management; capital investment decisions, and management of financial risk. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 5112 Epidemiology I | PBHL 5173 (BIOM 5173, EPI 5173) | This course, the first of the sequence offered by the department of epidemiology, introduces the principles and methods of epidemiologic research and practice. It presents an overview of the history of epidemiology and the current thinking, methods, , measures of morbidity and mortality, disease transmission and risk, major epidemiologic study designs, measures of association, sources of error including bias, confounding and interaction, evaluation of screening tests, inference and causality, with emphasis on practical topics such as public health surveillance and outbreak field investigations. | 3 | EPI |
| COPH 5145 Tobacco Cessation for Clinicians | PBHL 5193 | Provides health care professionals with the necessary knowledge and skills for providing comprehensive tobacco cessation counseling to patients who use tobacco across the lifespan. (Requires prior approval of faculty advisor and course instructor.) | 3 | HBHE |
| BIOS 5200 Biostatistics Computing with R II | PBHL 5201 (GSIC 5201) | This course will introduce statistical software computing associated with topics discussed in Biostatistics II. The primary statistical software will be R. R is an extremely versatile and powerful statistical package that is becoming very popular among researchers in virtually every research realm. Unlike most statistical software, R is free and is constantly being enriched by users themselves. Additionally, R can be downloaded and compiled on almost any computer platform, thus allowing students to use their own computer in the course and beyond. Topics include inputting data, calculation of descriptive statistics, multiple regression, general linear models, experimental designs, logistic regression, and factorial analysis of variance. This course is designed to enrich computing skills, and simultaneous enrollment in Biostatistics II is not required. It is highly recommended that students have a background in topics associated with a second course in statistics. Students must provide their own notebook computer. | 1 | BIO |
| ENVH 5002 Biology for Public Health: Chronic Disease | PBHL 5211 | Biology for Public Health is an introductory course which provides a foundation of biology concepts necessary for the practice of public health. The lectures in this course will focus on the biology basics related to chronic disease including an overview of Mendelian genetics; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; respiratory disease; as well as the biology of addiction and mental illness. Each lecture series will relate covered biological concepts back to major issues surrounding chronic diseases affecting US and worldwide populations. The course will also assist students in their preparations for the National Board of Public Health Examiners’ (NBPHE) Certification Exam | 1 | CW |
| EPID 5325 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases | PBHL 5223 | This course is designed for graduate students interested in chronic disease epidemiology. Chronic diseases to be discussed in this course include cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes mellitus, cancers and oral health. Emphasis will be on both the descriptive epidemiology and pathogenesis of each specific disease. Screening of chronic diseases will be also covered. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I | 3 | EPI |
| BIOS 5233 Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials | PBHL 5233 (BIOM 5133) | Principles underlying the planning, management, and implementation of modern clinical trials, the application of statistical methods used in the analysis of data from clinical trials, and the interpretation of results.Basic statistical techniques used in design and analysis of Phase I-III single- and multicenter trials. Recommended prerequisites include knowledge of basic statistics, familiarity with SAS software, and knowledge of a clinical area. | 3 | BIO |
| HPMT 5212 Health Information Systems for Administrators | PBHL 5253 (GSIC 5253) | Course is designed to expose students to the purpose and value of health information systems. Various components of such systems, how such systems are designed and how information provided by such systems can assist day-to-day operations as well as strategic planning. Prerequisites: HPMT 5103: The Health Care System. | 3 | HPM |
| ENVH 5222 Environmental Exposure Assessment | PBHL 5263 (OEHM 5263, GSIC 5263) | Quantitative introduction to the process of environmental hazard, exposure and dose evaluation for inhalation, ingestion, and dermal absorption routes. Particular attention is given to air contaminant measurement principles and interpretation of monitoring results. Includes the assessment and modeling of workplace, community, and residential environments, and the associated sources and pathways of chemical exposure. | 3 | EOH |
| HPMT 5104 Introduction to Health Economics | PBHL 5273 (GSIC 5273) | The course provides an overview of economic theory with health care applications. Economics is the study of optimal allocation of scarce resources. Health economics considers the allocation of health care resources to evaluate whether more efficient or equitable distributions can be achieved. Economics concepts and principles will be introduced, followed by the application of these principles to heath care, health management, and health policy. Prerequisites: BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I; HPMT 5103: The Health Care System; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5203 Public Health Law and Ethics | PBHL 5283 | Introduction to the legal and ethical issues encountered in health policy and management. Course content includes: constitutional authority and limits on governmental intervention in public health (i.e., individual rights vs. society's rights); the functions of and interaction between courts, legislatures, regulators; the role of the courts in health policy and health care delivery; how to recognize legal issues and communicate with attorneys; how law will affect students as strategic thinkers in health care positions; how to apply basic tort and contract principles; and the process of public health regulation and potential legal barriers to public health strategies. Specific legal topics will vary, but will usually include: the nature and scope of public health authority; constitutional constraints on public health initiatives; liability; fraud and abuse; privacy and confidentiality; regulatory oversight of the health care system; legal requirements for access to health care; nondiscrimination; conflicts of interest; and a review of ethical and moral issues commonly faced in health care management. Prerequisites: HPMT 5003: Introduction to Public Health; HPMT 5103: The Health Care System | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5201 Health Law | PBHL 5293 | Basic principles and practices of law affecting the administration of health institutions and medical practices, with emphasis on the legal aspects of patient care and treatment, torts and contractual obligations, rights and obligations of governing boards, medical staff and employees, and labor law. | 3 | HPM |
| ENVH 5003 Biology for Public Health: Current Issues | PBHL 5311 (GSIC 5311) | Biology for Public Health is an introductory course which provides a foundation of biology concepts necessary for the practice of public health. The lectures in this course will focus on the biology basics related to current topics in public health including an overview of the biology of growth and development, biology of aging, biology of cancer, micronutrients and dietary supplements, and obesity. Each lecture series will relate covered biological concepts back to major issues surrounding current diseases affecting US and worldwide populations. The course will also assist students in their preparations for the National Board of Public Health Examiners’ (NBPHE) Certification Exam. | 1 | CW |
| BIOS 5313 Nonparametric Methods | PBHL 5313 (BIOM 5113) | This course will provide an overview of nonparametric techniques with a primary focus on their application to healthcare data. Appropriate techniques for one-sample and multi-sample data will be covered as well as the use of nonparametric methods to assess correlation, independence, and linear relationships. Students will learn when it is more appropriate to use a nonparametric approach instead of the usual parametric tests, and which techniques have been incorporated into popular statistical software. Prerequisite: Biostatistics I. | 3 | BIO |
| HPMT 5333 Advanced Health Systems Financial Management | PBHL 5333 | The course is designed to present in-depth discussions on topics related to financial management in a healthcare setting. It focuses on the application of financial management principles and concepts to health care organizations. A broad range of issues will be discussed and evaluated with assignments to familiarize students with both theoretical concepts and practical application of financial management principles in the current operating environment. Computerized software packages will be utilized to emphasize the application of financial techniques to problems in health care management and/or health services delivery. Students should have a basic understanding of health care system, health care management, health care statistics and information systems, financial accounting and Excel. Prerequisites: HPMT 5134: Introduction to Health Systems Financial Management | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5223 Seminar in Human Resource Management | PBHL 5353 | Variety of situations and techniques involved in the management of human resources in health care institutions, including ethics, recruitment, training and development, grievance procedures, wage and salary administration, affirmative action, labor unions, and professional credentials. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5132 Introduction to Health Policy and Politics | PBHL 5363 (GSIC 5363) | Examines the nature of public policy making process within the various core functions of public health, and the influence of the political, bureaucratic, and social environment in which policy decisions are made. The consequences of health policy decisions and the key dimensions of current public health policies will also be examined. In addition to conceptual discussions of each of the above, the course includes evaluation of case studies of public health policy decisions and discussions with policy makers from multiple levels of government and multiple backgrounds. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 5322 Epidemiology II | PBHL 5373 (BIOM 5183, EPI 5183) | This is an intermediate level course in epidemiologic theory and methodology that prepares students who have completed the basics of Epidemiology to the study of advanced methods. Epidemiology II builds on the concepts, methods, and strategies introduced in Epidemiology I. The course focuses on methodologic tools and skills needed to conduct or evaluate epidemiologic research; emphasizes on tools and skills to assess study designs, data collection, threats to study validity and reliability, biases e.g. confounding and heterogeneity of effects. Prerequisites: EPID 5112 Epidemiology I, EPID 5110 Epidemiology I Lab, BIOS 5013 Biostatistics I. | 3 | EPI |
| HPMT 5340 Management Capstone | PBHL 5393 | Policy and decision making processes in health institutions and agencies, uses case studies of health institutions and agencies. This course is designed to provide a culminating experience, and is specifically designed to provide students with experience applying many of the competencies learned earlier in the program. Culminating experience typically completed in last semester of the student’s course of studies; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5107 American Health Care Reform | PBHL 5413 | This seminar will address key policy issues facing American health care. The seminar is interdisciplinary, and is open to students pursuing study in public health, law, or public policy. In this course we will take up (1) problems of cost, access, justice, and quality in the U.S. health care system; (2) models for health care delivery in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan; and (3) proposals for reform of the health care system offered by the various presidential candidates at the national level, and reforms implemented at the state level in (e.g.) Massachusetts and Hawaii. We will explore the political and structural obstacles to achieving health care system reform at the national level. Prerequisites: HPMT 5003: Introduction to Public Health; HPMT 5103: The Health Care System; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 5326 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | PBHL 5483 | This course will provide an overview of the history, epidemiology, and control of various infectious diseases. A selective overview of immunology and molecular diagnostic methods will be provided as a foundation for later lectures. Major human pathogens will be addressed within the conceptual framework of foodborne, waterborne, and vector-borne diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory diseases, parasitic diseases, and vaccine preventable diseases. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I and EPID 5322: Epidemiology II; BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I and BIOS 5212: Biostatistics II; or permission of the instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 5224 Clinical Trials | PBHL 5493 | This course is designed to introduce students to clinical epidemiology. Topics will include screening, diagnostic clinical research, prognostic clinical research and etiognostic clinical research, randomized and non-randomized clinical studies, clinical decision making and meta-analysis. This course also provides examples of how these methods are applied in actual clinical epidemiologic studies, and guidelines for critically evaluating evidence from these studies. Course evaluations will be based on the students' performance in class participation, examinations, written assignments, as well as a written project demonstrating the students' ability to apply these methods. | 3 | EPI |
| HBHE 5214 Advanced Concepts of Human Sexuality | PBHL 5543 | In-depth examination of human sexuality based on the premise that individual sexuality cannot be referenced to just one theory or simply biological, psychological, sociological, or cultural factors but from the complex interactions of these influences; designed to stimulate learners to think critically forming conclusions in light of scientifically gathered data. | 3 | HBHE |
| EPID 5332 Cancer Epidemiology | PBHL 5553 (PBHL 9553) | This course is designed to provide an overview of the epidemiology of common cancers as well as methodologic issues in etiologic research and cancer screening. Emphasis will be placed on risk factors that can be modified for cancer control and prevention. The course will address: geographic variation and temporal trends in cancer, cancer burden, biology of normal and cancer cells, biomarkers, selected risk factors (e.g., occupation, tobacco, alcohol, radiation, viruses, immunity, hormones, and genetic factors), and screening objectives, recommendations, and controversies. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I and EPID 5322: Epidemiology II; BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I and BIOS 5212: Biostatistics II; or permission of the instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| HPMT 5563 Healthcare Information Systems and Quality for Administrators | PBHL 5563 | This course first provides a comprehensive overview of healthcare information systems and capabilities, responsibilities and core competencies of the responsibilities for such systems. The course also provides a foundation for healthcare quality, patient safety and performance measurements used in the U.S. healthcare system. We focus on the importance of patient safety issues, methods, programs, and goals and provide an overview of curent measurement activities and strategies for measuring and implementing quality improvement initiatives using data driven techniques. The hybrid executive course format includes weekly online readings and discussion threads, as well as four onsite Saturday sessions (4 hours each in duration). We use didactic instructions, case analyses and discussions, project team-based learning, and opportunities to learn via guest lectures from professionals working with real-world health information systems and quality management systems. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 5573 Data Management and Programming for Epidemiologists | PBHL 5573 | This course focuses on developing student skills in data management, including quality control procedures, and basic programming for data management and analysis. Specific skills will include building databases for data entry, preparing database documentation, completing quality control checks, and completing basic programming for analysis for epidemiologic data. The course will focus on programming techniques with limited use of analytical procedures; however, basic programming for common analytic techniques (i.e., ttest, chi square, linear regression, logistic regression, correlation, etc.) will be addressed. Class activities include lecture/discussion and intensive programming work using Excel, Access, and SAS, along with exposure to other software packages (e.g.,SPSS, Stata). Prerequisites EPID 5112: Introduction to Epidemiology (Epi 1); BIOS 5013: Introduction to Biostatistics (Biostats 1); EPID 5322 Epidemiology II; and BIOS 5212 Biostatistics II; or permission of instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| HPMT 5583 Advanced Applications in Healthcare Management | PBHL 5583 | Hospital organization and management; emphasis on administration, medical staff, trustee relationships; provides an understanding of the diversity and complexity of the daily routine of a hospital administrator and clarifies the roles of various constituencies in hospital organizations. Prerequisites: HPMT 5114: Management of Health Care Organizations; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HBHE 5225 Theories of Health Behavior and Health Education | PBHL 5653 (GSIC 5653) | Addresses the social and behavioral foundations of public health; emphasis on social and cultural determinants that shape behavior through complex interaction; presents a socio-ecological framework for understanding the relationship between human populations and health status; locates health problems in the context of multilayered social systems and temporal processes of change. Prerequisites: HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HBHE |
| EPID 5334 Epidemiology III | PBHL 5673 (BIOM 5193) | Extends consideration of concepts, methods, and strategies introduced in Epidemiology I and II. The course focuses on tools and skills related to data analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I and EPID 5322: Epidemiology II; BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I and BIOS 5212: Biostatistics II. (EPID 5573: Data Management and Programming for Epidemiologists or BIOS 6213: Application of Microcomputers to Data Management and Analysis). | 3 | EPI |
| COPH 5346 Social Determinants of Health | PBHL 5683 ( HPPR 9353) | This course is designed to examine the scientific basis for associations between social factors, both contextual (e.g., poverty, housing, education) and interpersonal (e.g., racism, social support, stigma), and health. In addition, students will be challenged to consider social factors in understanding the epidemiology of diseases, the design and implementation of health protection/promotion programs, and the implementation of health policy. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I; HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education; or permission of the instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| HPMT 5202 Food and Nutrition Policy | PBHL 5693 | This course examines food and nutrition policies and programs and their role in public health. Scientific evidence that informs national dietary guidance, the food system, various policy approaches, food and agricultural policies, legal, political and environmental aspects are reviewed. The course also examines the role of the food industry in shaping the food environment, food availability and consumer behavior. | 3 | HPM |
| HBHE 5733 Stress and Health | PBHL 5733 | Stress is a common experience for many. However, excessive or prolonged activation of stress response systems in the body can produce damaging effects on health across the lifespan. Therefore, is increasingly important for public health practitioners and researchers to address stress in the development of effiective health promotion activities. This course will review the literature on the psychosocial and biological components of stress; associations between stress and chronic health conditions; and issues surrounding assessment of stress. Students will apply the literature to the design of health promotion programs that are appropriate for populations experiencing high levels of stress. This course uses traditional approaches to learning (such as assigned readings, analysis, and discussion) combined with personal and group experiential learning. | 3 | HBHE |
| BIOS 5213 Biostatistics Computing with SAS I | PBHL 5753 (HSRE 5313) | Brief overview of software packages commonly used for data management and analysis that include Excel, Access, SPSS and Stata, followed by primary focus on use of SAS software in data management and recoding techniques. These include working with SAS libraries, inputting raw data, reading and writing from external files, using logical structures, using numerical and character functions, working with dates and using arrays. Course focuses on programming techniques with limited use of analytical procedures. Class activities include lecture/discussion and intensive programming work using SAS.Prerequisite: Prior completion or concurrent enrollment in Biostatistics I is recommended. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 5214 Categorical Data Analysis | PBHL 5763 | This course is designed to give students an overview of statistical methods commonly used for analysis of categorical data. Some of the topics include binomial and Poisson distributions, analysis of 2×2 tables, Fishers exact test, McNemar test, stratified analysis, trend analysis and logistic regression. Class activities include lecture/discussion, group work, analytical assignments and critical literature reviews. Prerequisite: Biostatistics I. | 3 | BIO |
| BIOS 5324 Analyzing Health Surveys | PBHL 5793 (PBHL 9793, GSIC 5123) | This course will teach students the fundamentals of survey sampling and analysis and introduce them to national health surveys currently used. Students will report on the published analyses results of the “are of interest” national health survey. They will also apply statistical analysis techniques to a project – a class presentation on an existing national survey, and a final analysis project of their choosing (with instructor approval) using a national health survey. Prerequisites: Prior completion of BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I and prior knowledge of SAS procedures Freq, Means, Reg, and Logistic. Instructor approval required prior to course registration. | 3 | BIO |
| HPMT 5344 Quality Management and Performance Improvement | PBHL 5833 | This course is designed to provide an introduction to the Lean Six Sigma philosophy and terminology and provide the necessary tools to address complex problems. The Lean methodology focuses on the removal of waste and non-value added work, while the Six Sigma methodology focuses on the reduction of defects and minimizing process variation. The material covered aims to provide students with the practical and analytical tools required to make effective tactical and operational decisions in a health care environment. This course uses a combination of lectures, in-class studies, problems, and exams. At the successful completion of this course, students will be able to obtain their Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification from a certified provider. Specific topics include value stream mapping, Six Sigma DMAIC model, understanding data and variation, and learning to use Minitab statistical software. Prerequisite: HPMT 5134 Introduction to Health Systems Financial Management. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 5426 Racial-Ethnic Health Disparities: Theory, Experience, and Elimination | PBHL 5843 (GSIC 5843) | This course explores racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. Students will examine the literature on health and health care disparities; the historical and social structural determinants pertinent to the etiology of disparities; the role of genomics; and policy and programmatic strategies for reducing disparities. This course uses traditional approaches to learning (such as assigned readings, analysis, and discussion) combined with personal and group experiential learning. Students will be required to engage in active discussion of readings and to participate in service learning activities which will include preparation, reflection and practice components. Therefore students will spend time in class with instructors, online in group discussions, and as a group in the community with community based partners and instructors. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 5335 Molecular Epidemiology | PBHL 5873 | The objective of this course is to provide conceptual and practical knowledge of the methods used in molecular epidemiology. Specifically, students will learn about: motivation and strategies for the application of molecular methods in etiologic and translational research; some novel and commonly used laboratory assays; measurement issues for biomarkers; methods used in genetic studies of complex diseases; phenotypic markers of exposure and disease; analytic issues and approaches to high dimensional data; evaluation of biomarkers for clinical use; and ethical issues specific to biospecimen banking and genetic data. | 3 | EPI |
| HBHE 5320 Drugs and Society | PBHL 5913 | This course will review the major classes of psychoactive drugs of abuse and misuse and will explore the complex relationships between psychoactive drug use and the social response to such drug use in the United States. Students will gain knowledge about the different types of psychoactive drugs of abuse and misuse in the United States and will develop an understanding of evidence based principles of substance use prevention, treatment and recovery as well as theories and principles related to reducing drug related harms, both individual and societal. | 3 | HBHE |
| BIOS 5001 Special Topics in Biostatistics | PBHL 595V | Advanced work in specialized fields such as bioassay, multivariate analysis, time series, etc. Credit, 1 to 3 hours per semester, limit of 9 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty advisor and course instructor. | 1 | BIO |
| EPID 5000 Special Topics in Epidemiology | PBHL 596V | Provides an opportunity for students to engage in detailed study of a topic relevant to epidemiology, with the guidance of a faculty supervisor. A completed and signed directed study contract is required at the time of registration. (Requires prior approval of faculty advisor and independent study faculty supervisor.) | 1 | EPI |
| COPH 5989 Applied Practice Experience | PBHL 5983 | The Preceptorship is a field experience, requiring a minimum of 200 clock hours of work in a public-health related activity, under the join supervision of a qualified specialist working in a selected area of public health and a COPH faculty advisor. A written report specifying activities, products, and outcomes of the experience is required upon completion of the Applied Practice Experience. The project must be undertaken during the semester registered for Applied Practice Experience. Prerequisites: HPMT 5003 Introduction to Public Health, BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I, HPMT 5103: The Health Care System, HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education, EPID 5112: Epidemiology I, ENVH 5102: Environmental and Occupational Health; a minimum of nine hours of specialty concentration courses; other requirements as listed in the Applied Practice Experience Manual. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 5991 Integrative Learning Experience Seminar | PBHL 5991 | The Integrative Learning Experience Seminar (or proof of passing the CPH exam) is required of all students to complete the MPH program. The Seminar must be taken in the same semester in which the student initiates the Integrative Learning Experience Project (COPH 5992). The Seminar is designed to provide information and support to students who are completing their Integrative Learning Projects, and to provide a forum in which students will provide their Project findings in a public forum. The Seminar will provide students with an opportunity to learn about other students’ Projects and activities, to share ideas with students and faculty about resources that can support their respective Projects, to increase their knowledge of current issues facing public health professionals, and to gain experience in professional presentation skills. Prerequisites: Enrollment in this course is open to all MPH degree-seeking students in the UAMS COPH who are completing their Integrative Learning Project and have submitted an approved Integrative Learning Project plan to the COPH Public Health Practice Coordinator; other requirements as listed in the Integrative Learning Experience Manual. | 1 | CW |
| COPH 5992 Integrative Learning Experience Project | PBHL 5992 | The Integrative Learning Experience Project requires the student to synthesize and integrate knowledge and apply theory and principles learned to an area of public health practice resulting in preparation of a manuscript for publication, a health policy proposal, a research proposal for submission, or equivalent, as approved by the Integrative Learning Experience Project Advisory Committee composed of COPH Faculty members. Prerequisites: HPMT 5003 Introduction to Public Health, BIOS 5013: Biostatistics I, HPMT 5103: The Health Care System, HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education, EPID 5112: Epidemiology I, ENVH 5102: Environmental and Occupational Health; a minimum of nine hours of specialty concentration courses; other requirements as listed in the Integrative Learning Experience Manual. | 2 | CW |
| ENVH 5303 Climate Change and Public Health | PBHL 6023 (OEHM 5913) | Climate change is an exceptional global environmental crisis primarily driven by anthropogenic activities with adverse consequences on ecological and life systems. This course will provide students an overview of the driving forces and mechanics of climate change and comprehensive analysis of the implications on Earth's natural/human ecosystems and health in a local, regional, and global scale. The concepts, approaches and uncertainties of methods applied to assess and monitor the health impacts of climate change will be presented and specific disease cases will be discussed. Lastly, ongoing efforts to cope/adapt, mitigate or reduce the impacts and the mechanisms to develop these tools will be examined. | 3 | EOH |
| COPH 5200 Directed Study | PBHL 602V | Provides an opportunity for students to engage in detailed study of a public health topic relevant to their program of study, with the guidance of a faculty supervisor. A completed and signed directed study contract is required at the time of registration. (Requires approval of faculty advisor independent study faculty supervisor, which may be indicated by signature on contract) | 1 | CW |
| EPID 6001 Instructional Methods and Teaching Practicum | PBHL 9001 (EPI 9001) | This course provides doctoral level (PhD and DrPH) students with training and practice in the methods and principles of teaching. This course is one credit hour and has two components which must be completed to earn the credit: 1) a weekly seminar course, and 2) lectures in three separate courses taught within the COPH MPH program. | 1 | EPI |
| BIOS 6212 Biostatistics II | PBHL 9003 | Multiple regression and linear models for analysis of variance. Experimental Designs with factorial arrangement of treatments, repeated measures, and multiple covariates. Introduction to logistic and non-linear regression. Prerequisite: Biostatistics I. | 3 | BIO |
| HPMT 6011 Mathematics and Statistics Primer | PBHL 9011 (HSRE 9011) | This course will provide a review of fundamental mathematical and statistical concepts used in health systems research including linear and matrix algebra, nonlinear functions, derivatives, and probability theory. The course will require completion of a series of problem sets containing mathematical and statistical exercises, and final examination. Prerequisites: doctoral student standing. | 1 | HPM |
| EPID 6322 Epidemiology II | PBHL 9013 | This is an intermediate level course in epidemiologic theory and methodology that prepares students who have completed the basics of Epidemiology to the study of advanced methods. Epidemiology II builds on the concepts, methods, and strategies introduced in Epidemiology I. The course focuses on methodologic tools and skills needed to conduct or evaluate epidemiologic research; emphasizes on tools and skills to assess study designs, data collection, threats to study validity and reliability, biases e.g. confounding and heterogeneity of effects. Prerequisites: EPID 5112 Epidemiology I, EPID 5110: Epidemiology I Lab, BIOS 5013 Biostatistics I. | 3 | EPI |
| COPH 6438 Fundamentals of Research | PBHL 9021 (HPPR 9051) | This course is designed as an introduction to basic research principles and methods that may be applicable in health promotion and health services research environments. Cross-cutting issues related to framing a research question, generating a testable hypothesis, evaluating the appropriateness of a range of study designs, minimizing threats to internal and external validity, establishing the sample (sample size, power analysis, sampling), and protecting human subjects during the research endeavor will be considered. It is expected that students will follow this brief introductory course with a more in-depth course in either behavioral research or health services research methods. Pre-requisites: Enrollment as a doctoral student in the COPH or permission of instructors. | 1 | CW |
| HBHE 6021 Advanced Health Behavior Theory | PBHL 9023 (HPPR 9023) | This course will review the major theories of behavior change and explore the complex relationships between socio-demographic factors and theory constructs. Students will gain substantial experience in designing behavioral theory-based public health interventions. Prerequisites: HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education or its equivalent; Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HBHE |
| HPMT 6114 Advanced Public Health Policy and Management | PBHL 9033 (HSRE 9113) | This course provides an advanced examination of issues related to the development, implementation, and impact of public policies and health system management strategies on population health. It will include an in- depth exploration of: theories of policy development applied to health issues, including the competing influences of political, economic, and socio-cultural forces; strategies for agenda-setting and policy formation in the health arena; policy implementation and management approaches; policy analysis methods and tools; and policy and managerial decision-making strategies in health, including values-based and evidence-based perspectives; case studies of policy and managerial decisions made at national, state, and community levels will provide opportunities for in-depth discussion and analysis Prerequisites: Course for doctoral students or by permission of instructor. Students should be familiar with major public health concepts and practices, the organization and financing of the US health care system, major political institutions and processes in the US, and basic principles of statistics and probability. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 6121 Principles and Practice of Public Health Surveillance | PBHL 9042 (EPI 9042) | Surveillance is a methods course focused on the principles and methods employed in the surveillance of diseases, conditions, and events of public health concern. Students will learn about: the selection of diseases, conditions, and events for surveillance; the design of effective surveillance programs in routine and emergency situations; the operation of effective and efficient surveillance programs in a state health department, hospital, corporate, and other settings; the evaluation of surveillance programs; and the use of surveillance data for the purpose of epidemiologic research and practice. | 2 | EPI |
| BIOS 6214 Categorical Data Analysis | PBHL 9053 (GSIC 5763) | This course is designed to give students an overview of statistical methods commonly used for analysis of categorical data. Some of the topics include binomial and Poisson distributions, analysis of 2×2 tables, Fishers exact test, McNemar test, stratified analysis, trend analysis and logistic regression. Class activities include lecture/discussion, group work, analytical assignments and critical literature reviews. Prerequisite: Biostatistics I. | 3 | BIO |
| HBHE 6212 Applied Behavioral Research Methods | PBHL 9073 (HPPR 9053) | This course addresses behavioral research: the role of theory, problem definition, and hypothesis generation; research design; measurement of health behaviors; and critical review and interpretation of published research. Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS College of Public Health, and completion of HPPR 9023, or by permission of instructor. | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 6303 Community Based Program Design | PBHL 9103 | This course will use an interdisciplinary approach to public health program design, incorporating the community-based participatory model. Students will gain experience in examining background epidemiological data in order to design an appropriately targeted intervention for a population. Survey, qualitative, and qualitative designs will be explored. Prerequisite: Doctoral student standing and successful completion of three public health sciences core courses, or permission of instructor. | 3 | CW |
| COPH 6437 Grantsmanship and the Peer Review Process | PBHL 9123 (HPPR 9123) | This course is designed to provide information and cultivate skills required to develop competitive grant applications supporting scholarly efforts to better understand and resolve complex public health challenges. Pre-requisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS College of Public Health or the graduate school or permission of the instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| BIOS 6223 Biostatistics III: Multivariate Analysis & Linear Models | PBHL 9133 | This course is designed to give students an overview of applied multivariate analysis. Some of the topics include principal component analysis, exploratory/confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, structural equation model, discriminant analysis and classification, clustering methods and algorithms, Hotelling’s T-square, and MANOVA. Prerequisite: Biostatistics II | 3 | BIO |
| EPID 6423 Advanced Epidemiology Methods Laboratory | PBHL 9142 (EPI 9142) | This is an advanced, doctoral level laboratory-based course for students who require extensive preparation in epidemiologic theory and methodology. This course is designed to integrate and apply the methods introduced in Epidemiology III, Epidemiology III Lab, and Advanced Epidemiology Methods I, along with new methods, in order to prepare students to apply these methods as independent researchers in epidemiology. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 6424 Advanced Epidemiology Methods | PBHL 9143 (EPI 9143) | This is an advanced, doctoral level course for students who require extensive preparation in epidemiologic theory and methodology. Topics covered include causal inference; study design; the analysis of crude, stratified, and matched data; approaches to assessing effect modification and adjusting for confounding; modeling data; bias and the critical evaluation of epidemiological studies. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 6324 Genomics/Genetic Epidemiology | PBHL 9163 (EPI 9163) | The course covers statistical models and methods that are used to understand human genetics and genomics; specifically how genetic information can be incorporated into statistical models to discover disease genes. Topics include basic molecular and population genetics, marker selection algorithms, multiple comparison issues, population stratification, genome-wide association studies, genotype imputation, analysis of microarray data (gene expression, methylation data, eQTL mapping), and next-generation sequencing data analysis. The focus is modern approaches to association analysis. Many examples are used to illustrate key points. The course is intended for biostatisticians, epidemiologists and quantitatively-oriented geneticists and health scientists wanting to learn about statistical methods for genetic and genome analysis, whether to better analyze genes-related data, or to pursue research in methodology. An intermediate background in statistical methods is required (Biostat II). No background in genetics is assumed. | 3 | EPI |
| HPMT 6213 Variation in Health System Performance | PBHL 9203 (HSRE 9203) | At its core, the field of health services research is devoted to the study of variation in health system performance and health care practice. This course will focus on what can be learned from studies of variation in health systems and services - investigating the causes, consequences, and solutions to harmful, wasteful, and inequitable variation. In doing so, this course will review conceptual foundations of health services and systems research (HSR), and examine current topics and ongoing research in this field. Students will examine current empirical research conducted by investigators concerning the development, organization, financing, and delivery of health services and their impact on population health. Students will also gain experience in conceptualizing research questions of interest in HSR, developing theoretical frameworks to inform these questions, and critically reviewing the empirical literature on topics of interest. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6243 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy | PBHL 9243 (PHSC 5363) | This course is designed to provide an understanding of pharmaceutical products markts and institutions in the United States from an economic perspective. Tools of economic analysis are introducted that are relevant to understanding the topics of interest. A primary focus of the course is to bring economic perspectives to bear on the debate over issues in pharmaceutical industry and policy. The course will use basic principles of economics to analyze the nature of demand for and supply of pharmaceutical products, innovation and market structure of the pharmaceutical industry. The course will further discuss issues related to distribution channels, benefit design and reimbursement mechanisms. | 3 | HPM |
| HBHE 6733 Stress and Health | PBHL 9273 | Stress is a common experience for many. However, excessive or prolonged activation of stress response systems in the body can produce damaging effects on health across the lifespan. Therefore, is increasingly important for public health practitioners and researchers to address stress in the development of effiective health promotion activities. This course will review the literature on the psychosocial and biological components of stress; associations between stress and chronic health conditions; and issues surrounding assessment of stress. Students will apply the literature to the design of health promotion programs that are appropriate for populations experiencing high levels of stress. This course uses traditional approaches to learning (such as assigned readings, analysis, and discussion) combined with personal and group experiential learning. | 3 | HBHE |
| HPMT 6003 Advanced Organizational Behavior | PBHL 9303 (HSRE 9003) | This primary goal of this graduate course is to explore the scientific study of the components of organizational behavior and leadership that help administrators of health systems maximize the performance of personnel in their organization. The framework of the course will examine the three core elements of organizational behavior including individual, group and organizational components. It will examine the common research methods in organizational behavior and current research findings. It will also explore leadership theories, research and current approached to leadership development that can be applied to health care systems. The course is organized as a seminar and the students are expected to develop an ability to actively critique peer-reviewed scientific research. | 3 | HPM |
| HBHE 6436 Communication for Public Health Leaders | PBHL 9313 (HPPR 9313) | Theoretical overview of organizational communication; includes communication flow, networks, organizational relationships, groups, conflict, language. Special topics may include teams in organizations, diversity, organizational politics, leadership, and change. The focus is on applying organizational communication theories and concepts to understand others better and to control one’ own communication in organizations. | 3 | HBHE |
| HBHE 6373 Effective Crisis Communication | PBHL 9373 (HPPR 5843) | Issues such as terrorism, public health crises, and corporate malfeasance have increased the importance of crisis communication. This course will: facilitate understanding of the critical role of communication on the onset and recovery of crisis; enhance the student’s effective crisis communication skills; promote understanding of the counter intuitive nature of crisis communication; utilize crisis communication theory and perspectives to argue for effectiveness and ineffectiveness in crisis communication; and assist interactions between students, researchers, and policy makers on effective crisis communication. Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of three public health sciences core courses; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 6401 Advanced Public Health Practice | PBHL 9423 | This course is designed to introduce students to an integration of public health science, leadership principles, policy skills and government agency operation into a course that emphasizes practical application in the public health practice setting. | 3 | CW |
| HPMT 6203 Public Health Law and Ethics | PBHL 9443 | Introduction to the legal and ethical issues encountered in health policy and management. Course content includes: constitutional authority and limits on governmental intervention in public health (i.e., individual rights vs. society's rights); the functions of and interaction between courts, legislatures, regulators; the role of the courts in health policy and health care delivery; how to recognize legal issues and communicate with attorneys; how law will affect students as strategic thinkers in health care positions; how to apply basic tort and contract principles; and the process of public health regulation and potential legal barriers to public health strategies. Specific legal topics will vary, but will usually include: the nature and scope of public health authority; constitutional constraints on public health initiatives; liability; fraud and abuse; privacy and confidentiality; regulatory oversight of the health care system; legal requirements for access to health care; nondiscrimination; conflicts of interest; and a review of ethical and moral issues commonly faced in health care management. Prerequisites: HPMT 5003: Introduction to Public Health; HPMT 5103: The Health Care System | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6313 Advanced Methods in Health Services Research | PBHL 9473 (HSRE 9313) | This course provides an overview of study design and methods for health services research (HSR) applied to health policy and public health problems. It will include exploration of: (1) study design principles with emphasis on the non-experimental and quasi-experimental designs most often employed in health policy and services research; (2) methodological problems often encountered in applied health policy and services research; (3) the “toolbox” of quantitative methods most often used in health policy and services research; and (4) principles and strategies for interpreting study results and communicating them to diverse stakeholders in public health. The course will emphasize hands-on exercises in using HSR methods and case studies of published HSR studies, with a focus on health policy and public health topics. The course will focus on quantitative research methods grounded primarily in the disciplines of econometrics and statistics, while highlighting the many close connections to other methodological perspectives including epidemiology, sociology, demography, and political science. Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; successful completion of three public health sciences core courses; or permission of instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 6227 Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response | PBHL 9583 (EPI 9583) | Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response is an elective course within the Department of Epidemiology. It is designed to provide an overview of how public health interfaces with all hazards including bioterrorism, chemical and radiological emergencies, as well as natural hazards and disasters. Organizational needs will be addressed in order to prepare for and respond to these events. Specific competency-based education will be addressed in the areas such as bioterrorism agents, emergency response capabilities, crisis communication during disasters, and development of plans and responses for humanitarian emergencies. The course will involve practical sessions at the Arkansas Department of Health. | 3 | EPI |
| COPH 6100 Directed Study | PBHL 9601 | Provides an opportunity for doctoral students to engage in detailed study of a public health topic relevant to their program of study, with the guidance of a faculty supervisor. A completed and signed directed study contract is required at the time of registration. (Requires approval of independent study faculty supervisor, which may be indicated by signature on contract) | 1 | CW |
| COPH 6346 Social Determinants of Health/Social Epidemiology | PBHL 9683 (EPI 9683, PBHL 9683) | This course is designed to examine the scientific basis for associations between social factors, both contextual (e.g., poverty, housing, education) and interpersonal (e.g., racism, social support, stigma), and health. In addition, students will be challenged to consider social factors in understanding the epidemiology of diseases, the design and implementation of health protection/promotion programs, and the implementation of health policy. Prerequisites: EPID 5112: Epidemiology I; HBHE 5104: Introduction to Health Behavior and Health Education; or permission of the instructor. | 3 | EPI |
| COPH 6501 Special Topics in Public Health Leadership | PBHL 970V | (Offered intermittently) Course offerings from visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or in-depth examination of a current topic in public health leadership; (requires prior approval of faculty advisor, course instructor, and the DrPH Faculty Leadership Chair). Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; completion of public health science core courses; or permission of instructor. | 1 | CW |
| COPH 6500 Current Issues in Public Health Seminar | PBHL 9711 | This seminar is designed to provide students with an opportunity to consider the leadership challenges faced in public health organizations today, including but not limited to prevention and control of obesity and tobacco use, emergency preparedness, the changing health care environment, and other key issues of importance. | 1 | HPM |
| EPID 6102 Special Topics in Epidemiology | PBHL 9831 (EPI 9831) | In-depth study of current topics in epidemiology or advanced study of specialized topics not covered in other courses. Instructional techniques may include directed reading, group discussion, lectures, and/or web-based instruction, and/or student presentations. Prerequisites: Enrollment as a doctoral student in the PhD program in Epidemiology. | 1 | EPI |
| HPMT 6426 Racial and Ethnic Disparities | PBHL 9843 | This course explores racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. Students will examine the literature on health and health care disparities; the historical and social structural determinants pertinent to the etiology of disparities; the role of genomics; and policy and programmatic strategies for reducing disparities. This course uses traditional approaches to learning (such as assigned readings, analysis, and discussion) combined with personal and group experiential learning. Students will be required to engage in active discussion of readings and to participate in service learning activities which will include preparation, reflection and practice components. Therefore students will spend time in class with instructors, online in group discussions, and as a group in the community with community based partners and instructors. | 3 | HPM |
| EPID 6335 Molecular Epidemiology | PBHL 9863 (EPI 9863) | The objective of this course is to provide conceptual and practical knowledge of the methods used in molecular epidemiology. Specifically, students will learn about: motivation and strategies for the application of molecular methods in etiologic and translational research; some novel and commonly used laboratory assays; measurement issues for biomarkers; methods used in genetic studies of complex diseases; phenotypic markers of exposure and disease; analytic issues and approaches to high dimensional data; evaluation of biomarkers for clinical use; and ethical issues specific to biospecimen banking and genetic data. | 3 | EPI |
| EPID 6336 Observational Study Design | PBHL 9873 (EPI 9873) | This course is on designs and analyses used for cohort studies and their derivatives (nested case-control studies and case-cohort studies). The first part of the course covers designs for cohort studies. Various designs will be demonstrated through examples from the literature, and issues in carrying them out will be discussed including strengths and limitations. The second part covers analyses of cohort studies, beginning with simple designs and progressing to more complex designs. The course is a mix of theory to motivate methods and hands-on application of methods to gain familiarity with the interpretation and presentation of results. SAS procedures are used for analyses of grouped data (Poisson regression using GENMOD), analyses of time-to-event data (proportional hazards regression using LIFETEST & PHREG), and analyses of repeated measures (GLM & MIXED). The course will be supplemented with exercises that give the students experience in study design and statistical analysis. | 3 | EPI |
| HBHE 6320 Drugs and Society | PBHL 9913 | This course will review the major classes of psychoactive drugs of abuse and misuse and will explore the complex relationships between psychoactive drug use and the social response to such drug use in the United States. Students will gain knowledge about the different types of psychoactive drugs of abuse and misuse in the United States and will develop an understanding of evidence based principles of substance use prevention, treatment and recovery as well as theories and principles related to reducing drug related harms, both individual and societal. | 3 | HBHE |
| COPH 6989 Doctoral Practicum | PBHL 997V | The Doctoral Practicum consists 270 hours of field experience under the joint direction of a COPH faculty member and a practicing professional with leadership experience in a public health institution. A written report specifying activities, potential products, and outcomes of the experience is required upon completion of the practicum. Instructor consent required. | 1 | CW |
| COPH 6999 Dissertation Research | PBHL 999V | The doctoral student will engage in independent research, guided by the approved dissertation committee. Prerequisites: Doctoral student standing and successful completion of qualifying examinations. | 1 | CW |
| PSGP 5122 Applied Health Econometrics | PHSC 5383 | This course is designed to provide students with training in health econometrics techniques applicable to health care data. This course starts with basic econometrics theory, followed by discussions of selected econometric techniques that are commonly used in health economics. The course emphasizes application of these techniques and uses primarily Stata. Introduction to Stata is provided. Prerequisites: Biostats I & II or permission of the instructor. | 3 | HPM |
| HPMT 6263 Patient-reported Outcomes Measurement | PHSC 5393 | This course will provide graduate students a solid grounding in patient reported outcomes (PROs) and health-related quality of life (HRQL) concepts and how to measure them. Materials will cover PRO instrument development, including psychometric and utility theory. The course will provide students hands on experience with statistical analyses and psychometric testing using SAS. It will cover how to select appropriate PRO instruments for clinical studies to comply with governmental regulatory guidance. The course also offers students opportunities to assess and evaluate literature involved with HRQL information and PRO instruments in specific diseases/conditions as well. | 3 | HPM |
| PSGP 5118 Applied Research Methods Using Retrospective Data | PSGP 5118 | This course will outfit students with the skills necessary to analyze and conduct studies using retrospective health care data with a focus on large administrative claims data such as Medicaid and private payer insurance claims. Students will use SAS to analyze actual health care data. Instruction on study design, statistical techniques, and data integrity issues specific to observational studies using these data sources will be offered. | 3 | HPM |
| PSGP 5119 Pharmacoeconomics | PSGP 5119 | | 3 | HPM |