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Master of Public Health (MPH) (S55)  (Dept. Info) Social Work and Public Health  (Policies) FL2023 S55 MPH 5000 Research Methods 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Focuses on evaluation at a variety of levels (individual, group, organization, community). Includes problem assessment, specification and monitoring of interventions, validation of measurement methods, and analysis and presentation of data. Corequisite: S55-5003. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 9:00A-12:00P TBA Eyler Default - none 22 3 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Eyler Default - none 22 0 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Shields Default - none 22 1 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Shields Default - none 22 1 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5001 Health Behavior & Health Promotion 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of this course is to present fundamentals of social and behavioral science as a framework for using evidence-based approaches in addressing individual, families, and population health issues. Students will learn the role of social determinants of health problems, and theoretical approaches to guide the design and evaluation of health interventions. MSW prerequisites: S15-5011 & S15-5038. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S20 3022 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Hudson Default - none 20 9 0 Actions: Books 02 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Caburnay Default - none 20 11 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5002 Epidemiology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of this course is to present fundamentals of Epidemiology as a framework for using evidence-based approaches in addressing population health issues. Students will learn the role of epidemiological approaches for describing and quantifying health problems, and methodological approaches for assessing risk factors and disease etiology. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 02 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Hobson Default - none 22 3 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 ----F-- 9:00A-12:00P Remote / SW Maddipati Default - none 22 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 ---R--- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Effah Default - none 22 2 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5003 Biostatistics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course provides an introduction to quantitative data analysis as it is applied in public health. Biostatistics is one of the core disciplines of public health; but it also provides a set of analytic tools which are used across all the other core and associated public health disciplines. This course will teach students how to think about data clearly; how to describe important characteristics of public health data; how to design, implement, and interpret basic statistical analyses which are appropriate for the research question and the characteristics of the data; and how to communicate analysis results effectively. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA An Default - none 22 0 0 Desc: Instruction in this course section will utilize R for statistical computing. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Harris Default - none 22 15 0 Desc: Instruction in this course section will utilize R for statistical computing. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 04 --W---- 5:30P-8:30P TBA Brugger Default - none 22 1 0 Desc: Instruction in this course section will utilize R for statistical computing. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 05 ---R--- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Malone Default - none 22 1 0 Desc: Instruction in this course section will utilize R for statistical computing. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5004 Health Administration & Policy 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Examines the American health care system from economic, political, and cultural perspectives. Focuses on medical care expenditures and payment, government involvement, national health insurance, and professional roles. Prerequisite: S15-5040. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S40 5742 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA McMurtry Default - none 20 11 0 Actions: Books 02 M------ 9:00A-12:00P TBA Mason Default - none 20 5 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5005 Environmental Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course presents a broad survey of the major environmental health issues facing contemporary society in first and third world countries. The course provides an overview of the interaction of the physical, psychological, and social environments of individuals in which they work and live. The course presents ecological concerns along with factors related to personal and community health. Attributes: EN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Serrano Default - none 20 13 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 ---R--- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Serrano Default - none 20 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5010 Cross-Cutting Themes in Public Health 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of this course is to introduce public health students to the crucial and timely cross-cutting themes in public health. The course will cover a range of topics, including: the role of transdisciplinary science and collaboration in the development, implementation and translation of science to the population at large; evidence-based approaches to decision making in contemporary public health practice; methods for dissemination and implementation of public health to policy and practice; the importance of health disparities to the study of public health, and the role of ethics in the profession of public health. Attributes: Instruction Type: Online Course Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 12:00P-1:00P TBA Duncan Default - none 125 12 0 Desc: This course is being taught mainly asynchoronously. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5041 Skill Lab: Grant Writing: Foundation Grants 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will provide the knowledge and specific skills to prepare a foundation grant proposal. It will examine how grantmakers operate, trends in foundation giving, the different types of foundations, how to research their interests and priorities, basic writing skills, how to build a working relationship with a foundation, elements of a strong grant proposal and customizing a grant proposal to various types of foundations. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S81 5041 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -----S- 9:00A-4:30P TBA Cameron Default - none 18 18 0 Desc: Course Dates: 9/16 & 9/23 Brown-ND Start: 8/28/2023   End: 12/8/2023 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5042 Skill Lab: Grant Writing: Government Grants 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will provide the knowledge and specific skills to research and prepare a grant proposal to a local, state or federal government funder. It will examine the different types of government funders, how to research their interests and priorities, basic writing skills, how to build a working relationship with funder staff, elements of a strong grant proposal and customizing a grant proposal to various types of government funders. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S81 5042 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 9:00A-12:00P TBA Wilke Default - none 18 10 0 Desc: This class will meet for 5 Mondays: 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, & 11/20. Brown-ND Start: 8/28/2023   End: 12/8/2023 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5060 Social Entrepreneurship 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Social entrepreneurs use innovative, market-based tools and responses to solve social and environmental problems. This interdisciplinary class attracts students from all disciplines to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skill set to apply to local and global issues. Through readings, lectures, local and international guest speakers, case studies, classroom debates, and lean startup and business model canvas techniques, students will gain meaningful insight into how to create and capture social value. Students will develop the skills to develop and pitch a social venture that fits their passions and interests in the Olin Big Idea Bounce Pitch competition that brings students together across campuses to share their ideas and compete for prize money. In addition, students will explore the role entrepreneurship and social impact investing play in the social and economic development of healthy communities both nationally and internationally. Attributes: EN: S Instruction Type: Study Abroad/Study Away Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S50 5060  B63 500T Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Cameron Default - none 18 8 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5063 Social Innovation 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Social innovation focuses attention on the ideas and solutions that create social value - as well as the processes through which people generate and capture them. This year's theme is: Community Wealth Building: co-operatives, collective entrepreneurship, worker owned businesses and trusts. Community wealth building is a bottom-up approach to economic development based on greater democratic ownership, participation, and control that we can begin to develop and scale. The goal is to create a democratic economy and displace the extractive economy. We will review the latest literature and policy documents then meet with practitioners and communities driving this work forward across our St. Louis region. We will learn and apply innovation methods like design thinking, google sprints and asset mapping. Graduate students from across campus (MSW, MPH, MBA, MSP, and more) will work together as teams to develop a pitch or policy brief applying community wealth building and shared prosperity approaches to the Greater St. Louis area. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S50 5063  B63 560J Frequency: Fall / Summer / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Cameron Default - none 18 6 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5117 Translating Epidemiology into Policy 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Policy has a well-documented, powerful and sustained effect on public health indicators. This course covers the epidemiologic basis for health policy, types of policy evidence, policy theories, study designs for understanding the effects of policy, methods of policy communication, and current controversies. Course content will be covered through readings, individual and group exercises, case studies, lectures, and discussions. Prerequisite: S55-5002 Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: S90 5117 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Brownson Default - none 16 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5121 Quantitative Methods for Health Policy Analysis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will introduce students to additional methods and topics in economic evaluation of health (health care and public health) and health services research (HSR). Students will learn the differences, strengths, and weaknesses of different approaches at a "user" level. Students will produce a project in which they focus on either the economic evaluation or HSR side to evaluate public health policies or problems. Prerequisite: S55-5120 or permission of instructor. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: S90 5121 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Brown Default - none 16 5 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5132 TPS: Global Mental Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course aims to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the current debates that are shaping Global Mental Health (GMH) in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). It examines the history of GMH, its key principles, policies and practices alongside the challenges inherent to their implementation in some of the most challenging contexts. Using practical examples of GMH interventions in the area of stigma, depression, trauma and the mental health of marginalized populations, students will be encouraged to critically engage with concepts relevant to, social work, public health, sociology and anthropology so as to reflect on the design, applicability and relevance of such interventions. Furthermore, the course will examine several key issues inherent to the field, such as the cultural validity of modern psychiatric diagnosis, as well as its research methods and assessment techniques. Guest speakers will include individuals working on the forefront of GMH application. The course is designed to compel future social workers to "think globally" but "act locally" when debating and addressing mental health issues in an international context. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S30 6215 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 5:30P-8:30P TBA Bayetti Default - none 20 20 3 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5133 Fundamentals of Mental Health for Public Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will provide an overview of the diagnosis and treatment for mental illness and other behavioral disorders for students who intend to work in the field of Public Mental Health in a non-clinical capacity. Discussions on diagnosis will outline the main clinical and public health features of each category of mental illness, including: clinical presentation; course and prognosis of illness; and basic epidemiology. Discussions on available treatments will provide theoretical and practical examples of common medical and individual/group psychosocial interventions. The last hour of each class will take the format of a class discussion focusing on a critical examination of historical and contemporary issues pertaining to public mental health. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 5:30P-8:30P TBA Bayetti Default - none 18 2 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5146 Skill Lab: Managing & Leading Teams & People 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will focus on skill sets important to the effective management of people. They will include building a culture, selecting and orienting job applicants, motivating and supporting employees, measuring work performance, and leading teams. Students will use course readings to create contexts for skill development, and will practice applying these skill sets to situations and scenarios likely to be encountered by social work managers. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Fall / Summer / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ----FS- 9:00A-5:00P TBA Gibson Default - none 18 6 0 Desc: Course dates: 11/3 & 11/4 Brown-ND Start: 8/28/2023   End: 12/8/2023 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5177 Skill Lab: Strategic Planning & Execution 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will help students gain knowledge and basic skills in strategic planning and execution. The course will include an examination of models of strategic planning; assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. developing a vision, goals, and strategies for mission achievement and then translates them into action plans, dashboards, staff and board responsibilities. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S81 5177 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -----SS 9:00A-1:00P TBA Cameron Default - none 18 9 0 Desc: Course dates: 9/30 & 10/1, 10/15 & 10/16 Brown-ND Start: 8/28/2023   End: 12/8/2023 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5230 Applied Linear Modeling 3.0 Units Lab Required Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course has controlled registration for all students. Priority is given based on degree requirements. All students who wish to enroll in this course should add themselves to the waitlist. This course has controlled registration for all students. Priority is given based on degree requirements. All students who wish to enroll in this course should add themselves to the waitlist. This course focuses on statistical modeling and analysis methods relevant to epidemiological and clinical research, as well as applied research in behavioral, social, and health sciences. A general linear models approach is taken to data analysis strategies using linear, logistic, and poisson regression, as well as ANOVA methods for repeated measures. Prerequisite: S55-5003 Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Waken Default - none 20 17 0 Desc: Instruction in this course section will utilize R for statistical computing. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. A TBA TBA [TBA] Default - none 20 17 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5240 Planning, Implementation, & Evaluation Evidence-Based Programs & Interventions (PIE) 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course focuses focusing on program evaluation, outcomes research, cost effectiveness research, methods for executing and evaluating health education intervention plans, quantitative and qualitative methods and their application to public health practice. Prerequisite: S55-5000. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Levy Default - none 20 20 3 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 --W---- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Barbier Default - none 20 20 11 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5245 Advanced Data Analysis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course has controlled registration for all students. Priority is given based on degree requirements. All students who wish to enroll in this course should add themselves to the waitlist. Students will be provided with an introduction to theory and analytical techniques commonly employed in the practice of public health through mini-lectures and a hands-on experiential learning approach. Students will work in teams to develop and conduct a project, choosing from real-world public health datasets. Mini-lectures will address theory as well as practical tools and in class exercises will be focused on application of the theories and tools. Homework will be assigned that provides students with further opportunity to gain competency in strategies that can be employed to analyze public health data. The course will also provide students with the opportunity to develop skills in data visualization strategies, conducting reproducible research, presenting projects, and effectively responding to constructive critiques. Prerequisites: S55-5002, S55-5003, S55-5230, basic competency in R, or motivation to learn R or by instructor permission. Priority is given to MPH: Epi/Bio Specializers. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Steensma Default - none 25 15 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Steensma Default - none 25 25 2 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5321 TPS: Global Hunger & Undernutrition 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course applies the transdisciplinary problem solving approach to understanding and addressing the dual problems of hunger and undernutrition globally. Agriculture, health, economics, anthropology, and other fields of discipline will be drawn upon to characterize the problem and develop the solution. Throughout the semester, students will work in one of three groups that focus on research, programming, or policy to move through the TPS process of: defining the problem; developing a conceptual framework; describing the context; identifying intervention strategies and setting priorities; integrating a communications plan; and ultimately implementing and evaluating the solution strategy. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Iannotti Default - none 20 7 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5323 TPS: Climate Change & Public Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will explore the real and potential impacts a changing climate will have on public health. The course explores methods for understanding and studying these effects as well as the role of public health (as a discipline) in planning for and mitigating potential effects. Topics covered will include, but are not limited to: theoretical underpinnings of climate change, changing patterns in infectious disease and vectors, exposure to temperature extremes, emergency response (e.g. more extreme weather events), public policy, and more. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 9:00A-12:00P TBA Steensma Default - none 20 12 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5325 TPS: Child Maltreatment Prevention 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course has controlled registration for all students. Priority is given based on degree requirements. All students who wish to enroll in this course should add themselves to the waitlist. The purpose of this course is for students to develop an understanding of transdisciplinary perspectives and apply systematic problem solving approaches to the prevention of child maltreatment. Answers to complex questions about child maltreatment requires a transdisciplinary problem-solving approach with public health, social work, and medical practitioners analyzing perspectives from diverse fields, and coming together to integrate knowledge across these disciplines. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: S30 5325 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Jonson-Reid, Drake Default - none 20 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5374 TPS: Global Reproductive Health 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course has controlled registration for all students. Priority is given based on degree requirements. All students who wish to enroll in this course should add themselves to the waitlist. This course will provide an overview of the critical issues in global reproductive health, covering basic reproductive biology and epidemiological trends related to contraceptive use, fertility, and adverse birth outcomes. Additionally, applying a solutions-based approach, we will use key theoretical frameworks and cases studies from the field to understand the influence of social, behavioral, and environmental factors on adverse reproductive health outcomes. Finally, students will be engaged in topics related to what the field has achieved thus far, including: changes in policies, laws, and development approaches; the use of new technologies; the promotion of constructive male engagement; and overall improvements in outcomes related to family planning, fertility, maternal health, violence, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV/AIDS. Obstacles to progress such as waning political commitment, trends in funding, weakened health systems, and cultural opposition, will also be discussed. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Levy Default - none 20 20 1 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5382 TPS: System Dynamics Modeling for Strategic Design 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This class focuses on the application of model-based systems thinking and system dynamics simulation modeling for strategy development in social work, public health, and social policy for the design of programs, interventions, and organizations. The course supports students to apply mathematical simulation modeling as a pragmatic tool for the design of program and policy interventions as well as organizational strategies. The course covers the foundations of the systems thinking perspective; problem scoping and definition; model structure formulation, the role of mixed methods to build confidence in models, and model-based analysis to inform design options. Application areas include organization and community practice, with examples from domestic and international settings. The course draws on methods being developed and used by the Brown School's Social System Design Lab and explores current system dynamics applications in both domestic and international settings. Prerequisites: MSW S15-5007 & S15-5040; MPH S55 5000. Attributes: EN: TU 2.00 Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S65 5660  S90 5661 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Ballard Default - none 18 13 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5550 Randomized Clinical Trials 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to randomized controlled clinical trials. Topics include types of clinical trials research (efficacy and effectiveness trials), study design, treatment allocation, randomization and stratification, quality control, analysis, sample size requirements, patient consent, data safety and monitoring plans, reporting standards, and interpretation of results. Course activities: lectures, manuscript critiques, class project, paper Course note: Students are strongly encouraged to have taken or be concurrently enrolled in M21-560. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: M19 550 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 1:00P-4:00P Taylor Ave Bldg / 2131W Stoll, Colditz, Liu Default - none 30 6 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5601 Applied Deep Learning Using Health Data 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Data are now available to social scientists in a way and quantity that has never existed before, presenting unprecedented opportunities for advancing social research and practices through state-of-the-art data analytics. On the other hand, dealing with extensive, complex, unconventional "big data" (e.g., free text, image, video/audio recording) requires revolutionary analytic tools only made available during the past decade. Artificial intelligence (AI), characterized by machine and deep learning, has become increasingly recognized as an indispensable tool in modern social and behavioral sciences. For example, AI methodologies have been applied to enhance the effectiveness of diagnosis and prediction of disease conditions, advance understanding of human development and functioning, and improve the effectiveness of data management in various social and human services. As a subdomain of AI, deep learning is based on artificial neural networks in which multiple ("deep") layers of processing are used to extract higher-level features progressively from data. This layered representation enables modeling more complex, dynamic patterns than the traditional machine learning (which sometimes are called "shallow learning" as in contrast to deep learning), which finds its utility in analyzing the "big data"-data massive in scale and "messy" to work with (e.g., unstructured texts, images, audios, and videos). This course contributes to the overarching goal of training next-generation researchers in modern data analytics. It aims to equip students with the core knowledge and essential skills to apply deep learning models to address real-world problems. Through the course, students will familiarize themselves with computer programming in data science, learn state-of-the-art deep learning models, and apply them to social and behavioral questions. In addition, one essential field of deep learning applications is assisting decision-making through identifying patterns and trends, improving prediction precision, and automating evidence collection, synthetization, and dissemination. Students who master deep learning tools will be at the frontier to leverage the power of AI in analytics and practices. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: S90 5601 Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 9:00A-12:00P TBA An Default - none 25 17 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5613 Skill Lab: Geospatial Data Analysis & Visualization for Social Policy 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: As a tool and technique for managing, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial data, Geographic Information System (GIS) has become powerful for social sciences applications, and social policy in particular. This course provides an introduction to GIS with a focus on how it may be applied to special needs in social policy, as distinct from other general fields including geology and geography. Over the course, students will learn how to generate, manage, analyze and visualize geospatial data with a social policy-related data example to guide a better social policy design and implementation. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S40 5613 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Chun Default - none 16 2 0 Desc: Course Dates: 9/7 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5701 Practicum I - MPH Program Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course provides supervised experience in application of public health techniques through work in a public health agency or other health care organization. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Han, Barbier Default - none 500 4 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Orahood Default - none 100 0 0 Desc: **This section is for Global Health Specializers only. Actions: Books S55 MPH 5702 Practicum II - MPH Program Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Practicum II for MPH Students Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Han, Stafford, Barbier Default - none 500 4 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Orahood Default - none 25 0 0 Desc: This section is for Global Health students. Actions: Books S55 MPH 5703 Practicum III - MPH Program Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Han, Stafford, Barbier Default - none 5 0 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5711 MPH Elective Practicum I Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Students must consult with their Office of Field Education advisor prior to registering for the course. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Barbier Default - none 10 1 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5800 MSW/MPH Dual Concentration Practicum I Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: MSW/MPH Dual Concentration Practicum provides learning activities that meet the accreditation requirements of both MSW and MPH accrediting bodies. Students must select a practicum site that is affiliated for both programs. Students will complete a Dual ELA to identify learning activities. A site visit and final evaluations will be used to assess student learning and provide a final grade. Prerequisite: Completion of MSW Foundation Practicum. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Stafford, Barbier Default - none 100 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5802 MSW/MPH Dual Concentration Practicum II Var. Units (max = 2.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisite: MSW/MPH Dual Concentration Practicum I Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Stafford, Barbier Default - none 100 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5811 TPS: Harm Reduction Community Practice 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will focus on the systems, policies, and programs essential for implementing harm reduction in community settings. The course will explore the rationale for implementing harm reduction services, the role of community organizing to support harm reduction services, and essential public policy changes needed to save lives and foster client self-determination through harm reduction policies and practices. MSW Pre/co-requisites: S15-5012 & S15-5039. MPH Pre/co-requisites: S55-5001 & S55-5004 Priority enrollment given to MSW Mental Health students and MPH Mental and Behavioral Health students. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: S30 5811 Frequency: Spring / Summer / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Pearson Default - none 20 18 3 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5900 CPH Exam 0.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Hobson Default - none 100 77 0 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5907 Capstone I 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of Capstone I is to prepare students for their independent integrated learning experience or capstone project. The capstone project is a student-initiated project that integrates and synthesizes selected MPH foundational and specialization competencies in a high-quality written product that demonstrates student mastery of such competencies. Capstone I aims to prepare students for the development of their capstone project by providing capstone guidelines, direction in competency selection, workshops and practice in scientific writing, proposal/outline development, and small group presentations and feedback on project ideas. This one-credit course is required of all MPH students before completion of their capstone project. Course Fee: $250. This is billed to tuition and applied to the CPH exam fee. Attributes: Instruction Type: Hybrid Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA Remote / SW Caburnay Default - none 90 80 0 Desc: This section is taught online with a combination of synchronous and asynchronous classes. PLEASE NOTE: 1st class (date TBD) and last class (date TBD) meet 12:15-2pm. A meeting room will be available on campus for students who remain on campus, upon request. Students should bring their laptops to participate in online class from the meeting room. Each week the class format may include a synchronous online lecture, an asynchronous lecture, or a zoom-based student meeting with the coursemaster (students will be assigned to meet with coursemaster at a specific time, TBD between 12-2pm). Course Fee: $250. This is billed to tuition and applied to the CPH exam fee. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5908 Capstone II 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The purpose of Capstone II is for students to draft and finalize the capstone project proposed during Capstone I. Students will work independently with regular progress meetings with the faculty instructor for their course section. Upon completion of capstone projects, students will also perform a self-learning reflection by completing an MPH competency self-assessment. Prerequisite: S55-5907. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA See Instructor / NONE [TBA] Default - none 25 6 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5910 Public Health Seminar I 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In this seminar, students will work closely with faculty members in small groups to process, systematically analyze and discuss timely, real world public health challenges and solutions. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 4:15P-5:15P TBA Duncan Default - none 14 1 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed 02 --W---- 4:15P-5:15P TBA Maddipati Default - none 14 7 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed 03 -T----- 4:15P-5:15P TBA Maddipati Default - none 14 3 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed 04 -T----- 4:15P-5:15P TBA [TBA] Default - none 14 0 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed 05 ---R--- 4:15P-5:15P TBA [TBA] Default - none 14 0 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed 06 ---R--- 4:15P-5:15P TBA [TBA] Default - none 14 0 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5925 Public Health & Urban Design Seminar I 0.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This seminar brings together students from the MPH Urban Design specialization at the Brown School and MUD students (Master of Urban Design) from the Sam Fox School of Design for a monthly exchange with faculty from both programs as well as practicing urban design specialists. Sessions will engage students in discussions and analysis of real world urban challenges, and provide the opportunity to process and apply skills from their specialization course work and experiences from their practicum and culminating experience. This seminar course is required for students in the Urban Design specialization. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ----F-- 12:00P-1:10P See Instructor / NONE Eyler Default - none 10 1 0 Desc: Class Dates TBD. Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed S55 MPH 5960 Skill Lab: Statistical Analysis: SAS 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will provide an introduction to the SAS statistical package in a Windows environment. Students will learn the basics of data management and manipulation through hands-on tutorials. Topic will include importing/exporting data, merging datasets, recoding variables, simple statistical analyses and troubleshooting. At the end of the course, students will have the skills necessary to use SAS for advanced biostatistics and epidemiology courses. Prerequisite: S55-5003, & S55-5000. This course is strongly recommended for students taking S55-5011. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 9:00A-12:00P TBA Duncan Default - none 18 11 0 Desc: This class will meet 5 times: course dates are 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19 & 9/26. Short Start: 8/28/2023   End: 9/26/2023 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5972 Skill Lab: Data Visualization 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Students from public health, computer science and design will form interdisciplinary teams to learn how health data can be analyzed and used to build prototypes, embedding visualizations to display data in clear, compelling, and engaging ways. Students will develop and apply skills and learn and use software for data management and analysis as well as information design. They will learn to work in interdisciplinary teams and learn from instructors across disciplines. Students will also gain skills in presenting and critiquing designs. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 5:30P-8:30P TBA Floros Default - none 20 14 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5976 Skill Lab: Introduction to Python for Public Health Data Analysis 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of the Python language, common Python modules for data manipulation and analysis, and Jupyter notebook environment. The course will begin with how to acquire data from publicly available sources and databases, cleansing and transformation of data, creation of descriptive statistics and graphics. The course will also introduce Python's natural language processing and machine learning modules for basic data classification and predictive modeling applications. Throughout the course, instruction and assignments will promote best practices for creating programs that can be shared and used for reproducible research. Attributes: Instruction Type: Online Hybrid Course Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P TBA Yang Default - none 18 18 3 Desc: This course will meet for 5 Tuesdays: class dates are 9/12, 9/19, 9/26, 10,3 & 10/10. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. S55 MPH 5987 Skill Lab: Strategic Healthcare Leadership 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: The goal of this course is to explore the applications of key strategic leadership principles to healthcare organizations. The Strategic Healthcare Leadership course is designed for students who aspire to leadership roles in healthcare sector organizations. Throughout the course, students will increase both their strategic thinking and leadership capacities with readings, role plays, experiential exercises, as well as self-reflection to sharpen an understanding of the complexity of the healthcare industry and how that complexity impacts effective decision making. The readings are books, case studies, and articles from the general leadership literature, and from the organizational change management literature. The course will be enriched by guest executives who join the discussion and invite you into their world. In their words and from their perspectives, you will experience what it takes to define an organization's strategy from current and former healthcare executives. Finally, the course will provide an opportunity to reflect upon and apply principles learned throughout the course with a small group final project/paper that analyzes what they have learned about strategic leadership in the course. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 5:30P-8:30P TBA [TBA] Default - none 18 12 0 Desc: This course is being taught by Vincent Nelson. The Class will meet 5 Thursdays on the following dates: 9/7 & 9/21, 10/12 & 10/26, & 11/9. Short Start: 9/7/2023   End: 11/9/2023 Actions: Books S55 MPH 5988 Skills Lab: Using Publicly Available Global Health Data in Epidemiology and Biostatistics 1.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This skill lab will provide practical variable operationalization, preliminary descriptive analysis, and analysis protocol writing skills that are relevant for students who are: (1) completing independent research projects (i.e., MPH capstone, research practicum, etc.), (2) seeking a data-driven global health career using complex and nationally representative household surveys, and (3) developing the skills to analyze the major causes of morbidity and mortality in low and middle income countries. Students will learn how to access publicly available global health datasets (i.e., Demographic and Health Surveys) commonly used by data scientists and epidemiologists to inform the policies, programs, and services of national health ministries and international health organizations. Students will then gain mastery of statistical and methodological considerations for handling complex survey data by understanding the principles of multistage sampling and probability. Students will increase confidence in developing pragmatic research questions that can be addressed using publicly available global health datasets and exploring data and statistical issues that require reformulation of research questions: missingness, low cell sizes, skip logic patterns, non-response, etc. The course instructor will systematically guide students through important stages of research question formulation, data access, preliminary data analysis, and descriptive statistics. The final project will be a 5 -page, double spaced, APA-style research analysis protocol consisting of research question and rationale (1 page), dataset description (0.5 page), descriptive statistics table (1 page), feasibility of addressing the research question (0.5 page), variable operationalization (1 page), and analytical plan for further descriptive or inferential statistics (1 page, completing the full analysis is not required). Overall, this course will equip students in independently answering a variety of research questions using publicly available global health datasets. Attributes: Instruction Type: Online Course Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 5:30P-8:30P Remote / SW Vahedi Default - none 18 16 0 Desc: This class will meet for 5 Wenesdays: 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, & 9/27. Actions: Books S55 MPH 6000 Foundations of Field Education MPH 0.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This workshop is designed to provide students with the information needed for the practicum/internship search, interview, and selection process. Students will learn the steps for securing a practicum/internship. In addition, they will create a personal rubric for choosing a practicum site. Students will also have the opportunity to ask questions of members of the field education team. After the workshop, students will be required to follow up with a field advising appointment to discuss their practicum/internship search process. This is a required course for all students prior to entering practicum. Attributes: Instruction Type: Online Course Grade Options: P Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Orahood, Barbier Default - none 16 0 0 Desc: This section is for Global Health Specializers only. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 TBA TBA Orahood, Barbier Default - none 16 0 0 Desc: This section is for Global Health specializers only. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 TBA TBA Stafford, Barbier Default - none 16 0 0 Desc: This section is for joint degree students only. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use.