MPH 601. Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (2 credit hours) This course focuses on methods used in the design and conduct of epidemiologic studies. Issues in the application of epidemiologic methods to problems in public health also are considered. Emphasis will be placed on the different types of study designs, selected analytical methods and adjustment of rates, identification and avoidance of bias and confounding, data collection instruments, and concepts of causation.

MPH 612. Health and Human Rights (2 credit hours) This course focuses on understanding the link between health and human rights, the historical context and basic understanding of human rights issues relevant to health professionals. Health and Human Rights focuses on protection, assistance, and advocacy for vulnerable populations and specifically addresses refugees, commercial sex workers, trafficking and children and other populations marginalized by age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, or religious belief. The course will provide students with practical experience in identifying and addressing specific human rights problems.

MPH 620. Food and Nutrition (2 credit hours) The course reviews the major nutrient groups, their metabolism and function through the development of a comprehensive approach to nutrition in health and illness. The student gains an appreciation of the needs of diverse groups and populations.

MPH 621. Complementary/Alternative Medicine (2 credit hours) To provide students with an overview of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) modalities within the context of their cultural environment. CAM covers a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies that mainstream Western (conventional) medicine does not commonly use, accept, study, understand, or make available.

MPH 625. Bioethics (2 credit hours) This course provides review, discussion, and the usage of philosophies which provide the underpinnings of Bioethics. The student will review and analyze the historical development of Bioethics using both inductive and deductive approaches, particularly the use of case study; and review and assess current organizational structure for assuring.

MPH 632. Introduction to Spirituality and Health (2 credit hours) This course is designed to introduce students to the shift in paradigm of the relationship between spirituality and healing. Historically, the roots of these disciplines were intertwined but the current atmosphere in the United States emphasized the separation of religion and medical care. A review of the history of the relationship between these two disciplines will be addressed with a focus on the central role that spirituality and healing have in the life of a community.

MPH 635. Reproductive Health: An Epidemiological Approach (2 credit hours) This course will provide an epidemiological approach to reproductive health. Course participants will be introduced to epidemiological and application methods to reproductive health research. A range of reproductive health issues, health conditions, and changing health service delivery strategies for women will be introduced. The course provides key indicators, which are monitored through federal, state, public and private organizations covering: socioeconomic, cultural, health, behavior, and social environments.

MPH 636. Ethnicity, Class, Politics & Disease (2 credit hours) This survey course provides students with an understanding of barriers to and opportunities for health promotion that are inherent in race or ethno-cultural formations, socio-cultural strata, and political systems and procedures. Students will analyze the historical development of political institutions, procedures and policies from a perspective of prevalent social class formations in the United States. The role of class, gender and poverty in illness and death will be examined.