University Catalog 2023-2024

Global Public Health (GPH)

GPH 201  Fundamentals of Global Public Health  (3 credit hours)  

Introduction to Public Health, providing a population-based perspective on disease and injury causation and prevention. Environmental, social, behavioral, and biological determinants of health and disease. Access to health services from a global perspective. Selected tools of disease control and health promotion and problems related to health-care delivery to society as a whole and to vulnerable populations.

Typically offered in Fall and Spring

GPH 404/ST 404  Epidemiology and Statistics in Global Public Health  (3 credit hours)  

This course will provide a general introduction to the quantitative methods used in global health, combining elements of epidemiology and biostatistics. The course will focus on linear and logistic regression, survival analysis, traditional study designs, and modern study designs. Students will learn fundamental principles in epidemiology, including statistical approaches, and apply them to topics in global public health. The course prerequisite is a B- or better in one of these courses: ST 305, ST 311, ST 350, ST 370, or ST 371. In addition, a B- or better in GPH 201 is strongly recommended.

Pre-requisite: B- or better in one of these courses: ST 305, ST 311, ST 350, ST 370, or 371

Typically offered in Fall only