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BUSPH All Courses Taught
The course descriptions below are correct to the best of our knowledge. Instructors reserve the right to update and/or otherwise alter course descriptions as necessary after publication. The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course's being offered in a particular semester. The Course Rotation Guide lists the expected semester a course will be taught. Paper copies are also available in the BUSPH Registrar's office. Please refer to the published schedule of classes for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

BS 401 Survey in Biostatistical Methods
BS 701 Elementary Biostatistics
BS 703 Biostatistics
BS 704 Introduction to Biostatistics
BS 720 Introduction to R: software for statistical computing environment
BS 722 Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
BS 723 Introduction to Statistical Computing
BS 728 Public Health Surveillance,a Methods Based Approach
BS 735 Quantitative Methods in Public Health Surveillance
BS 771 Topics in Biostatistics
BS 775 Applications of Statistical Methods in Clinical Research
BS 805 Intermediate Statistical Computing and Applied Regression Analysis
BS 810 Meta-Analysis for Public Health & Medical Research
BS 820 Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis
BS 821 Categorical Data Analysis
BS 822 Advanced Methods in Statistical Computing
BS 830 Design and Analysis of Microarray Experiments and Next Generation Sequencing
BS 845 Applied Statistical Modeling and Programming in R
BS 850 Advanced Statistical Methodology for the Computational Biosciences
BS 851 Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials I
BS 852 Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
BS 853 Generalized Linear Models with Applications
BS 854 Bayesian Methods in Clinical Trials
BS 855 Bayesian Modeling for Biomedical Research & Public Health
BS 857 Anlys Corr Data
BS 858 Statistical Genetics I
BS 859 Applied Genetic Analysis
BS 860 Statistical Genetics II
BS 861 Applied Statistics in Clinical Trials II
BS 980 Continuing Study in Biostatistics
EH 708 Introduction to Environmental Health
EH 710 Physiologic Principles for Public Health
EH 713 Molecular Biology and Public Health
EH 714 Public Health Response to Emergencies
EH 717 Foundations of Environmental Health
EH 735 The Environmental Determinants of Infectious Diseases
EH 745 Wastewater and Health/Sustainable Sanitation
EH 750 Water Quality and Public Health
EH 757 Environmental Epidemiology
EH 765 Survey of Environmental Health
EH 768 Introduction to Toxicology
EH 771 Topics in Environmental Health
EH 780 Great Calamities and Their Consequences for Public Health
EH 783 Applying Public Health Skills in the Community
EH 790 Professional Writing in Environmental Health
EH 804 Exposure Assessment
EH 805 Environmental Health Science, Policy and Law
EH 806 Development and the Environment
EH 807 Urban Environmental Health
EH 810 Surveillance Methods and Applications in Environmental Health
EH 811 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Public Health
EH 818 The Built Environment: Design Solutions for Public Health
EH 840 Intermediate Toxicology
EH 866 Risk Assessment Methods
EH 914 Environmental Health Doctoral Seminar
EH 980 Continuing Study Fee in Environmental Health
EP 711 Introduction to Epidemiology
EP 712 Epidemiologic Methods
EP 713 Introduction to Epidemiology
EP 721 Survey Methods for Public Health
EP 730 Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
EP 740 Introduction to Epidemiology of Aging
EP 745 Pharmacoepidemiology
EP 751 Cardiovascular Epidemiology
EP 752 Cancer Epidemiology
EP 753 Cancer Prevention as a Public Health Problem
EP 755 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
EP 758 Nutritional Epidemiology
EP 759 Reproductive Epidemiology
EP 762 Clinical Epidemiology
EP 763 Genetic Epidemiology
EP 764 The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the Developed and Developing World
EP 765 Epidemiology of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
EP 771 Topics in Epidemiology
EP 775 Social Epidemiology
EP 780 Epidemiology of Diabetes and Its Complications
EP 784 The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in the Developed and Developing World
EP 800 Microbes and Methods: Selected Topics in Outbreak Investigation
EP 813 Intermediate Epidemiology
EP 815 Epidemiologic Modeling
EP 817 A Guided Epidemiology Study
EP 830 Drug Epidemiology
EP 854 Advanced Epidemiology (formerly Modern Epidemiology)
EP 855 Advanced Epidemiology Seminar: Issues in Study Design
EP 857 Design and Conduct of Cohort Studies
EP 858 Design and Conduct of Case-Control Studies
EP 915 Research Methodology and Medical Literature
EP 980 Continuing Study
IH 701 Principles of International Health
IH 702 Skills in Critical Analysis and Evidence Based Writing for Public Health Professionals
IH 703 Global Public Health: History, Approaches and Practices
IH 704 International Public Health and Medical Care: A Systems Approach
IH 707 Kenya Field Practicum in Public Health and Environment
IH 715 Antiretroviral Program Management and Adherence Issues in Low-Resource Settings
IH 719 Community Based Health and Development
IH 720 Social and Behavioral Sciences in International Public Health
IH 731 Leadership & Negotiations
IH 733 Managing Teams and Groups for the New or Emerging Leader
IH 735 Gender, Sexuality, Power, & Inequity in International Health
IH 737 Organizational Behavior: Developing Global Leadership Skills
IH 738 Negotiating with Positive Power
IH 741 International Health Consultation Techniques
IH 742 Medical Anthropology in Public Health
IH 743 Implementing Health Programs in Developing Countries: Making Programs Work
IH 744 Program Design for International Health
IH 745 Monitoring and Evaluation of International Health Programs
IH 752 The Effect of Gender on Men's Health: A Global Perspective
IH 753 Beyond Reproductive Health: International Women's Health
IH 755 Managing Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
IH 757 Fighting Corruption Through Accountability & Transparency
IH 758 Mental Health in Disaster Settings
IH 762 Essentials of Economics and Finance for International Health
IH 764 Social Determinants: Impacts and Responses to the AIDS Pandemic
IH 766 Reproductive & Sexual Health in Disaster Settings
IH 770 Poverty, Health, and Development
IH 771 Topics in International Health
IH 772 Three Week Pilot, Summer Institute in International Health
IH 773 Financial Management for International Health
IH 777 International Health Culminating Experience Seminar
IH 778 Four Week Pilot, Summer Institute in International Health
IH 781 Nutrition and Public Health in Lower Income Countries
IH 790 Leading Organizations to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Health
IH 792 Capacity, Cost & Need: Balancing the Equation Â? A Quantitative Exercise in Health Systems Planning and Analysis
IH 795 Global AIDS Epidemic: Social & Economic Determinants, Impact, & Responses
IH 800 Clinical development of a new medicinal: A case study about licensing a new vaccine for the developing world
IH 802 Leading Community Health Initiatives: Medicine and Public Health as Partners
IH 803 Antimicrobial Resistance: Facing a Future without Effective Medicines?
IH 805 Controversies in Global Control and Eradication of Infectious Diseases
IH 808 Research Proposal Development: A Practical Approach to Team Grant Writing
IH 809 Essential Quantitative Techniques in Population Analysis for Public Health
IH 811 Applied Research Methods in International Health
IH 820 Global Issues in Pharmaceutical Policy and Programming
IH 854 From Data to Dashboards: Building Excel Skills to Support Health Program Decisions
IH 866 Current Controversies in International Public Health
IH 870 Managing Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
IH 871 Advanced Topics in International Health
IH 880 Confronting non-communicable diseases in the developing world: the burden, costs and health systems challenges
IH 881 Evidence-Based Program Design for Reproductive Health
IH 883 Reproductive Health Programming in Developing Countries
IH 885 Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Health
IH 887 Planning and Managing Maternal and Child Health Programs in Developing Countries
IH 888 Seminar on International Health Policy Issues
IH 890 Quantitative Methods & Modeling for Public Health Decision Making
LW 707 Essentials of Public Health Law
LW 709 Healthcare Rationing: Medicine, Markets and Morals
LW 719 Essentials of Public Health Law
LW 721 Introduction to Human Rights and Health
LW 725 Ethical Issues in Medicine and Public Health
LW 739 Jewish Bioethics
LW 740 Health and Human Rights
LW 751 Public Health Law
LW 800 Genetics, Law and Public Health
LW 825 Ethical Dimensions of Public Health Policy
LW 830 Health Insurance, Health Reform and the Law
LW 840 Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights
LW 850 Legal Strategies to Reduce Health Risks
LW 854 Mental Health Law
LW 951 Directed Studies in Health Law, Bioethics, & Human Rights
MC 705 Safer Sex in the City: from science to policy
MC 725 Women, Children and Adolescents: A Public Health Approach
MC 759 Perinatal Epidemiology
MC 763 Maternal and Child Health Policy Making
MC 770 Children with Special Health Care Needs
MC 771 Topics in MCH
MC 775 Health Disparities And Vulnerable Populations
MC 782 Women and Substance Use
MC 785 Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy
MC 786 Immigrant Family Health: Public Health Across Borders
MC 795 Adolescent Health: Understanding Public Health Risk and Opportunity
MC 800 Preventing Mental Health Disorders Among Women, Children, and Adolescents: A Life Course Perspective
MC 802 Implementing Community Health Initiatives: A Field-based Course in Leadership and Consultation
MC 810 Community Based Needs Assessment
MC 815 Sexual and Reproductive Health Advocacy: Culture, Science, and Politics
MC 820 Planning and Program Development
MC 825 Maternal and Child Health Research and Evaluation
MC 831 Infant, Child, & Adolescent Mental Health: Integrating Developmental Science and Public Health
MC 840 Women and Health Policy: Gender, Evidence, and Politics
MC 845 Perinatal Health Services
MC 850 Seminar in MCH Programs & Policies
MC 931 Directed Studies in Maternal and Child Health
PH 510 Introduction to Public Health
PH 511 Pathogens, Poverty, and Populations: An Introduction to International Health
PH 709 The Biology of Public Health
PH 710 Public Health Information and Communications Systems
PH 805 The Role of Human and Environmental Factors in Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
PH 825 The Role of Human and Environmental Factors in Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases
PH 850 Social and Cultural Factors Affecting the Health of Populations
PH 851 Needs Assessment
PH 852 Research Methods for Public Health Practice
PH 853 Health Program Development and Management
PH 854 Program and Policy Evaluation
PH 855 Analytic Methods for Public Health Practice
PH 856 Law & Ethics for Public Health Leaders
PH 857 Health Economics and Financial Management for Public Health
PH 858 Cases in Public Health Management
PH 860 DrPH Leadership Seminar
PH 866 Public Health Leadership Seminar
PH 986 DrPH Practicum
PH 990 Continuing Study in DrPH Program
PM 702 Introduction to Health Policy and Management
PM 721 Organizational Behavior in Health Care
PM 733 Health Program Management
PM 734 Principles of Non-Profit Accounting
PM 735 Health Care Finance
PM 736 Human Resource Management in Public Health
PM 741 Consultation Techniques
PM 742 Introduction to Pharmaceuticals
PM 744 Introduction to Health Facility Planning & Design
PM 752 Disability & Public Health
PM 755 The Shape of Health Care Delivery
PM 758 Introduction to Mental Health Services
PM 771 Topics in Health Policy & Management
PM 776 Managerial Skills for Problem Solving
PM 780 Introduction to Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Leaders
PM 807 Introduction to Cost Effectiveness Analysis
PM 810 Introduction to American Government for Public Health Students
PM 811 Health Services Research and Methods
PM 814 Contemporary Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Health Services Research
PM 815 Statistical Methods for Health Services Research
PM 818 Health Information Technology
PM 821 Advanced Health Services Research Methods
PM 824 Theory & Research on Organizations
PM 826 Health, Illness, and the Use of Health Services
PM 827 Strategic Management of Healthcare Organizations
PM 828 Advanced Seminar in Qualitative Research Methods for Health Services Research
PM 830 Developing Patient-Based Health Status and Outcomes Measures
PM 832 Operations Management in Health Care
PM 833 Health Economics
PM 834 Health Regulation and Planning
PM 835 Lean Management
PM 836 Survey of Managed Care
PM 837 Evaluating Health Care Quality
PM 838 Politics and Public Policy
PM 840 Analysis of Current Health Policy Issues
PM 842 Health Economics for Health Services Research
PM 850 Organizing for Health System Change
PM 855 Cost Effectiveness Analysis and Decision Analysis
PM 940 Health Policy and Management Culminating Experience
PM 980 Continuing Study in Health Services Research
SB 710 Nutrition and Public Health
SB 715 Teaching Public Health
SB 721 Social and Behavioral Sciences for Public Health
SB 730 Stress as a Public Health Problem
SB 732 Nutrition, Aging, and the Elder Population
SB 733 Mass Communication and Public Health
SB 750 Preventing Intimate Partner Violence
SB 751 Sexual Violence: Public Health Perspectives in Intervention and Prevention
SB 771 Topics in Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health
SB 780 Social Factors in Mental Health and Illness
SB 800 The Obesity Epidemic: Moving from Individual to Environmental and Policy Approaches for Promoting Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
SB 802 Public Health and Women: Social and Behavioral Approaches
SB 805 Race, Ethnicity, and Health
SB 806 Communications Strategies for Public Health
SB 807 The Health of LGBT Populations
SB 808 Merging Clinical & Population-Based Perspectives in Public Health Practice: Tension & Resolution
SB 809 Intervention design and development to reduce health disparities
SB 813 Web-based Health Communication Strategies for Public Health Interventions
SB 818 Qualitative Research Methods
SB 820 Assessment and Planning for Health Promotion
SB 821 Intervention Strategies for Health Promotion
SB 822 Quantitative Methods for Program Evaluation
SB 829 Intervention Design and Implementation to Reduce Health Disparities
SB 833 Designing and Implementing a Public Health Communication Campaign
SB 840 Writing for Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences
SB 860 Strategies for Public Health Advocacy
SB 888 Proposal Development in Advanced Intervention and Evaluation Research