BIOS 603 (3) Introduction to Biostatistics (Dr. Shankar)
Introduction to statistical methodology in the health field. Topics include presentation of data, descriptive statistics, concepts of probability, estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, correlation and the analysis of attribute data.

CHSC 603 (2) Health Behavior and Risk Reduction (Dr. Steinmann)
An overview of the contribution of the social and behavioral sciences to health behavior. The course includes examples from the intervention levels of health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention.

ENHS 603 (3) Survey of Environmental Health Issues (Dr. Abdelghani)
Major environmental health problems, including water quality, wastewater, occupational health, trace elements in the environment, municipal and hazardous waste, food protection, vector control and air quality are discussed.

EPID 603 (3) Epidemiology Methods (Dr. Kissinger)
This course covers the basic methods and issues involved in measuring and interpreting patterns of disease frequency in populations. Special emphasis is placed on the calculation and interpretation of crude, adjusted, ratio and excess measures of disease frequency, the use of secondary data sources, disease surveillance, screening, investigations of disease clusters, descriptive epidemiology and ecologic analysis.

HSMG 603 (2) Principles of Health Administration (Dr. Hughes)
Concepts and principles of management as they are applied in the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, controlling and evaluating in health services organizations. Includes study of managerial roles, styles, activities and decision making, as well as the relationship between management and organizational effectiveness.

BIOS 604 (3) Intermediate Biostatistics (Dr. Shankar)
This course extends the methods learned in 603. Topics include linear regression, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance and logistic regression.

EPID 695 (3) Experimental Clinical Research (Dr. Sherwin)

HMGN 708 (4) Introduction to Molecular Genetics (Dr. Hoyle)
This course provides intensive coverage of molecular biology as well as how molecular techniques are used to understand genomics and gene expression in health and disease states. The classes cover a diverse array of molecular applications and theory including, but not limited to, DNA and RNA structure, blotting, hybridization, endonuclease restriction, RFLP's, VNTR's, satellite DNA, cloning, DNA libraries, vectors, PCR, transformation, transfection, and transduction, cell culture, cell hybrids, posttranslation processing, cell cycle theory, and gene therapy.

GPTH 703 (3) Molecular Medicine (Dr. Hoyle/Dr. Leung)

MCBP 777-02 (3) Molecular Basis of Disease (Dr. Awayda)

BIOS 740 (3) Clinical Trials (Dr. Mather)
Topics include preparation of protocols, definition of objectives, population, treatment and endpoints, selection of appropriate study designs and analysis of data. Content areas include cancer, cardiovascular and pediatric diseases.

EPID 644 (2) Mentored Clinical Research Project I
This course is specifically designed for students in the Clinical Research MPH program. Each student will have one mentor from the Executive Master's Program and one mentor from the student's home institution. During the two semesters of this course the student will develop a research design, design an appropriate study, implement the study and document the results for publication. Students will interact with their mentors on a regular basis.

EPID 645 (2) Mentored Clinical Research Project II

Additional course

EPID 647 (1) Topics in Clinical Medicine (Various Faculty)