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Prior MPH Curriculum

Environmental Health concentration

Course Sequence for Full-Time Students

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 MPH Core: Topics in Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 MPH Core: Topics in Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 MPH Core: Topics in Epidemiology 3
PHEO 605 Chemical Hazard Exposure 3
PHEO 630 Environmental & Occupational Diseases1 3
Total Credit Hours 15

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 639 Hazardous Materials Management Compliance 3
PHEO 650 Risk Assessment I  3
  Approved Elective Option2 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)3 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 674 Environmental & Occupational Health Research Methods 3
  Approved Elective Option2 3
 

Approved Elective Option2

 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone)4 3
 PHEO 645 Health & Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites 3
 

Approved  Elective Option2

 3
Total Credit Hours 9

MPH Curriculum

1 May be taken in the fall or spring.

2 Maximum of 4 electives, must be approved by advisor in advance.

3 Offered every semester; requires completion of MPH Core coursework (SOPH 601, 602, 603).

4 Requires completion of practicum prior to start of course; only offered in the spring.

Occupational Safety and Health concentration

Curriculum

Course Sequence for Full-Time Students

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 MPH Core: Topics in Health Behavior

3
SOPH 602 MPH Core: Topics in Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 MPH Core: Topics in Epidemiology 3
PHEO 678 Occupational Biomechanics 3
PHEO 618 Occupational Safety1 3
Total Credit Hours 15

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 640 Industrial Hygiene 3
PHEO 655 Human Factors and Behavior-Based Safety 3
PHEO 679 Ergonomics of the Upper Extremities 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)2 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEO 630 Environmental and Occupational Diseases 3
PHEO 674 Environmental and Occupational Health Research Methods 3
  Approved Elective Option3 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum

1 May be taken in the fall or spring. 

2 Offered every semester; requires completion of MPH Core coursework (SOPH 601, 602, 603).

3 Maximum of 2 electives, must be approved by advisor in advance.

4 Requires completion of practicum prior to start of cpurse; only offered in the spring. 
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone)4 3
PHEO 645 Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites (or approved PHEO elective)3 3
PHEO 682 Industrial and System Safety 3
Total Credit Hours 9
*Maximum of two Elective Courses  

Health Behavior concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 MPH Core: Topics in Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 MPH Core: Topics in Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 MPH Core: Topics in Epidemiology1 3
HBEH 603 Social & Behavioral Determinants of Health 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 605 Research Methods 3
HBEH 611 Program Planning 3
HBEH 610 Needs Assessment 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
  Approved Elective2 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
HBEH 684 Applied Practicum Experience (Practicum)3 3
HBEH 613 Program Evaluation 3
HBEH 637 Program Management and Leadership 3
  Approved Elective2 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum

1 Able to be taken in the first spring semester.

2 Maximum of 4 electives, must be approved by advisor in advance.

3 Offered every semester; requires completion of MPH Core coursework (SOPH 601, 602, 603).

4 Requires completion of practicum prior to start of course; only offered in the spring. 
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone)4 3
  Approved Elective2 3
  Approved Elective2 3
Total Credit Hours 9

 

Epidemiology concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 Epidemiology1 3
PHEB 602 Biostatistics I 3
PHEB 605 Epidemiological Methods I 3
Total Credit Hours 15

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 603 Biostatistics II2 3
PHEB Epidemiological Methods II2 3
PHEB 612 Data Management & Computing2 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)3 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 609 Categorical Data Analysis4 3
Elective or PHEB 6xx Approved Elective5 or Epidemiology Content Course* 3
Elective or PHEB 6xx Approved Elective5 or Epidemiology Content Course* 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum

1 Able to be taken in the first spring semester.

2 Course is only offered in the spring.

3 Offered every semester; requires completion of MPH Core coursework (SOPH 601, 602, 603).

4 Course is only offered in the fall.

5 Epidemiology or other SPH departments may be taken to fulfill Elective requirement. For course outside SPH, students should email academic advising at sph-gradadvising@tamu.edu.

6 Requires completion of practicum prior to start of course; only offered in the spring. 
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 6xx Epidemiology Content Course* 3
 SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone)6 3
 Elective Approved Elective5 3
Total Credit Hours 9
* List of Epidemiology content courses:
  • PHEB 606: Survival Analysis
  • PHEB 613: Field of Epidemiology Methods
  • PHEB 615: Disaster Epidemiology 
  • PHEB 617: Research Integrity, Transparency and Reproducibility
  • PHEB 618: Spatial Epidemiology
  • PHEB 619: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • PHEB 620: Cancer Epidemiology
  • PHEB 621: Foundations Maternal Child Health
  • PHEB 624: Social Epidemiology
  • PHEB 627: Chronic Disease Epidemiology
  • PHEB 632: Global Health Epidemiology
  • PHEB 634: Enviromental Epidemiology

Biostatistics concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 Thinking in Populations: The Public Health Mindset 2
SOPH 602 Investigation and Control: Acute Public Health Events 3
SOPH 603 Assessment and Intervention: Wicked Problems in Public Health 3
PHEB 602 Biostatistics I 3
Total Credit Hours 11

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 604 Framing and Persuasion: Public Health in the Public Sphere 1
PHEB 603 Biostatistics II (only offered in the spring) 3
PHEB 605 Epidemiological Methods I 3
PHEB 612 Data Management & Computing 3
Total Credit Hours 10

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) Offered Every Semester a 3
Total Credit Hours 3

a Practicum and Capstone can be either concurrent or subsequent. Capstone is only offered in the Spring Semester.
b This course can also be taken in the second summer.

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 609 Categorical Data Analysis (Only offered in the fall) 3
PHEB 606 Survival Analysis b 3
Elective Elective I 3
Elective Elective (STAT) 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 614 Analysis of Longitudinal & Multilevel Data 3
 SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone) 3
 Elective Elective II 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHEB 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) – If not completed in 1 st Year Summer 3
PHEB 606 Survival Analysis (* required if it is not completed in the first summer) 3
Total Credit Hours 3 or 6
*Students can register for PHEP 684 practicum in any semester after they complete the required courses: PHEB 605, PHEB 602, PHEB 603 and PHEB 612.
Elective Options: Courses from EPI or other SPH departments may be taken. For courses outside SPH, please get approval from your departmental coordinator.
Concentration Courses: Include PHEB 603, PHEB 609, PHEB 610, PHEB 612 and PHEB 6xx. 
*NOTE: It is very important to stay on the course sequence to avoid conflicts in your class schedule. Many of our courses are offered once a year with only one section. Following this course sequence will help to avoid delays in graduation.
List of Epidemiology content or elective courses:
  • PHEB 613: Field of Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 615: Disaster Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 618: Spatial Epidemiology (Classroom)
  • PHEB 619: Infectious Disease EPI
  • PHEB 620: Cancer Epidemiology
  • PHEB 621: Foundations Maternal Child Health
  • PHEB 624: Social Epi (Online)
  • PHEB 627: Chronic Disease (Classroom)
  • PHEB 689: Environmental Epidemiology
  • PHEB 689: R programming (Online)
  • PHEB 689: Research Integrity
  • PHEB 689: Introduction of Survey Research
  • PHEB 689: Global Health Epidemiology
  • PHEB 689: Epidemiological Studies in Latinx Populations
  • PHEB689: Causal Inference for Observational Studies

Health Policy and Management concentration

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 601 MPH Core: Topics in Health Behavior 3
SOPH 602 MPH Core: Topics in Health Policy and Management 3
SOPH 603 MPH Core: Topics in Epidemiology1 3
PHPM 605 Introduction to Health Policy & Management 3
Total Credit Hours 12

Spring

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 614 Strategic Planning and Marketing I 3
PHPM 640 Health Policy and Politics 3
PHPM 623 Health Care Financial Management 3
PHPM 625 OR PHPM 637 Management Strategies for Public Health Organizations OR Political Foundations of Health Policy  3
Total Credit Hours 12

Summer

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 684 Applied Practice Experience (Practicum)2 3
Total Credit Hours 3

Fall

MPH Curriculum
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
PHPM 661 Introduction to Health Economics 3
PHPM 633 Health Law and Ethics 3
  Approved Elective3 3
Total Credit Hours 9

Spring

MPH Curriculum

1 Able to be taken in the first spring semester.

2 Offered every semester; requires completion of MPH Core coursework (SOPH 601, 602, 603)

3 Health Policy and Management or other SPH departments may be taken to fulfill Elective requirement. For courses outside SPH, students should email academic advising at sph-gradadvising@tamu.edu.

4 Requires completion of practicum prior to start of course; only offered in the spring. 
Course Number Course Name Credit Hours
SOPH 680 Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone)4 3
  Approved Elective3 3
  Approved Elective3 3
Total Credit Hours 9