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Epidemiology MPH Curriculum<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Epidemiology<\/strong> concentration prepares students for careers as scientific researchers, practical field investigators, health officers, research program directors and managers, and in other research areas of public health.\u00a0 Epidemiologists work closely with biostatisticians in designing and analyzing research studies.\u00a0 This concentration is designed for students who wish to acquire a thorough understanding of epidemiological methods, statistical principles, and computer software applications for practical fields of public health.\u00a0 It offers students an opportunity to acquire specific skills in designing research studies and to learn how to collect data, conduct analyses, and interpret research studies.<\/p>\n

Epidemiology Concentration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Core Courses<\/strong> (18 Credit Hours)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>
\nPHS\u00a0 501\u00a0 Public Health and Behavioral Science
\nPHS\u00a0 502\u00a0 Public Health Policy and Administration
\nPHS\u00a0 503\u00a0 Biostatistics and Computer Application
\nPHS\u00a0 504\u00a0 Environmental and Occupational Health
\nPHS\u00a0 505\u00a0 Principles of Epidemiology
\nPHS\u00a0 506\u00a0 Research and Quantitative Methods<\/p>\n

Required Concentration Courses (15 Credit Hours)<\/strong>
\nPHS\u00a0 521\u00a0 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology
\nPHS\u00a0 522\u00a0 Multivariate and Probabilistic Statistics
\nPHS\u00a0 523\u00a0 Chronic and Infectious Disease Epidemiology
\nPHS\u00a0 524\u00a0 Statistical Methods for Applied Epidemiology
\nPHS\u00a0 525\u00a0 Epidemiology of Minority and Special Populations<\/p>\n

*Elective Courses (6 Credit Hours)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Courses (3 Credit Hours)<\/strong>
\nPHS 507 Applied Master’s Project (Integrative Learning Experience)<\/p>\n

Field Experience Courses (3 Credit Hours)<\/strong>
\nPHS 508 Public Health Residency (Applied Practice Experience)<\/p>\n

\u00a0*With approval from the faculty advisor and course instructor, a student may take elective courses from other academic units at Jackson State University.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Epidemiology MPH Curriculum Epidemiology concentration prepares students for careers as scientific researchers, practical field investigators, health officers, research program directors and managers, and in other research areas of public health.\u00a0 Epidemiologists work closely with biostatisticians in designing and analyzing research studies.\u00a0 This concentration is designed for students who wish to acquire a thorough understanding of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3862,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3111\/revisions\/3862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}