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Course ID	Course
FPM 258A	Public Health Doctoral Lecture Series I
FPM 258B	Public Health Doctoral Lecture Series II
FPM 258C	Public Health Doctoral Lecture Series III
FPM 259A	Applied Epidemiology: Data Analysis
FPM 259B	Applied Epidemiology: Scientific Writing This course is the second in a series of three courses in applied epidemiology. At the end of this series, you will have selected a research question, analyzed data to address that question (259A), written a paper suitable for journal submission (259B), and given two presentations based on your results (259C). Data from the Rancho Bernardo Study and/or one of the affiliated minority cohorts will be utilized for this project. Each student will have an assigned faculty advisor to assist in the project.
FPM 276	Health Behavior Interventions I
FPM 278	Scale Development
FPM 280A	Health Behavior Practicum I
FPM 280B	Health Behavior Practicum II - Analytic
FPM 280C	Health Behavior Practicum III - Scientific Writing
MED 231	Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
PH 601 (Fall and Spring)	Epidemiology Distribution and determinants of diseases; role of epidemiology in public health. Descriptive, analytic and experimental epidemiology. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
PH 603 (Spring)	Behavioral and Social Science in Public Health Role of psychological, social and environmental variables in health and illness. Multifactorial psychosocial model of disease susceptibility. Prerequisites: Psychology 316, 340, and Sociology 436.
PH 627 (Fall and Spring)	Advanced Statistical Methods in Public Health Applications of advanced statistical methods for analysis of public health and biomedical data. Topics include multiple linear regression, analysis of variance, logistic regression, and introduction to survival analysis. Prerequisite: Public Health 602
PH 628 (Fall)	Multvariate Statistics Statistical methods for multivariate problems in public health including regression diagnostics, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, principal components, multivariate discrete analysis and Poisson regression. Computer applications included. Prerequisite: Public Health 627 Units: 3
PH 649 (Spring)	Border and Global Public Health Surveillance Data sources for border and global surveillance, including hospital system syndromic data. Methods of data quality control, data analysis, and alerting and communication of information. Prerequisites: Public Health 601 and 602. Units: 3
PH 682 (Fall)	Geographic Information Systems and Public Health Spatial Analysis Two lectures and two hours of activity. Theoretical concepts of geographic information systems (GIS) and applications of GIS in public health. ArcGIS 9 software to illustrate the capabilities and uses of GIS in both academic research and regulatory decision making. Prerequisites: Public Health 601 and 602
PH 700A (Fall)	Seminar in Public Health Concentration: Maternal and Child Health Investigation of current problems in one of the fields of public health. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit nine units of Public Health 700 applicable to a master’s degree. These units may be in a single concentration area or any of the public health concentration areas. Prerequisites: Public Health 601, 602, and 603 Units: 3
PH 700A (Fall)	Seminar in Public Health Concentration: Migration and Global Health Investigation of current problems in one of the fields of public health. May be repeated with new content. See Class Schedule for specific content. Maximum credit nine units of Public Health 700 applicable to a master’s degree. These units may be in a single concentration area or any of the public health concentration areas. Prerequisites: Public Health 601, 602, and 603 Units: 3
PH 780 (Fall)	Global Health I Principles of global health. Challenges of urbanization and migration to include demography; main causes of morbidity and mortality, including infectious agents; reproductive health; cultural diversity; and global preparedness. Prerequisites: Public Health 601 and 602 Units: 3
PH 781 (Spring)	Global Health II Global health to include trends and impacts of chronic physical and mental disease; infectious diseases of global importance; nutritional status and disease patterns; resource constrained environments, and design of international health organizations and systems. Prerequisite: Public Health 780. Units: 3
PH 800 (Fall)	Seminar Fall Seminar Title: Professional Seminar in Public Health Investigation of a particular topic or issue, emphasis on empirical research; topic to be announced in the Class Schedule. Maximum credit nine units applicable to a doctoral degree. Prerequisite: Admission to the doctoral program. Units: 1-9 over the course of two semesters
PH 800 (Spring)	Seminar Sprgin Seminar Title: Global Health Investigation of a particular topic or issue, emphasis on empirical research; topic to be announced in the Class Schedule. Maximum credit nine units applicable to a doctoral degree. Prerequisite: Admission to the doctoral program. Units: 1-9 over the course of two semesters
PH 850 (Fall)	Global Health Practicum An international research activity, program evaluation, participation in a multinational organization internship, or field work with government or non-governmental organizations. This practicum is required for completion of the Ph.D. in global health under supervision of program directors. Prerequisites: Public Health 781, 800, 880. Units: 3
PH 850 (Spring)	Global Health Practicum An international research activity, program evaluation, participation in a multinational organization internship, or field work with government or non-governmental organizations. This practicum is required for completion of the Ph.D. in global health under supervision of program directors. Prerequisites: Public Health 781, 800, 880. Units: 3
PH 880 (Spring)	Seminar: Program Planning and Evaluation in International Settings Theory and skills to evaluate research and service programs in international settings to include methods in program planning and evaluation, distinctions between research and evaluation, special considerations in cross-cultural settings, and transadaptation of planning and evaluation materials. Prerequisite: Public Health 780 Units: 3