Courses by department
Biostatistics
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Epidemiology
Health Behavior and Health Education
Health Policy and Administration
Maternal and Child Health
Nutrition
Public Health Leadership Program
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Course clusters
If you are looking for classes to constitute a minor or concentration, an
opportunity to further develop your skills or a chance to get to know students
from other departments, the groups of courses listed below are a good place to
start. Each cluster represents some of the SPH courses in which the cluster
topic is a major focus. Please check specific course information for
prerequisites and accessibility and courses listings for additional offerings
on each topic.
(We welcome your suggestions for new clusters or courses to be added or moved and thank for your input!)
Genetics
Geriatrics
Global health
Health disparities
Qualitative methods
Government policy
Ethics
Health communications
Genetics
BIOS 781 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics
BIOS 781 Statistical Methods in Human Genetics
BIOS
783 Statistical methods in Quantitative Genetics
EPID 743 Genetic
Epidemiology: Methods and Applications
NUTR 855 Advanced
Nutritional Biochemistry: Nutritional Genetics
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Geriatrics
EPID 604 Aging and Health
HPAA 455 Long-term
Care and Aging Policy Issues
HPAA 456 Geriatric
Health and Medical Care
NUTR 615 Nutrition
in the Elderly
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Global health
The Global Health Certificate provides a
list of courses on this topic.
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Health disparities
The Health Disparities Certificate program site provides
a list of courses on this topic.
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Qualitative methods
HBHE 753 Qualitative
Evaluation and Research Methods
HPAA 886 Qualitative Methods in
Health Services Research
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Government policy
ENVR 785 Public
Investment theory
HBHE 753 Qualitative
Evaluation and Research Methods
HPAA 662 Health and Population Policy and Program
Development
HPAA 455 Long-Term Care and Aging Policy Issues
MHCH 730 Reproductive
Health Policy
MHCH 705 International
Family Planning
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Ethics
The Ethics Certificate provides a
list of courses on this topic.
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Health communications
The Certificate in Health Communications provides a
list of courses on this topic.
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Prospective Students 
The School of Public Health
offers a wide array of courses in which students develop the knowledge,
skills and critical thinking they will need to succeed as public health
researchers, advocates, academics, administrators, and much more. Below is course information by department and by course cluster.