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MPH in Epidemiology

In this program, you’ll study diseases in populations and learn how to apply evidence-based information to promote health and prevent illness. In epidemiology, we get to see the applications of our work every day, saving lives in the here and now and in the future. And as a student in our department, you’ll have access to faculty with a wide range of expertise—from food safety, to diabetes, to gene-environment interactions, we do it all. We offer two distinct MPH programs—one at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and one at CSU. For information about the CU Anschutz program, please see below. For information about the CSU program, please visit the CSU website.

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Quick facts, careers, and skills

When you leave this program, you’ll have broad and applied experience in figuring out where diseases are going, how to cut them off, and how to change systems to better promote public health.

Quick facts

Program location: CU Anschutz*
Credit hours: 42-45
Est. time to complete: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health

Sample careers

Disease intervention specialist
Program evaluator
Infection control officer
& more

Skills you'll gain

Study design and interpretation
Disease outbreak investigation
Disease surveillance implementation
& more

*For information about our CSU-based program, please visit the CSU website.

Curriculum


This 42- to 45-credit hour program offers both in-classroom and applied learning experiences. In addition to the public health core areas, you'll take classes in biostatistics, research methods, and database design. You’ll also choose from a variety of elective courses so that you can hone in on what matters most to you. And if your interests are bigger than one country can contain, we offer the option to add an emphasis in global public health, where you’ll learn how to apply epidemiological principles in the global arena.

Course requirement
 Course ID
 Credits
Applied Biostatistics I​ BIOS 66013
Social & Behavioral Factors & HealthCBHS 66103
Occupational & Environmental HealthEHOH 66143
Epidemiology EPID 66303
Health Systems, Management & Policy
HSMP 66013
Foundations in Public HealthPUBH 6600 2
  17

Course requirement
Course ID
Credits
Analytical Epidemiology
EPID 66313
Applied Biostatistics IIBIOS 6602
3
SAS Database Design and Management
BIOS 6680
3
Research Methods in EpidemiologyEPID 66263
  12

 

Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Electives

 

9

 

Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Practicum

PUBH 6606

2

 

 

Course requirement  Course ID
Credits
Capstone Preparation EPID 69901
Capstone IntegrationPUBH 69911
  2

 

Total credits: 42

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Competencies

IdentifierCompetencies
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 1​​Compare and prioritize public health issues within and across populations, using epidemiologic methods including measures of prevalence, incidence, morbidity, mortality, demographic characteristics and risk factors.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 2Critically review and evaluate public health and other scientific literature to identify threats to internal validity, strengths and weaknesses of individual studies, and assess for overall strength of evidence.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 3Synthesize evidence in a research area to identify gaps in evidence and to demonstrate relevance of current knowledge to the practice of public health.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 4Translate investigator ideas into answerable research questions.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 5Design studies to address public health topics, taking into account the strengths, limitations, and feasibility of study designs for addressing specific topics, as well as the practical aspects of their uses.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 6Describe best practices for design of data collection forms and protocols, instrument reliability and validity, data monitoring and quality assurance, and data archiving for analysis and use of data by other investigators.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 7Use computer software for data entry, database management, and summarizing, analyzing and displaying data.
MPH-EPI​​D​​ 8Apply and interpret the concepts of effect modification, confounding, and bias in research design and analysis approaches.

 


Adding an emphasis in global health


The MPH in Epidemiology + Global Public Health is a 45-credit-hour program that's designed to provide you with a public health perspective of globalization and global health issues. As a student in this program, you'll gain the skills you need to apply public health methods to address global challenges.

Identifier
Competencies
​MPH-GLH 1​

Describe contemporary and historic global health issues, programs, best practices and players.


MPH-GLH 2
​Critically analyze the political, economic and ethical issues relevant to methods and contemporary issues in global health.
MPH-GLH 3Recommend data collection methods in a global context, taking into account unique resources and cultural aspects of the geographic setting.
MPH-GLH 4Apply concepts of global burden of disease, especially disability-adjusted life years, across national and international settings to address health challenges.
MPH-GLH 5​​Describe the geographic differences and connections between regions around the world and how they affect health.​

 

Core global health courses (4 credits)

Course requirementCourse ID
Credits
Public Health in the Global CommunityCBHS 66193
Geographic Perspectives on Global HealthEHOH 6623

1

  4


Global health electives (8 credits)

Course requirement
Course ID
Credits

Global public health electives
Choose 3-5 credits from the global public health electives list.

 3-5
​Global epidemiology electives
Choose 3-5 credits from the following:
​​3-5
Cancer Prevention and ControlEPID 66222
Public Health SurveillanceEPID 66242
Global Health and DisasterEPID 66282
Applied Global Health EpidemiologyEPID 66342
Infectious Disease EpidemiologyEPID 66352
Chronic Disease EpidemiologyEPID 66363
Investigation of Disease OutbreaksEPID 66402
Foodborne & Diarrheal Disease EpidemiologyEPID 66412
Epidemiology & Prevention of TB/HIV/STDsEPID 66432
Maternal and Child Health EpidemiologyEPID 66443
Global Health in the Heart of IndiaEPID 66473
Vaccine Science, Application and PolicyEPID 66492

 ​8



Total credits: 45

Download the curriculum checksheet (global health emphasis) >

View the course book and course schedule >

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Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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