Masters Core Courses

M.P.H. DEGREE

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COURSES

(Required unless student waives out through taking an exam):

BIOSTATISTICS 100A. Introduction to Biostatistics . (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: one biological or physical sciences course. Introduction to methods and concepts of statistical analysis. Sampling situations, with special attention to those occurring in biological sciences. Topics include distributions, tests of hypotheses, estimation, types of error, significance and confidence levels, sample size.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 100. Introduction to Environmental Health . (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: one course each in chemistry and biology. Introduction to environmental health, including coverage of sanitary principles and chronic and acute health effects of environmental contaminants.

EPIDEMIOLOGY 100. Principles of Epidemiology . (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, four hours. Preparation: one full biological sciences course. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 200. Introduction to epidemiology, including factors governing health and disease in populations.

HEALTH SERVICES 100. Health Services Organization . (4) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: 4 units of social sciences. Structure and function of American health care system; issues and forces shaping its future.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT COURSES (Required):

CHS 210 (offered Fall Quarter only). Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one social sciences course. Basic concepts, relationships, and policy issues in the field of community health, variability in definitions of health and illness, correlates of health and illness behavior, impact of social and community structure on health status, major contemporary approaches to health promotion and health education at community level. Use of comparative international perspective.

CHS 211A (offered Winter Quarter only). Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisite: course 210. Course 211A is requisite to 211B. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs.

CHS 211B (offered Spring Quarter only). Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisites: courses 210, 211A, and Biostatistics 100A or Epidemiology 100. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs.

CHS 400. Field Studies in Public Health. (4) Fieldwork, to be arranged. Field observation and studies in selected community organizations for health promotion or medical care. Students must file field placement and program training documentation on form available from Student Affairs Office. May not be applied toward M.S. minimum course requirement; 4 units may be applied toward 48-unit minimum total required for M.P.H. degree. UCLA School of Public Health, Field Studies Program website. For details, see http://www.ph.ucla.edu/fieldstudies/chsdpt.html.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES REQUIRED COURSES (8 units required, no substitutions):

CHS 200. Global Health Problems. (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Overview of health profile of the world in the 20th century. Global health problems and methods by which they have been dealt in context of the Alma Ata goal of "health for all by year 2000."

CHS 231. Maternal and Child Nutrition . (4) Lecture, four hours. Nutrition of mothers, infants, and children in countries at various levels of socioeconomic development; measures for prevention and treatment of protein/calorie malnutrition; relationship between nutrition and mental development; impact of ecological, socioeconomic, and cultural factors on nutrition, nutrition education, and service.

CHS 247. Population Change and Public Policy. (4) Lecture, four hours. Examination of international population change, population-related policies, and public health implications of demographic processes.

CHS 271. Health-Related Behavior Change . (4) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 210. Unified behavioral science approach to natural determinants of change, as foundation for planned change in health-related behavior at community, group, and individual levels.

CHS 282. Communication in Health Promotion and Education. (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: course 210. Design, implementation, and evaluation of interpersonal communication strategies for health promotion programs. Equal emphasis on communication theories, models, and empirical research literature and on specific applications in health programs and case studies.

CHS 284. Sociocultural Aspects of Mental Health. (4) Discussion, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Examination of how society shapes mental health of its members and lives of those who have been identified as mentally ill. Group differences (e.g., gender, ethnicity) in disorder and how it is socially constructed.

CHS M287. Politics of Health Policy. (4) (Same as Health Services M287.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 210, or Health Services 200A and 200B. Examination of politics of health policy process, including effects of political structure and institutions; economic and social factors; interest groups, classes, and social movements; media and public opinion; and other factors.

CHS 295. Overview of Emergency Public Health. (4) Lecture, four hours. Designed for graduate students. Overview of issues involved in disaster preparedness and response for public health agencies. Introduction to theoretical and practice aspects of field of emergency public health. Examination of disaster cycle and various natural and human-induced hazards from public health perspective.

CHS 432. Perinatal Healthcare: Principles, Programs, and Policies. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Comprehensive examination of perinatal healthcare, including perinatal epidemiology, outcome measures, public programs, controversies surrounding new technology, regionalization, organization of services at federal, state, and county levels, and medical/legal issues.

For full details, consult Masters Program Handbook.

M.S.P.H.  DEGREE

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COURSES

(Required unless student waives out through taking an exam):

Biostatistics 100A. Introduction to Biostatistics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: one biological or physical sciences course. Introduction to methods and concepts of statistical analysis. Sampling situations, with special attention to those occurring in biological sciences. Topics include distributions, tests of hypotheses, estimation, types of error, significance and confidence levels, sample size.

Biostatistics 100B. Introduction to Biostatistics. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 100A. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 110 B. Introduction to analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation analysis.

Biostatistics 406. Applied Multivariate Biostatistics. (4) Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: at least two upper division research courses. Requisite: course 100 B. Use of multiple regression, principal components, factor analysis, discriminant function analysis, logistic regression, and canonical correlation in biomedical data analysis.

Epidemiology 100. Principles of Epidemiology . (4) Lecture, two hours; discussion, four hours. Preparation: one full biological sciences course. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 200. Introduction to epidemiology, including factors governing health and disease in populations.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES DEPARTMENT COURSES (Required):

CHS 210 (offered Fall Quarter only). Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one social sciences course. Basic concepts, relationships, and policy issues in the field of community health, variability in definitions of health and illness, correlates of health and illness behavior, impact of social and community structure on health status, major contemporary approaches to health promotion and health education at community level. Use of comparative international perspective.

CHS 211A (offered Winter Quarter only). Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisite: course 210. Course 211A is requisite to 211 B. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs.

CHS 211B (offered Spring Quarter only). Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisites: courses 210, 211A, and Biostatistics 100A or Epidemiology 100. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs.

CHS 212. Advanced Social Research Methods in Health. (4) Lecture, four hours; laboratory, two hours; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisites: courses 211A, 211 B, Biostatistics 100 B, 406. Problems of health survey design and data collection; measurement issues in data analysis and interpretation; use of computer for analysis of large-scale survey data using various statistical techniques.

CHS 213. Research in Community and Patient Health Education (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Requisite: course 210. Application of conceptual, theoretical, and evaluation skills to community-based health education risk-reduction programs. Computer applications, data management, and research methodologies taught through microcomputer and mainframe computer management and analysis of program databases.

For full details, consult Masters Program Handbook.