Last Updated
10 Feb 2007

Minimum Units Required

20 units  Schoolwide required classes

28 units  Departmentally required classes

20 units  Electives*

*8 of these can be taken outside of the Epidemiology department with the consent of the advisor and by blue petition

The School of Public Health requires that at least 8 units for the MPH be 400-level (i.e., applied) courses.

If you take a waiver examination or Blue Petition out of a School and/or Departmental Core Course you will need to make up the units with an elective course.

Possible Waiver Examinations

BIOSTAT 100A
COM HLT 100
ENV HLT 100
HLT SER 100

School Requirements (20 units)

BIOSTAT 100A (4 units) Introduction to Biostatistics

COM HLT 100 (4 units) Behavioral Science & Health Education

ENV HLT 100 (4 units) Introduction to Environmental Health

EPIDEM 200 (4 units) Epidemiology I

HLT SER 100 (4 units) Health Services Organization

Department Requirements (28 units)

BIOSTAT 100B (4 units)  Introduction to Biostatistics

BIOSTAT xxxx (4 units) Data Management course in Biostatistics that features SAS

EPIDEM 201A (6 units) Epidemiologic Methods I

EPIDEM 201B (6 units) Epidemiologic Methods II

EPIDEM 220 (4 units) Principles of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

EPIDEM 400 (4 units) Field Studies in Epidemiology

Elective Requirements (20 units)

In addition, the student needs to choose at least 20 units from the General list of Electives, 8 of which can be taken outside of the Epidemiology department with the consent of the advisor and by blue petition.

Infectious and Tropical Disease:

EPIDEM 221, 222, 223A, 223B, 224A, 224B, 227, M228, 230, 290

Quantitative Methods:

EPIDEM 202A, 202B, 203, 204, M211, M212, 291

Cancer:

EPIDEM 242, 295

Chronic Disease:

EPIDEM 240, 244

Molecular and Nutrition:

EPIDEM 258,  293

Problems of Developing Countries:

EPIDEM 280, 415, 418

Injuries:

EPIDEM 251 , 252 , 253, M255, 259, 401, 417

Aging:

EPIDEM 246, 247

Occupational/Environmental:

EPIDEM 260, 261, 262, 402

Other Topics:

EPIDEM 210, M218, 248, 268, 270 , 410A, 410B, 411, 412, 414, 419