• PUBH 3102: Epidemics: The Plague to Ebola

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  Focus on the history of infectious diseases that are of particular public health importance.
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• PUBH 3120: Env Hlth: Basics and Methods

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course serves as an intro to the historic, contemporary, & emerging environmental pollution problems on the local, regional, and global scales, and explores their links to human health. It introduces basic concepts of environmental health, environmental agents, and environmentally-related health outcomes. It teaches methods to study the links between environment and health and health impacts of various environmental processes & exposures. It introduces policies, laws, regulations, and standards relating to environmental & occupational hazards. The course equips students with approaches to assessing & controlling environmental risks & promoting health. Article reviews & case studies will be used.
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• PUBH 3130: Intro Soc Det of Health

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course introduces students to the social and economic conditions that affect individual and population health. We will explore social influences (e.g., income, race, gender, education, employment, neighborhood, food security, healthcare, life course) that affect disease prevention and control. We will also examine the role of public health practitioners in working with communities to improve health outcomes. This course is part one of a two-course sequence on social influences on health. The second course will focus on the application of social justice principles in community settings.
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• PUBH 3150: Analytic & Res Methods in PH 1

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course is part one in a two-part course that aims to provide students of public health with the foundation needed to interpret and analyze epidemiological data. The course will focus on introductory biostatistics, as well the history of epidemiology, public health surveillance, measures of disease occurrence and study designs.
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• PUBH 3180: Pub Hlth Princ & Practice I

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course is part one of a two-course sequence on public health practice. Students will work in teams and will be introduced to real-life public health issues and intervention approaches in an urban setting. Concepts in community organization, planning, and mobilization for the purposes of addressing identified public health concerns will be covered. Teamwork and partnership-building techniques, planning strategies, data collection and analysis approaches, and evidence-based decision-making will be introduced. The second course in this sequence (PUBH 4181) will focus on the application of principles taught in this course within a community setting.
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• PUBH 3710: PH Systems & Policy I

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This undergraduate course is the first section of the two-part series Public Health Systems and Policy. This course covers the history and development of the health care system in the United States. The course will further examine the forces affecting health policy, the impact of policy on health services delivery, and the most recent health care reform efforts. The course will cover the United States public health systems as well. Major topics to be covered include healthcare organization, determinants of health, health care providers, health insurance, public insurance programs, quality improvement programs in health care, changes in health care organizations and health care reform.
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• PUBH 4010: Public Health Fieldwork

  2.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  The public health fieldwork experience provides an opportunity for students to work in a community setting in a position that carries responsibility and is of particular interest. Each placement is different, but all depend upon completion of most coursework, the ability to work with minimal supervision, and acquiring permission of the student’s advisor and on-site preceptor/supervisor. The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) requires that each BSPH student be able to demonstrate the application of these concepts through an internship or fieldwork experience that is relevant to public health.
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• PUBH 4121: Env Health II: Practice & Appl

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course introduces specific substances & hazards in the natural and built environment that affect human health. The course is comprised of a broad range of topics viewed through an environmental justice lens. Topics include air pollution, water quality, solid waste management, food safety, built environment, healthy homes, environmental disasters, & occupational health. Discussions include the role of state, local, & federal agencies in protecting public health, roles of community groups, & venues and approaches to communicating with the public. Students will develop an understanding of the scope, depth, & magnitude of current environmental problems & challenges to ensuring env justice. PREREQUISITE: 3120
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• PUBH 4131: Soc Justice and Public Health

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course introduces students to the concept of social justice as a public health construct. We will explore barriers to disease prevention opportunities, health care, and other impactors of health that are not equally distributed. We will examine methods for creating equal opportunities that improve population health. We also will examine the role of public health practitioners in implementing social justice principles in order to improve health outcomes. This course is part two of a two-course sequence on social influences on health. The first course (PUBH 3130) introduced students to concepts related to social determinants of health (the social and economic conditions that affect individual and population health). PREREQUISITE: PUBH 3130
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• PUBH 4151: Analytic & Res Methods in PH 2

  3.00 Credits

  University of Memphis

  
  This course builds on the foundations built in Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health I and provides additional skills to analyze and interpret epidemiological data. The course will focus on intermediate biostatistics, as well as bias, confounding, design issues and critically evaluating epidemiologic studies. PREREQUISITE: PUBH 3150.
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