Department of Environmental Health Sciences
    Degree Programs: Department of Environmental Health Sciences
        MSPH in Clinical Research (CREH)
 
 
 

Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) - Clinical Research (CREH)

Curriculum:    The MSPH in clinical Research consists of a minimum of 41 credit hours.  Of these, 14 hours are required, including 9 hours of specific Biostatistics courses and 5 hours of specific Epidemiology courses.  Students then select at least 9 credit hours from a list of approved Masters Research Electives, complete 9 hours of focus specific electives in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, or Health Behavior, and take at least 9 hours of  (698 Level)  Masters research to fulfill the MSPH requirement for conducting a research project. 

Coursework

 

Credit Hours 

Required Core Courses

 


14

BST 611*

Intermediate Statistical Analysis I

3

BST 612*

Intermediate Statistical Analysis II

3

BST 625

Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials

3

EPI 607

Epidemiology of Clinical Research

3

EPI 680

Topics in Clinical Research

2

Masters Research Electives: Nine credit hours should be selected by faculty advisor and student **

9

BST 619

Data Collection and Management

3

BST 626/626L

Data Management/Reporting with SAS

3

ENH 650

Essentials of Environmental and Occupational Toxicology & Diseases

5

EPI 611

Issues in Epidemiologic Design & Analysis

4

EPI 625

Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology

3

EPI 626

Intro to Data Analysis with SAS

1

EPI 703

Grant Writing

3

EPI 709

Theoretical Basis of Epidemiology

3

HB 624

Advanced Theory and Practice in Behavioral Science

3

HCO 677

Patient-Based Outcomes Measurement

3

Focus Specific Electives: Nine hours in field of interest selected by faculty advisor and student. With approval of the student's advisor, courses included in the Research Electives that are not taken to meet that requirement may be taken as a part of the Focus Specific Electives



9

Masters Project Research: Nine hours of research (698 Level) in a clinical setting (directed).

BST 698, EPI 698, HB 698, or ENH 698 (depending upon the area of study)

9

 

                                                                                                       Total Hours  41

 
 
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