International Health (OSU)

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Curriculum Information

Program length: 61 Credits

Required OMPH Core Courses (16 Credits)

• Principles and Practices of Epidemiology (3 credits)
• Introduction to Biostatistics (4 credits)
• Health Systems Organization (3 credits)
• Principles of Health Behavior (3 credits)
• Environmental and Occupational Health (3 credits)

Required International Health Track core courses (24 credits)

International Health Courses (12 credits)

• International Health (3 credits)
• Global Health Issues (3 credits)
• Internship (minimum of 6 credits)
  
  One of the following 2 courses in a specific international health topic (3 credits)
• Health Development for Displaced Population (3 credits)
• Public and Private Health Insurance (3 credits)
  
  One of the following 4 courses in a tropical disease (2-3 credits)
• Medical and Public Health Entomology (3 credits)
• General Parasitology (3 credits)
• International Health Epidemiology (3 credits)
• Infectious Disease Epidemiology (2 credits)
  
  One of the following 2 courses in a medical anthropology (4 credits)
• Cross Cultural Health and Healing (4 credits)
• Medical Anthropology (4 credits)
  
  One of the following courses in a research or analytical method (3-4 credits)
• Research Methods (3 credits)
• Epidemiologic Methods (3 credits)
• Qualitative Research Methods (4 credits)
• Ethnographic Methods (4 credits)
• Qualitative Sociology (4 credits)
• Survey Methods (3 credits)
• Public Policy Analysis (4 credits)

Area of Focus in International Health (minimum of 21 credits)

• Health Promotion
• Health Management and Policy
• Environmental Health and Occupational Safety
• International Epidemiology
• Other are of focus that you may develop with your advisor
  
  
  Approved 4/23/08; Updated Web on 7/9/08