The 2 Year
Health Behavior
Masters Program
For those entering in
2012 and beyond
Departmental Office
Kristen Pickett
342 Bowman
General
There is only some flexibility in this program.
Generally, the best practice is to follow this
recommended program. Departing from this
plan puts you at risk of extending your
program past 2 years.
Core Courses – Outside HB
You need all four of these – please take
them when you can:
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CPH 601: Occupational/Environmental Health 1
CPH 605: Epidemiology
CPH 650: Management of Public Health Organizations
STA: 580: Biostatistics
Fall, Year One
CPH 604:
Public Health & Disease Prevention
Dr. Vanderpool
CPH 663
Public Health Practice & Administration
Dr. Vanderpool
Spring, Year One
CPH 643:
Measuring Health Behavior
Dr. Jones
Spring, Year One
Pick one of the following HB selectives
o CPH 644:
Rural Health Disparities
Dr. Vanderpool
Or…
o
CPH 646:
Most sections
Or…
o
CPH 641:
Public Health and Anthropology
Dr. Swanson
Or…
o
CPH 645:
Food Systems, Malnutrition & Public Health
Dr. Swanson
**NOTE: CPH 641 and CPH 645
are offered in alternating years**
Summer
CPH 609:
Field Practicum
Michelle Lineberry and your HB
advisor
Year Two
Pick one HB selective to take either semester
o
CPH 660:
GIS Systems & Public Health
Dr. Jones
Or…
o
CPH 646:
Most sections
Or…
o
CPH 728:
Health of Agricultural Populations
Dr. McKnight
Or…
o
Selective courses listed for Spring, Year One
Fall, Year Two
CPH 647:
Research Methods
Dr. Crosby
CPH 642:
Ecological Perspectives on Health
Behavior
Dr. Swanson
Spring, Year Two
CPH 608:
Capstone – Health Behavior section
Dr. Eddens
CPH 648:
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health
Disparities
Dr. Alexander
This is the right pace
This is perhaps not the right pace
Good to run with others
But, keep the group on pace
Two years from now – stand proud!
Finished?
If you follow this plan you will have 42 credit
hours:
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24 hours in Health Behavior
15 hours of core courses in other CPH departments
3 hours for summer practicum
Finished?
There is one more thing you need to do:
The graduate school requires that you take a final
exam. You will do this as part of Research
Methods II/Capstone (Dr. Eddens). A faculty
committee will evaluate your final product of the
two research methods courses. This evaluation will
last one hour and it is your final exam for the entire
degree. The exam will occur during the second
and third weeks of April. Your course grade for
Research Methods II/Capstone is independent
from this final exam.
Finished?
Once you have completed the 42 hours and
the required final exam (given during
Research Methods II/Capstone) you are
eligible to graduate.
We do, however, encourage you to take
other courses that may help you gain “an
edge” over the competition when you
interview for jobs.
After Graduation – Now What?