Public Health and Health Sciences

BA in Public Health

Outcomes

Upon satisfactory completion of the Public Health Program, graduates should be able to:

1. Elements and Functions of the US Healthcare System
   Critique how the healthcare system and public policies impacts healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.
2. Role of Public Health
   Apply the core values, concepts, and functions of public health to address a major public health challenge.
3. Social Determinants of Health
   Explain the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities
4. Research Methods and Analytic Strategies
   Describe the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use and analysis.
5. Program Implementation
   Design a project that uses the fundamental concepts of program implementation including planning, assessment, and evaluation to address a public health challenge.

BS in Health Sciences

Outcomes

Upon satisfactory completion of the Health Sciences Program, Graduates should be able to:

1. Elements and Functions of the US Healthcare System
   Critique how the healthcare system and public policies impacts healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.
2. Role of Public Health
   Apply the core values, concepts, and functions of public health to address a major public health challenge.
3. Social Determinants of Health
   Explain the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities
4. Research Methods and Analytic Strategies
   Describe the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use and analysis.
5. Program Implementation
   Design a project that uses the fundamental concepts of program implementation including planning, assessment, and evaluation to address a public health challenge.

MS in Exercise Science

Outcomes

In additional to general education purpose, the Exercise Science Master’s Program seeks to assist students in meeting the following learning goals with associated student learning outcomes:

Learning goal 1: Synthesize and apply advanced principles and concepts in exercise science

1. Apply advanced principles of exercise physiology including acute and chronic responses to endurance and resistance training of the cardiopulmonary, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems.
2. Describe the role of physical activity and exercise in health, well-being and disease states.
3. Integrate scientific rational and proven guidelines for the assessment and development of physical activity and exercise programs.

Learning goal 2: Analyze scientific research in exercise science

1. Utilize the fundamental principles and concepts of conducting scientific research.
2. Integrate and apply exercise science principles to design and conduct a research study
3. Be able to demonstrate proficiency in written, oral and visual communication skills for scientific communications.

Learning goal 3: Describe the role of physical activity in public health

1. Describe the fundamental concepts and principles of public health
2. Plan and develop primary prevention programs or interventions for specific populations.
3. Construct an assessment plan for prevention in a community.

MS in Health Informatics

After completion of the Health Informatics MS program, graduates will be able to:

1. Produce systems, tools, processes, and analyses to collect, retain, interpret, visualize, and disseminate all types of healthcare data, including clinical, administrative, financial, consumer, and business intelligence, and place it into context.
2. Manage the collection, retention, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of all types of healthcare data including clinical, administrative, financial, consumer, and business intelligence.
3. Implement and explain the impact of data, systems, and processes to enhance interaction between clinical, administrative, and other potential users.
4. Describe our national imperative that health care must be patient-centered, as well as the demographic and cultural changes, cost of care, technology advancements, and policy adjustments that have contributed to a more patient-empowered shift in care over the last century.

PhD in Population Health

After completion of the Population Health PhD program, graduates will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of population health theories and principles.
2. Explain theories of population health and demonstrate how such theories impact population health assessment.
3. Use research methods and analytic strategies to contribute to body of knowledge.
4. Implement fundamentals of epidemiology, biostatistics, data analysis, research design and program evaluation.
5. Conduct high quality research on population health related topics, such as social, nutritional, pharmacological and environmental epidemiology; program evaluation; epidemiological, biostatistical, and health assessment methods development; exercise physiology; health economics; and health policy.
6. Publish research papers in top-quality academic journals and present findings at conferences.
7. Build and develop one’s own expertise in a research domain through active research and teaching in the classroom.