Public Health and Health Sciences

BA in Public Health

Outcomes

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

• Critique how the healthcare system and public policies impact healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.
• Apply the core values, concepts, and functions of public health and their role in addressing public health challenges.
• Explain the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities.
• Describe the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use and analysis.
• 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:

• Critique how the healthcare system and public policies impact healthcare access, quality, and outcomes.
• Apply the core values, concepts, and functions of public health and their role in addressing public health challenges.
• Explain the socio-economic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities.
• Describe the basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis.
• 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

Successful completion of the MPH program enables graduates to:

• Apply advanced principles of exercise physiology including acute and chronic responses to endurance and resistance training of the cardiopulmonary, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems
• Describe the role of physical activity and exercise in health, well-being and disease states
• Integrate scientific rational and proven guidelines for the assessment and development of physical activity and exercise programs
• Utilize the fundamental principles and concepts of conducting scientific research
• Integrate and apply exercise science principles to design and conduct a research study
• Demonstrate proficiency in written, oral and visual communication skills for scientific communications
• Describe the fundamental concepts and principles of public health
• Plan, develop, and evaluate primary prevention programs
• Construct a needs assessment in an urban community

MS in Health Informatics

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

• 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.
• Manage the collection, retention, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of all types of healthcare data including clinical, administrative, financial, consumer, and business intelligence. 
• Implement and explain the impact of data, systems, and processes to enhance interaction between clinical, administrative, and other potential users.
• Explain and 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.

MS in Real World Evidence in
Healthcare and Life Sciences

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

• Describe the value and process of the ethical use of observational health data to answer clinical questions.
• Illustrate how different forms of observational health data are collected, organized, and standardized to generate accurate, reproducible, and well-calibrated evidence
• Use state-of-the-art statistical software and methods to combine and analyze large-scale federated health data from diverse sources (e.g. EHRs) while preserving privacy.
• Construct and take part in a team to conceptualize, analyze, and communicate the results of a study using observational health data to answer a clinical question.
• Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of an observational health analysis

PhD in Population Health

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

• Explain public health history, philosophy and values.
• Explain the social, political and economic determinants of health and how they contribute to population health and health inequities.
• Explain how globalization affects global burdens of disease.
• Explain an ecological perspective on the connections among human health, animal health and ecosystem health (e.g. One Health).
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the research methods utilized in population health including epidemiology, biostatistics, population health theories and methods, ethics, and economic analyses.
• Use in-depth knowledge in the field of population health to conduct original research that advances the field.
• Demonstrate skills in research methods: formulating a research question, finding appropriate theoretical frameworks, designing a study’s methods, conducting data analyses, writing a publishable paper, and disseminating findings.
• Demonstrate knowledge of research ethics, especially ethical questions that arise with population health research questions and methods.
• Identify the core functions of public health and the 10 Essential Services*.
• Explain the role of quantitative and qualitative methods and sciences in describing and assessing a population’s health.
• List major causes and trends of morbidity and mortality in the US or other community relevant to the school or program.
• Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc.
• Explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge.
• Explain effects of environmental factors on a population’s health.
• Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health.
• Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health.