2020-2021 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    Oct 08, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Health, BS/MPH


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Contact

Maureen Thompson, Undergraduate Program Director, Public Health
344 White Hall
315-443-9815
 
Lutchmie Narine, Graduate Director and Department Chair
444B White Hall
315-443-9630

Description

The BS in Public Health/Masters Public Health is a 150 credit hour, 5 year academic program that provides students with an accelerated pathway to an advanced degree in public health. Students gain core knowledge, research, and practice skills necessary for the advancement of evidence- based public health, while eliminating redundancy if the degrees were completed separately. Students complete 2 internships, a generalist public health internship in year 4 and an international global health internship in year 5. The bachelor’s degree is awarded at the completion of year 4 and the master’s degree is awarded at the completion of the 5th year of study.

Each degree requires a culminating experience. The bachelor’s degree requires a capstone internship paper. The master’s degree requires an integrative learning experience paper.

Admission

Entry to the accelerated program is a 2 stage process. 1) Undergraduate stage:  Students initiate interest in the program no later than 2nd semester sophomore year.  Interested students meet with the undergraduate program director to determine if the program can be completed within the 5 year time period.  After meeting with the undergraduate director, students confirm their interest by completing ‘An Intent to Pursue’ form.  A personal statement, note of support from the academic advisor, and UG GPA of 3.3 is required. 2)  Graduate program application stage: Students formally apply to the graduate program during the fall of the senior year. A personal statement, letters of recommendation, and an UG GPA of 3.0 is required for this application.  The GRE is not required.

Financial Support

Undergraduate financial aid will be provided as awarded via Syracuse University Financial Aid Office.

Graduate assistantships for year 5 will be provided as are feasible under the Falk College annual budget.

Facilities

Courses will be taught in classrooms across the newly renovated Falk Complex. Public health faculty and administrative offices are housed in 2 suites within the Falk Complex. In addition to administrative and academic program offices and classrooms, the Falk Complex also offers student access to dedicated study/collaborative space, computer labs and comforts like a café and student lounge.

Student Learning Outcomes: BS


At the completion of the BSPH/MPH degrees, students will be able to:

B.S. Public Health Core Outcomes

  1. Communicate public health information, in both oral and written forms and through a variety of media, to diverse audiences
  2. Locate, use, evaluate, and synthesize public health information
  3. Use concepts of population health and models from social and behavioral disciplines to promote health and address health related needs and concerns of groups and communities across the life course
  4. Relate biology, health behavior, social determinants, and environmental contexts to human health, disease, and the expression of health disparities
  5. Apply basic principles of project implementation
  6. Outline the organizational structure, function and delivery modalities for U.S. and global healthcare systems
  7. Act according to professional values and ethics in public health practice, research and education
  8. Analyze how communities, community forces and research shape health policies and regulations

B.S. Concentration Outcomes

Addiction Studies

  • Explain the basic theories, concepts and applications of behavioral neuroscience
  • Identify protective factors and risk factors for chemical dependency in individuals and communities
  • Implement basic principles of addiction prevention education

Community Health Education

  • Assess community level needs for health education
  • Propose health education strategies
  • Identify factors that influence health behavior

Health and Society

  • Elucidate challenges populations may face in regards to human rights, access to services, financial strain, and social stigma
  • Explain the basic theories, concepts and applications of behavioral neuroscience
  • Describe nutrition-related approaches to promote health

Healthcare Administration

  • Describe concepts of ethics, law, and regulation in the delivery of healthcare
  • Explain basic principles of continuous improvement processes within healthcare
  • Discuss challenges to the efficient and effective delivery of U.S healthcare

Student Learning Outcomes: MPH


At the completion of the BSPH/MPH degrees, students will be able to:

MPH Core Outcomes

  1. Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
  2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
  3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
  4. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
  5. Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings
  6. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels
  7. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health
  8. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs
  9. Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention
  10. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
  11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs
  12. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
  13. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
  14. Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
  15. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity
  16. Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making
  17. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges
  18. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
  19. Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
  20. Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content
  21. Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
  22. Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue

Global Health Concentration Outcomes

  • Analyze the roles, relationships, and resources of the entities influencing global health
  • Strategize methods for diverse local and global sociocultural and political landscapes
  • Use methods that inform our understanding of sustainable development and local accountability
  • Develop strategies to address health equity and social justice challenges in local and global health settings
  • Evaluate global prevention and control strategies for infectious disease

Program Requirements


Liberal Arts Requirements (62 credits)


Writing skills: 6 credits to include WRT 105 and WRT 205
Quantitative skills: 6 - 8 credits, to include MAT 121 or 221
Natural Science: 9 credits, to include NSD 225
Social Science: 9 credits, to include PSY 205
Humanities: 9 credits
Liberal Arts electives: to reach 62 credits of LA coursework

General Electives (16 credits)


To include: HSH 101 First-Year Gateway

Program Requirement Note


Students must complete an approved Diversity Course, an approved Health Ethics Course, and an approved Communications Course.  Depending on the courses chosen, course credit will be applied as a humanities, social science, liberal arts elective or a general elective. For a list of approved course choices for each requirement, students should consult the Public Health webpage.

Public Health Requirements (72 credits)


Public Health Core (42 credits)

Undergraduate Core (15 credits)

PHP 121 Personal and Social Health

OR

PHP 219 Human Health & Disease

*Note - PHP 121 is accepted for intra-university transfer students with prior earned credit for this course. All other students take PHP 219 - Human Health and Disease.

AND

PHP 221 Community Health Promotion

PHP 223 Public Health Data & Decision Making

PHP 303 Environmental Health

PHP 310 Promoting Health Through Literacy & Cultural Competence

Shared Undergraduate/Graduate Core (15 credits)

PHP 627 - Health Leadership and Management  

PHP 661 - Development and Evaluation of Public Health Programs  

PHP 664 - Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health  

PHP 665 - Public Health Policy  

PHP 668 - Applied Epidemiology  

Graduate Core (12 credits)

PHP 621 - Research Methods in Public Health  

PHP 630 - Analysis of Public Health Data  

PHP 667 - Graduate Practicum in Public Health  

PHP 707 - Integrative Learning Experience  

Undergraduate Concentration (15 credits)


Choose 1 of the following concentrations:

Addiction Prevention Concentration

  • PHP 408 Addictions in Cultural Context, OR
  • PHP 412 Global Perspectives in Alcohol & Other Drug Policies

AND

  • PHP 318 Alcohol, Other Drugs, Sex and Gambling: Dynamics of Addiction
  • PHP 321 Prevention in Addiction Services
  • PHP 436 Ehtics in Addiction Services
  • PHP 422 Capstone Internship (2 credits)

Community Health Education Concentration

  • PHP 302 Influencing Healthy Behavior
  • PHP 304 Community Health Education
  • PHP 422 Capstone Internship (9 credits)

Health and Society Concentration

  • PHP 422 Capstone Internship (3 credits)

AND

Required (12 credits)

Social Justice - choose 1 course

  • PHP 305 Community Mental Health
  • PHP 333 Disability and Public Health
  • PHP 437 LGBTQ Health and Well Being

Behavioral Neuroscience - choose 1 course

  • PHP 318 Dynamics of Addiction (3 credits)
  • PHP 406 Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Stress Reduction

Advanced Nutrition - choose 1 course

  • NSD 342 Nutrition in the Life Span
  • NSD 343 Dietary Supplements
  • NSD 417 Food as Medicine
  • NSD 425 Nutrition for Fitness and Sports
  • NSD 427 Public Health Nutrition
  • NSD 447 Weight Management, Obesity and Disordered Eating

Elective - select one course (3 credits) from the following list or any course not completed in the required course options (social justice; behavioral neuroscience; advanced nutrition)

  • PHP 301 Holistic Healing Practices
  • PHP 382 Health in the Middle East
  • PHP 462 Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine
  • PHP 463  Global Health

Healthcare Management Concentration

  • PHP 312 Introduction to Healthcare Management
  • PHP 313 Issues and Challenges: U.S. Healthcare Delivery
  • PHP 413 Introduction to Healthcare Quality
  • PHP 414 Introduction to Ethics & Laws in Healthcare Administration
  • PHP 422 Capstone Internship (3 credits)

Total Credits Required


B.S. Public Health: 123

Master’s Public Health: 42

[15 credits shared across both programs]

Transfer Credits


The usual Syracuse University rules will apply for the consideration of transfer credit. Transfer credit will be considered for undergraduate level courses (100-499) that are an integral part of the program. Grades of C or better are required for UG courses considered for transfer. A maximum of 66 credits of UG coursework may be transferred. Transfer credit will be considered for graduate level courses (600-799) that are an integral part of the program. Grades of B or better are required for graduate courses considered for transfer. A maximum of 9 credits of GRAD coursework may be transferred.

Part-Time Study


This program cannot be completed part-time.

Satisfactory Progress


Students are required to maintain a CUM GPA of 2.0 or higher to meet degree requirements for the BS degree.

Students are required to maintain a CUM GPA of 3.0 or higher to meet degree requirements for the MS degree.

Notes


BS/MPH program requires completion of the following culminating experiences:

  • Undergraduate culminating experience = Senior Capstone Internship Paper
  • Graduate Culminating Experience = Integrative Learning Experience Paper

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