Required and Elective Courses, 2023-2024

General Degree Requirements

550.860

Academic and Research Ethics at BSPH 

1

0

220.842

Doctoral Independent Goals Analysis (IGA)

1

1

222.860

Graduate Nutrition Seminar 

1 – 4

1

220.600

International Travel Preparation, Safety, and Wellness (only take once)  

2, 3, 4

1

Epidemiology Requirement (choose one option)

Option 1

340.721

Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health I

1

5

340.722

Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health II

2

5

Option 2

340.751

Epidemiologic Methods I

1

5

340.752

Epidemiologic Methods II

2

5

340.753

Epidemiologic Methods III

3

5

Biostatistics Requirement (choose one option)

Option 1

140.621

Statistical Methods in Public Health I

1

4

140.622

Statistical Methods in Public Health II

2

4

140.623

Statistical Methods in Public Health III

3

4

140.624

Statistical Methods in Public Health IV

4

4

Option 2

140.651

Methods in Biostatistics I

1

4

140.652

Methods in Biostatistics II

2

4

140.653

Methods in Biostatistics III

3

4

140.654

Methods in Biostatistics IV

4

4

Ethics Requirement (choose one of the following)

550.600

Living Science Ethics Responsible Conduct of Research

1, 4

2

306.665

Research Ethics and Integrity: US and International Issues

3

3

Additionally, students are required to complete the CITI Training Module

Nutrition and Health

222.641

Principles of Human Nutrition in Public Health

1

4

222.657

Food and Nutrition Policy

1

2

222.658

Critical Thinking in Nutrition I

1

1

222.655

Nutrition and Life Stages

3

3

222.654

Food, Culture, and Nutrition

4

4

Environment and Health (choose one option)

Option 1

220.605

Doctoral Seminar in International Health I

1

3

Option 2

182.640

Food and Water-Borne Diseases

3

3

Option 3 

552.607

Essentials of Environmental Health

1 – 3

0.5

552.612

Essentials of One Health

1, 4

0.5

Biochemistry and Metabolism

260.600

Intro to Biomedical Sciences (8-week online course taken over the Summer before 1^st term)

S

4

222.644

Cellular Biochemistry of Nutrients

2

3

222.651

Nutrients in Biological Systems

3

2

Research Methods

222.861

Doctoral Seminar in Proposal Development (taken in terms 3 and 4 of Year 1 and in terms 1 and 2 of Year 2)

1 – 4

1 each

222.840

Special Studies in Human Nutrition (taken each term to complement 222.861 – sign up with advisor to reflect the time spent in development of research ideas and thesis project)

1 – 4

2 – 6

222.642

Assessment of Nutritional Status

2

3

222.647

Nutrition Epidemiology

3

3

Nutrition and Health

221.611

Food / Nutrition and Livelihood in Humanitarian Emergencies

3

3

222.649

International Nutrition

4

3

222.661

Designing Health Diets

4

2

222.652

Nutrition in Disease Treatment and Prevention (online only)

4

3

222.630

Nutrition, Infection, and Inflammation

4

3

700.630

Global Food Ethics

4

3

Research Methods

313.601

Economic Evaluation I

1

3

140.641

Survival Analysis I

1

3

330.657

Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement

1

4

340.696

Spatial Analysis I: ArcGIS

1

3

224.690

Qualitative Research Theory and Methods

1, 3

5

224.691

Qualitative Research Data Analysis

2, 4

5

340.697

Spatial Analysis II: Spatial Data Technologies

2

2

140.658

Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Methods

2

3

313.602

Economic Evaluation II

2

3

340.717

Health Survey Research Methods

2

4

221.645

Large Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Programs

2

4

313.603

Economic Evaluation III

3

3

224.692

Formative Research for Behavioral and Community Interventions

3, 4

4

140.655

Analysis of Longitudinal Data

3

4

140.698

Spatial Analysis III: Spatial Statistics

3

4

223.664

Design and Conduct of Community Trials

3

4

140.699

Spatial Analysis IV: Spatial Design and Application

4

3

International Health and Disease

220.605

Doctoral Seminar in International Health I

1

3

221.654

Systems Thinking in Public Health: Applications of Key Methods and Approaches

2, 4

3

220.606

Doctoral Seminar in International Health II

2

3

221.627

Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in LMICs

2

4

223.663

Infectious Diseases and Child Survival

3

3

223.680

Global Disease Control Programs and Policies

4

4

Population, Behavior, and Health

380.604

Life Course Perspectives on Health

1, 2

4

380.611

Fundamentals of Program Evaluation

1, 3

4

224.689

Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels

2

4

380.642

Child Health and Development

2

3

380.600

Principles of Population Change

2

4

380.623

Adolescent Health and Development (online only)

3

3

Environmental Health, Food Production, Safety, and Food Systems

187.610

Public Health Toxicology

1, 2

4

180.620

Food Systems and Public Health

2

4

222.665

Planning for Food Systems and Public Health

3

3

180.635

Seafood and Public Health: Global Trade, Nutrition, and the Environment

3

2

182.640

Food and Water-Borne Diseases

3

3

180.601

Environmental Health (online only)

3

5

180.655

Baltimore Food Systems: A Case Study in Urban Food Environments

3

4

180.606

Case Studies in Food Production

4

4

180.644

Food System Resilience

4

3

308.660

Food Industry, Politics, and Public Health

4

3

222.664

Food Insecurity and Nutrition: Partnering with Community Organizations to Make Change

4

2

180.605

Food System Sustainability Practicum

4

3

185.600

One Health Tools to Promote and Evaluate Health and Sustainable Communities

4

3

Management Sciences

312.603

Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management (online only)

1 – 4

3

Teaching

300.750

Teaching, Learning, and Leading

3

3