Physical Therapy and Public Health DPT/MPH

Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.

Course Title
Core and Required Courses (5.5 units)
Introduction to Epidemiology
Introduction to Biostatistics
Environmental Health Sciences
Dual Degree Seminar: Topics in Public Health for the Physical Therapist
Applied Practice Experience I
Applied Practice Experience II
Introduction to US Health Care System
Culminating Experience
Intermediate Selective (1 unit)
Intermediate Biostatistics
Intermediate Epidemiology
Methodology Selective (1 unit)
Program Evaluation
Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health
Survey Design & Methodology
Qualitative Research Methods
Electives (5 units)
Health Equity
Introduction to International Public Health
Introduction to Health and Human Rights
Infection Disease Epidemiology and Prevention
Public Health Law: Promoting Healthy Youth Development
Health Services Research Design & Analysis Strategies: Technology Assessment
Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication
LGBTQ Health
Structural Racism in Public Health
Introduction to Maternal Child Health
Public Health Policy
Artificial Epidemics and Changes in Human Culture
Artificial Epidemics and Changes in Human Culture II
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Independent Study
Cancer Epidemiology

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