Non-Matriculated Students

EDU 598  |  3 credit hours

Educational systems have evolved into complex reflections of society, providing a system of essential services. These systems partner with other community functions in areas from economic development to social supports. Successful leaders within these systems must demonstrate ethical and moral leadership to meet the complex needs that ever-diversifying stakeholders require. This course will explore the importance of ethics in educational leadership. Participants will explore leadership frameworks that focus on personal values, beliefs, ethics, and leadership styles. They will apply such frameworks by forming personalized courses of action. Participants will also be challenged to collaborate with peers when applying ethical decision-making strategies to educational scenarios.

EDU 695  |  3 credit hours

This course develops reflective practices that assist participants in exploring both professional and personal growth that has occurred throughout the University of New England’s MSEd program. Participants will utilize organizational tools to create a digital portfolio that reflects self-directed learning within their program experiences.

EDU 701  |  3 credit hours

This course provides the overarching context for organizational leadership. Participants consider theories and practices relating to effective and ethical leadership in organizational settings. Topics include diagnosing the work environment, decision-making, problem-solving, strategic planning, and human resource development. Students will reflect on their own leadership, observe and analyze other leaders, and explore the theories and practices that relate to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL).

EDU 702  |  3 credit hours

This course provides a foundation of the legal underpinnings of the American education system and explores how legal decisions have had an effect on an educational system that covers lifelong learning. Specific legal principles relating to church/state issues, tort liability, teacher responsibilities, student rights and administrative concerns such as contracts and collective bargaining are examined. Participants will analyze case studies to apply their understanding and create a compendium of the laws unique to the states in which they work.

EDU 722  |  3 credit hours

This course focuses on assessment approaches for identifying students with disabilities and assessing progress toward learning goals and standards. Participants examine formal assessment tools and procedures used in the diagnosis of disabilities and identification of the instructional and behavioral needs of students. Participants will explore a range of student strengths and exceptionalities as they determine best educational practices to meet the needs of all learners in the least restrictive setting.

EDU 730  |  3 credit hours

This course explores Universal Design for Learning (UDL). It addresses the elements of effective design for learning variability across educational settings including those found in K-12, higher education and corporate environments. Participants will explore and practice designing meaningful learning experiences that meet the needs of all learners.

EDU 746  |  3 credit hours

This course will focus on the leadership skills that the professional will need as a Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach. Specifically, this course will explore the coaching relationship and how to work collaboratively to plan, implement, and supervise literacy programs at the individual, classroom, school, and district-wide level. Focus will also be on facilitating a literate environment, working with literacy in a diverse society, and developing leadership skills. This course will also fulfill the requirements that many states have for course work in Administration and Supervision of Reading and Language Arts Programs.

EDU 747  |  3 credit hours

This course will focus specifically on meeting the needs of students whose native language is not English. Topics will include sociocultural factors, second language acquisition and development, emergent and experienced reading and writing development for English learners, multiple test sources, text analysis, process writing, conversational, academic, and content language considerations, assessment types and techniques, language arts resources, and effective instructional strategies and models. This course will help prepare future Reading Specialists to work with this growing population and to support teachers who have students from different linguistic backgrounds.

EDU 597  |  3 credit hours

This course explores the theories of differentiated instruction and its relationship to neuroscience. Within the course, educators analyze differentiation theories and incorporate differentiation strategies into the design of units and lessons in their own educational settings. Collegial reflection regarding the use of these differentiation strategies as well as reflecting on how differentiation is used to meet the needs of diverse learners will be a major component of the course.

EDU 599  |  3 credit hours

This course centers on the principles of diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Participants will create a framework for diversity and inclusion through engagement with the literature and theories on social identity in the historic context of America. We will examine how individual differences, institutional systems, and social assumptions contribute to or inhibit cultural pluralism. Major emphasis will be placed on building skills in critical analyses of social structures, interrogating our personal and professional praxis, and expanding our knowledge base to promote social justice.

EDU 704  |  3 credit hours

This course examines the requirements of educational leaders engaged in supervising and evaluating educational personnel. Emphasis is given to the theory behind the practice as well as different methods and hands-on applications. Participants explore such practices as peer evaluations, self-evaluations, portfolios, and mentoring.

EDU 707  |  3 credit hours

Instructional leaders must ensure that the teaching and learning taking place in a school is rigorous, relevant, and designed to meet the needs of all students. Participants will explore current models and trends in curriculum design and instructional practices with a focus on using research and data to guide decision-making about content and pedagogy. This course will also look at the role an instructional leader plays in serving as a change agent to promote best practices in a school.

EDU 720  |  3 credit hours

Federal and state laws, regulations, and judicial decisions relating to the education of students with special needs in inclusion classrooms are analyzed. Key legal provisions, such as free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, and due process are examined. Methods of conflict resolution and mediation as well as ethical standards are examined. Students are required to apply what they learn as they research and analyze case scenarios.

EDU 723  |  3 credit hours

This course provides the time and resources to delve deeply into strategies for teaching students in the inclusion classroom. Participants will evaluate strategies to determine the best practices available to meet their professional needs. Students will collate their new learning into a user-friendly tool tailored to their own teaching circumstances. Rarely do educators have the opportunity for such sustained exploration of meaningful research-based strategies that can have a direct impact on differentiated teaching and learning.

EDU 727  |  3 credit hours

This course will deepen the participants’ understanding of the factors that affect a learner’s ability to access their education. Participants will explore the current research in neuroscience and its connection to social and emotional learning. Participants will review and understand practical strategies to address the social and emotional learning needs of all learners and develop a social and emotional learning plan including the development of self-regulation skills in all learners.

EDU 740  |  3 credit hours

This course will address the foundational knowledge that teachers of literacy need in order to understand the reading and writing process for students. In this course, teachers will be exposed to major theories, research, and best practices in the literacy field. Teachers will be asked to draw upon this theoretical and practice knowledge to think about issues of practice. Through engaging inquiry units, teachers will become active participants in developing a strong foundational base for literacy instruction for all learners in their classrooms.

EDU 744  |  3 credit hours

This course will address how to engage in differentiated literacy practices to meet the needs of diverse learners. Educators will be immersed in the foundational knowledge that will aid them in creating effective instruction that will assist students who need support in their literacy development. The readings and coursework will explore how to approach literacy challenges from the classroom and school levels in a systematic way as well as incorporating a culturally responsive approach to pedagogy.

APN 600  |  3 credit hours

Current trends and issues relating to nutrition, food, and food products are examined. The course will contain a review of key concepts related to the digestive system, metabolism, energy balance, nutrition and disease, and the Nutrition Care Process. Current issues related to these topics will be explored. Students will review, analyze and synthesize professional literature. Students will apply course concepts to their practice and/or area of study and expertise.

APN 610  |  3 credit hours

Research methods and research design commonly used in nutrition research are examined. Topics include defining research questions, developing hypotheses, writing research goals and objectives, reviewing and interpreting literature, choosing appropriate research designs, and understanding and summarizing relevant data. Professional presentation of research findings is emphasized.

APN 620  |  3 credit hours

Health behavior theories and practices utilized to facilitate healthful behavior change in a variety of nutrition counseling and clinical settings are examined. Topics include motivational interviewing, practice of professional and engaged verbal and nonverbal communication, active listening, practitioner directed goal setting and group counseling.  The design and evaluation of nutrition counseling practices are explored.

APN 780  |  3 credit hours

This course examines the application of management principles to foodservice operations and nutrition services including leadership, finance, quality control, human resources, negotiation, factors affecting foodservice design and equipment selection, and disaster preparedness. Students will apply the scientific principles underlying food preparation as well as studies of food selection, preparation and composition including evaluation of prepared products and recipe modifications. In addition, students will evaluate various food preparation methods, food presentation and food sanitation in practice.

APN 515  |  3 credit hours

This course provides students with an overview of food, food selection, and food service. Students will evaluate the criteria from which people select foods and how that relates to food production and service. Students will examine the nutrients provided from food; their impact on health; and steps to regulate certain nutrients with recipe modification without sacrificing flavor, texture, color, etc. Students will identify steps to ensure food safety; learn techniques in the preservation of nutrients and quality in selection, production, and storage of foods; and examine the role of government agencies in ensuring food security, safety, and quality.

APN 604  |  3 credit hours

Nutrition requirements and metabolism from preconception through older adulthood are examined. The impacts and effects of culture, environment, economy, and mental and physical health on nutrition status across the life cycle are explored. Metabolism of macronutrients, nutrition assessment methodologies, and specific concerns for each life cycle stage are emphasized.

APN 615  |  3 credit hours

The normal and disordered metabolism of carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, and water and the physiological actions of these nutrients are examined. Topics include macronutrient and micronutrient absorption, transport, and excretion, the regulation of biochemical and enzymatic pathways, variability in the bioavailability of vitamins and minerals, and the impacts of nutrient toxicity and deficiency in human and animal models.

APN 625  |  3 credit hours

Nutrition and health promotion and the role of nutrition in disease prevention are examined. Topics include exploring theory-based approaches to lifestyle and behavior modification to advance the health and nutriture status of individuals and communities, development of culturally and age-appropriate health promotion practices, current research on the ways diet, environment and nutrition influence the incidence and prevalence of chronic diseases at individual and population levels, and best-practices in health promotion. Students develop a practical approach to explore or address health promotion and disease prevention for a target population.

APN 505  |  3 credit hours

This course will examine human anatomy and physiology from an integrative and applied perspective. Students will develop an understanding of the functions and structures of the human body, and explore how cells, tissues, and organ systems work together to maintain homeostasis within the human body, with a focus on human nutrition and metabolism. Functional and regulatory roles of macro and micronutrients will be examined. The course lays the foundation for understanding diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the nutrition care setting.

MGT 660  |  3 credit hours

Artificial intelligence is already playing a major role in reshaping industries and competitive landscapes. This course equips business leaders with the strategic and managerial tools to harness AI effectively. Students will learn how to craft a strategic AI vision, evaluate potential solutions, and design implementation roadmaps that create measurable business value. Through case studies, frameworks, and hands-on exercises, participants will gain the ability to identify high-impact AI opportunities aligned with organizational strategy, assess risks, ethical considerations, and organizational readiness, lead cross-functional teams in selecting, deploying, and scaling AI solutions, and measure outcomes to ensure AI initiatives drive sustainable advantage. Students will not only understand AI’s transformative potential but also be prepared to lead organizations from concept to successful execution in an AI-driven economy.

MGT 640  |  3 credit hours

This course prepares MBA students to lead projects that achieve operational excellence across business functions, with a focus on supply chain management. Students will learn core project management skills, including scope definition, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, and risk management. The course also emphasizes leadership, effective communication, and fostering collaboration across interdisciplinary and global teams in dynamic, rapidly changing environments.

MGT 660  |  3 credit hours

Artificial intelligence is already playing a major role in reshaping industries and competitive landscapes. This course equips business leaders with the strategic and managerial tools to harness AI effectively. Students will learn how to craft a strategic AI vision, evaluate potential solutions, and design implementation roadmaps that create measurable business value. Through case studies, frameworks, and hands-on exercises, participants will gain the ability to identify high-impact AI opportunities aligned with organizational strategy, assess risks, ethical considerations, and organizational readiness, lead cross-functional teams in selecting, deploying, and scaling AI solutions, and measure outcomes to ensure AI initiatives drive sustainable advantage. Students will not only understand AI’s transformative potential but also be prepared to lead organizations from concept to successful execution in an AI-driven economy.

GPH 702  |  3 credit hours

In this course, graduate students in public health, education, social work, nutrition, and health informatics work collaboratively to learn the fundamentals of policymaking. Students will examine a proposed policy and work in interprofessional groups to identify potential issues, describe the policy context, map potential policy solutions, and make final recommendations in an individually written policy analysis. In addition to learning from their interprofessional peers, students will explore the structure and function of government systems as they relate to values-driven policymaking.

GPH 704  |  3 credit hours

The cases decided by our US Supreme Court are considered “the law of the land” and influence the health of the public in important and impactful ways. This course focuses on the intersection of public health with our legal system, including the U.S. Constitution, federal and state laws and regulations, and influential Supreme Court opinions. While a goal of government is to protect and support the public’s health, implementing public health policies can infringe upon the rights and liberties of individuals and entities. This course explores the inherent tension between promoting public health and protecting the legal and ethical rights and interests of individuals. Students will explore how legal liability and accountability support the health of the public and learn fundamental principles of public health ethics by applying ethical concepts to specific scenarios. Class activities and assignments will provide students with opportunities to read, discuss, and analyze court opinions, statutes and regulations, and probe legal and ethical principles relating to public health.

GPH 714  |  3 credit hours

This course examines public health principles and concepts. It provides a broad framework for understanding the role of public health in community health, disease prevention, and medicine. Using the five core public health knowledge areas and the ten essential public health services as a foundation, students will explore public health infrastructure, surveillance, social determinants of health, policy, and emerging issues.

GPH 716  |  3 credit hours

This course introduces the summarization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of research data. Topics include sampling, experimentation, numerical and graphical descriptive statistics, confidence intervals, and hypotheses testing. Inferential hypothesis tests introduced include correlation, analysis of 2-way tables, z-tests, t-tests, ANOVA, and simple linear regression. At the end of the course, students should be able to use and evaluate the more commonly used statistical tests in relevant research publications and interact knowledgeably with statisticians in planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting research projects.

GPH 721  |  3 credit hours

Good maternal and child health provides a solid foundation for the development and sustainability of healthy, successful communities and societies. In this course, students gain an understanding of the historical events that inform the field today, learn about current issues affecting these populations, and how to apply public health frameworks to maternal and child health concepts and issues. Students will gain a broad understanding of the field of maternal and child health from local and global standpoints. By the end of this course, students will be able to use data for action, apply evidence-based information, examine systems-based approaches to addressing issues, and understand the effects of culture on maternal and child health.

Pre-Requisites

GPH 738 Program Planning & Evaluation

GPH 722  |  3 credit hours

This course introduces students to the field of environmental health in a public health context. The effects of infectious agents, toxic chemicals, air pollutants, and ionizing radiation on human health are examined. Identifying upstream sources and downstream solutions – with a particular focus on health equity – is emphasized. Emerging topics such as the impact of climate change on environmental health globally, and the interconnectedness among human health, animal health, and environmental health are included. Public health applications are incorporated through case studies and a comprehensive key assessment project.

GPH 725  |  3 credit hours

Whether you are the director of a public health department, the manager of a clinic, or running an NGO or your non-profit, having a solid understanding of financial jargon and principles is critical to your success. This course provides students with an understanding of the importance of financial planning in public health and healthcare, the difference between financial, managerial, and operational perspectives, and the use of financial data to aid in business decisions. It builds on students’ understanding of basic concepts to enable them to plan, budget, control, and evaluate financial performance. The course covers fixed and variable expenses, direct and indirect costs, capital management, budget variance analysis, and corrective action plans.Whether you are the director of a public health department, the manager of a clinic, or running an NGO or your non-profit, having a solid understanding of financial jargon and principles is critical to your success. This course provides students with an understanding of the importance of financial planning in public health and healthcare, the difference between financial, managerial, and operational perspectives, and the use of financial data to aid in business decisions. It builds on students’ understanding of basic concepts to enable them to plan, budget, control, and evaluate financial performance. The course covers fixed and variable expenses, direct and indirect costs, capital management, budget variance analysis, and corrective action plans.

GPH 726  |  3 credit hours

Based upon the teachings of the socio-ecological model and social and behavioral health theories, the determinants of health of a selected health topic will be identified. Students will critically analyze peer-reviewed literature and apply the findings to the development of a theory-based intervention. The intervention will highlight an understanding of the health theories and their influences on health behaviors, the social determinants of health, and health equity, and show culturally competent professional writing.

GPH 727  |  3 credit hours

Most public health programs and initiatives are funded by grants. How do you ensure that your grant proposal stands out from the competition? In this course, students have the opportunity to focus on the grant writing process as designed and directed by a federal or state public health funding agency. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying and applying the requisite skills to have a potential public health program funded. Students learn about Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and how to write a grant proposal that adheres to the guidelines provided. This course will feature hands-on assignments based on actual grant components including a statement of need, goals and objectives, scope of services, partnerships and collaborations, and a program budget.

GPH 732  |  3 credit hours

How might your ability to prioritize health needs change if you could visualize a community’s assets, inequities, and spatial patterns on an integrated map? Effective interventions begin with a comprehensive understanding of the community’s health status. This course leverages cutting-edge technologies to delve into the concepts and methodologies for assessing community health through qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Students will learn to analyze and integrate data into the assessment process, with a focus on prioritizing health needs and adopting systems-thinking approaches. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be employed to analyze and visualize spatial patterns in health data, facilitating the integration of population, health, and environmental datasets with state and county shapefiles to generate informative GIS maps. Furthermore, students will utilize data visualization techniques to overlay socioeconomic and health factors, enabling the analysis of spatial correlations within public health data. These skills enhance proficiency in health assessment and are applicable across various sectors.

GPH 737  |  3 credit hours

The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases continue to threaten global health. Throughout history, public health professionals have faced hurdles in developing strategies to effectively combat these pandemics, especially for vulnerable and underserved populations. Communities usually have preparedness protocols for emergencies like hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes, but what do communities, states, or even the federal government have for pandemics? This course will look at the history of pandemics, populations most affected by them, effective response systems, evidence-based strategies to detect and prevent outbreaks, and communications mechanisms that ensure timely information sharing.

GPH 740  |  3 credit hours

This course focuses on the health of populations and public health responses from a global perspective. Students will be introduced to global health goals, principles, and concepts. Students will explore global health challenges and opportunities with an emphasis on understanding the burden of disease, advancing health equity, and implementing strength-based approaches. Selected critical global topics in such areas as maternal and child health, environmental health, chronic disease, infectious disease, and humanitarian response will be covered.

Pre-requisite:

GPH 722 Introduction to Environmental Health

GPH 738 Program Planning & Evaluation

GPH 765  |  3 credit hours

Social marketing practice supports social and behavioral changes that increase the well-being and quality of life for individuals, families, and societies. This course will equip students with the public health skills needed to tackle complex health problems by applying marketing principles and social change tools to inform, design, and implement societal-level behavioral changes that are efficient, inclusive, just, equitable, and sustainable.

GPH 766  |  3 credit hours

In this course, students explore the many and varied interrelationships among human, animal, and environmental health from a public health framework. Readings, lectures, and course activities are designed to guide students through a transdisciplinary exploration of national and global One Health initiatives. Students will apply One Health principles through case studies and the application of systems thinking tools to visually represent public health issues.

Pre-Requisites

GPH 722 Introduction to Environmental Health

GPH 702  |  3 credit hours

In this course, graduate students in public health, education, social work, nutrition, and health informatics work collaboratively to learn the fundamentals of policymaking. Students will examine a proposed policy and work in interprofessional groups to identify potential issues, describe the policy context, map potential policy solutions, and make final recommendations in an individually written policy analysis. In addition to learning from their interprofessional peers, students will explore the structure and function of government systems as they relate to values-driven policymaking.

GPH 704  |  3 credit hours

The cases decided by our US Supreme Court are considered “the law of the land” and influence the health of the public in important and impactful ways. This course focuses on the intersection of public health with our legal system, including the U.S. Constitution, federal and state laws and regulations, and influential Supreme Court opinions. While a goal of government is to protect and support the public’s health, implementing public health policies can infringe upon the rights and liberties of individuals and entities. This course explores the inherent tension between promoting public health and protecting the legal and ethical rights and interests of individuals. Students will explore how legal liability and accountability support the health of the public and learn fundamental principles of public health ethics by applying ethical concepts to specific scenarios. Class activities and assignments will provide students with opportunities to read, discuss, and analyze court opinions, statutes and regulations, and probe legal and ethical principles relating to public health.

GPH 706  |  3 credit hours

This course provides an overview of the history, content, scope, and processes of public health administration. Emphasis is placed on administration, public health structure and framework, organizational culture, management functions and roles, leadership, motivation, and performance management. Basic principles and tools of budget and resource management are addressed.

GPH 712  |  3 credit hours

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principles of epidemiology as they apply to public health practice among various human populations. Students will learn about the biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors impacting the distribution of health and disease. Content includes a historical perspective on epidemiology, descriptive epidemiology, analytic epidemiology, effect measures, study designs, bias, surveillance, and screening for disease. Emphasis will be placed on investigative techniques, epidemiological methodology, and critical thinking about epidemiological studies.

GPH 714  |  3 credit hours

This course examines public health principles and concepts. It provides a broad framework for understanding the role of public health in community health, disease prevention, and medicine. Using the five core public health knowledge areas and the ten essential public health services as a foundation, students will explore public health infrastructure, surveillance, social determinants of health, policy, and emerging issues.

GPH 721  |  3 credit hours

Good maternal and child health provides a solid foundation for the development and sustainability of healthy, successful communities and societies. In this course, students gain an understanding of the historical events that inform the field today, learn about current issues affecting these populations, and how to apply public health frameworks to maternal and child health concepts and issues. Students will gain a broad understanding of the field of maternal and child health from local and global standpoints. By the end of this course, students will be able to use data for action, apply evidence-based information, examine systems-based approaches to addressing issues, and understand the effects of culture on maternal and child health.

Pre-Requisites

GPH 738 Program Planning & Evaluation

GPH 724  |  3 credit hours

Work occupies approximately one-third of our lives, making the prevention of occupational-related diseases a critical component of public health. This course highlights the vital role of occupational health in promoting overall health and well-being, emphasizing its connection to broader public health goals. Students will learn to recognize, evaluate, and address workplace hazards through evidence-based interventions and control strategies. By linking general principles and global processes to local issues and regulatory frameworks, the course uses case studies to illustrate practical applications. Additionally, it examines the challenges faced by specific groups of employees at disproportionate risk and explores innovative solutions to advance health equity in the workplace.

Pre-Requisites

No pre-requisites.

Course Format:
This course will be delivered through a web-based format and is designed for completion online. The eight modules include reading assignments, quizzes in some weeks, written assignments, and discussion activities. A chosen case study will be used to practice the workplace inspection and reporting process. The weekly modules will be made available by 12:01 AM on Wednesdays.

GPH 725  |  3 credit hours

Whether you are the director of a public health department, the manager of a clinic, or running an NGO or your non-profit, having a solid understanding of financial jargon and principles is critical to your success. This course provides students with an understanding of the importance of financial planning in public health and healthcare, the difference between financial, managerial, and operational perspectives, and the use of financial data to aid in business decisions. It builds on students’ understanding of basic concepts to enable them to plan, budget, control, and evaluate financial performance. The course covers fixed and variable expenses, direct and indirect costs, capital management, budget variance analysis, and corrective action plans.Whether you are the director of a public health department, the manager of a clinic, or running an NGO or your non-profit, having a solid understanding of financial jargon and principles is critical to your success. This course provides students with an understanding of the importance of financial planning in public health and healthcare, the difference between financial, managerial, and operational perspectives, and the use of financial data to aid in business decisions. It builds on students’ understanding of basic concepts to enable them to plan, budget, control, and evaluate financial performance. The course covers fixed and variable expenses, direct and indirect costs, capital management, budget variance analysis, and corrective action plans.

GPH 727  |  3 credit hours

Most public health programs and initiatives are funded by grants. How do you ensure that your grant proposal stands out from the competition? In this course, students have the opportunity to focus on the grant writing process as designed and directed by a federal or state public health funding agency. Particular emphasis will be placed on identifying and applying the requisite skills to have a potential public health program funded. Students learn about Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and how to write a grant proposal that adheres to the guidelines provided. This course will feature hands-on assignments based on actual grant components including a statement of need, goals and objectives, scope of services, partnerships and collaborations, and a program budget.

GPH 732  |  3 credit hours

How might your ability to prioritize health needs change if you could visualize a community’s assets, inequities, and spatial patterns on an integrated map? Effective interventions begin with a comprehensive understanding of the community’s health status. This course leverages cutting-edge technologies to delve into the concepts and methodologies for assessing community health through qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Students will learn to analyze and integrate data into the assessment process, with a focus on prioritizing health needs and adopting systems-thinking approaches. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will be employed to analyze and visualize spatial patterns in health data, facilitating the integration of population, health, and environmental datasets with state and county shapefiles to generate informative GIS maps. Furthermore, students will utilize data visualization techniques to overlay socioeconomic and health factors, enabling the analysis of spatial correlations within public health data. These skills enhance proficiency in health assessment and are applicable across various sectors.

GPH 737  |  3 credit hours

The emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases continue to threaten global health. Throughout history, public health professionals have faced hurdles in developing strategies to effectively combat these pandemics, especially for vulnerable and underserved populations. Communities usually have preparedness protocols for emergencies like hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes, but what do communities, states, or even the federal government have for pandemics? This course will look at the history of pandemics, populations most affected by them, effective response systems, evidence-based strategies to detect and prevent outbreaks, and communications mechanisms that ensure timely information sharing.

GPH 740  |  3 credit hours

This course focuses on the health of populations and public health responses from a global perspective. Students will be introduced to global health goals, principles, and concepts. Students will explore global health challenges and opportunities with an emphasis on understanding the burden of disease, advancing health equity, and implementing strength-based approaches. Selected critical global topics in such areas as maternal and child health, environmental health, chronic disease, infectious disease, and humanitarian response will be covered.

Pre-requisite:

GPH 722 Introduction to Environmental Health

GPH 738 Program Planning & Evaluation

GPH 765  |  3 credit hours

Social marketing practice supports social and behavioral changes that increase the well-being and quality of life for individuals, families, and societies. This course will equip students with the public health skills needed to tackle complex health problems by applying marketing principles and social change tools to inform, design, and implement societal-level behavioral changes that are efficient, inclusive, just, equitable, and sustainable.

GPH 766  |  3 credit hours

In this course, students explore the many and varied interrelationships among human, animal, and environmental health from a public health framework. Readings, lectures, and course activities are designed to guide students through a transdisciplinary exploration of national and global One Health initiatives. Students will apply One Health principles through case studies and the application of systems thinking tools to visually represent public health issues.

Pre-Requisites

GPH 722 Introduction to Environmental Health

SSWO 505  |  3 credit hours

Social Policy and Advocacy examines social welfare policy and practice with a primary focus on the role professional social work plays in the development, implementation, and evaluation of social welfare policy as well as the impact social welfare policy has on the social work profession. This course provides a historical overview of social welfare policy and social work as a profession. Course content includes identification of the values and ideologies that have informed the evolution of social work and public social welfare policy—including, but not limited to, how systemic oppression and social justice emerge in social welfare policy and community settings. This course includes a semester-long project in which students have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of policy analysis and advocacy strategies.

SSWO 509  |  3 credit hours

Developing an anti-oppression social work practice requires an understanding of diversity and difference, power and privilege, and oppression–as well as understanding one’s self within these systems. In this course, students will engage in courageous conversation as they unpack Social Work’s history, both past and present, moving into an inclusive and anti-oppressive future. The themes of deconstructing systems of oppression, cultural wellness, intersectionality and practice strategies are infused through the course. A wide range of diverse populations will be discussed, reflecting the varied populations impacted by oppression, such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and physical differences. Additionally, students will examine the role, function, and effects of oppression in society as it relates to social and economic justice. Assumptions underlying theory and research methodologies from which basic constructs of human behavior are drawn will be examined to understand how power and other dynamics manage and sustain oppression at the individual and institutional levels. Also of interest here is how oppression affects service delivery at micro and macro levels, particularly social policies and strategic planning, which drive the shape of services.

SSWO 502  |  3 credit hours

HSBE explores different theories about how human beings develop, understand, and participate in social relationships that include societal structures and distributions of power and resources necessary for healthy human development; how we formulate and act on basic assumptions about ourselves and others; and how the identity and experience of individuals is affected by class, gender, race or ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, and other factors as these are reflected in different political-economic and cultural contexts. Students explore how these different contexts are embodied in people’s physical, mental, and relational lives.

SSWO 504  |  3 credit hours

This course will build upon the knowledge, methods, and skills provided in the foundation research course. Students will continue to learn how to critically assess research from ethical, multicultural, and social inclusion perspectives with an emphasis on community-engagement and how to translate findings into meaningful action steps. Students will explore the role community-engaged research can play in their future roles as social work practitioners. The content of this course heavily integrates other elements of the MSW curriculum.

SSWO 585  |  3 credit hours

The focus of this course is to examine the biopsychosocial-spiritual context of substance use/misuse through the intersection of multiple individual, family, organizational, societal and political systems that contribute to risk and healing. We will explore the impact of social dislocation, trauma, and neurobiology as it relates to those who are experiencing substance use disorders. Students will learn to identify through a person-centered, strength based, biopsychosocial lens toward how substances became a way of coping with life’s challenges and how substance use is a process of dis-ease through a sociocultural context. Students will be introduced to introductory evidence-based treatment modalities and explore resources to aid in prevention and intervention with individuals, families, organizations and policy makers by investigating their communities for recovery readiness.

DSW 799  |  3 credit hours

This course introduces students to a variety of theories to help support the doctoral journey. The importance of scholarly writing and literature review skills will also be emphasized.

MBS 640  |  3 credit hours

This course explores the range of ethical issues facing healthcare administrators, providers, and biomedical researchers. Students will gain expertise analyzing ethical dimensions of biomedical science and healthcare from administrative, clinical, and organizational perspectives. Current issues, as well as perennial conflicts in healthcare law and ethics, will provide real-world case studies for students to research and produce original analysis. Throughout the course, students will gain experience applying diverse ethical frameworks to biomedical moral dilemmas. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking and moral reasoning in a biomedical context.

MBS 656  |  3 credit hours

This course provides an in-depth exploration of microbiological principles as they apply to human health and disease. Emphasis is placed on the clinical significance of microorganisms, including their role in infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, immunology, and the function of microbes in maintaining health. Rapidly evolving topics of emerging and re-emerging infections, antimicrobial stewardship, the role of vaccines, and novel therapies in disease treatment are also addressed. The course will provide students with the practical and theoretical knowledge necessary for careers in healthcare, public health, clinical diagnostics, and microbiology research.

MBS 675  |  3 credit hours

Genomics is a powerful tool that’s actively shaping the future of healthcare. This course is designed to provide preclinical students with a comprehensive understanding of the applications of genomics in medicine. The course covers fundamental principles of genomics, current technologies, and their clinical applications. Students will engage in clinical case studies and explore emerging issues in genetics and genomics relevant to practicing health professionals today, including primary care and general medicine, cardiology, oncology, rare disease, and other clinical applications.

MBS 680  |  3 credit hours

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of cellular structure, function, and regulation within the context of human health and disease. Through a series of lectures, and interactive discussions, students will explore the fundamental principles of cell biology and their clinical relevance in various medical specialties. This course will cover advanced topics in cell biology, with a focus on their implications for understanding disease mechanisms, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic strategies. Throughout the course, students will engage in case-based discussions, critical analysis of clinical studies, and presentations to deepen their understanding of advanced cell biology concepts and their applications in medical practice. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of basic science knowledge with clinical reasoning and decision-making. By the end of the course, medical students will have gained advanced knowledge and skills in cell biology theory and its clinical applications, preparing them for careers in medical practice, biomedical research, and academic medicine.

MBS 650  |  4 credit hours

This comprehensive lecture-based clinical biochemistry course explores the intricacies of human biochemistry with a primary focus on its medical relevance. Through a detailed analysis of core biochemistry concepts, students will gain a deep understanding of how these principles intersect with human health and disease. Emphasizing practical applications, the course equips students with the ability to critically analyze and assess prevalent biochemistry concepts as encountered in primary literature. By fostering this analytical skill set, students are empowered to engage in continuous learning within the realms of biochemistry and the broader health sciences.

MBS 660  |  4 credit hours

This graduate-level course in advanced gross anatomy offers an intensive study of the structure and organization of the human body at a macroscopic level. Through a combination of lectures, media, and interactive digital simulations, students will explore the anatomical intricacies of the human body with a focus on regional and systems-based approaches.

Building upon foundational knowledge acquired at the undergraduate level, this course will delve into the detailed anatomy of the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urogenital systems. Emphasis will be placed on the functional significance of anatomical structures and their clinical correlations.

MBS 670  |  4 credit hours

This course offers a thorough examination of human physiology, with an emphasis on medical physiology. Both molecular and cellular mechanisms will be studied, as will the interaction of organs and body systems. In addition to examining normal physiological functions, the disruption of homeostasis in disease states and the body’s compensatory responses will also be covered.

An array of teaching and learning methods will be used throughout the course, including reading assignments, online activities and assignments, discussions, quizzes, and exams. By evaluating and discussing clinical case studies, students will apply physiological concepts to real-life conditions. Upon completion of the course, students will have a solid understanding of medical physiology which will provide them with a strong foundation for a future career in health care or related fields.

CCL 680  |  3 credit hours

Remote sensing & GIS give us new ways to understand changes happening around the world. This course is designed to give learners skills that will enable powerful analyses, to be used widely across disciplines, with an emphasis on natural sciences. We will concentrate on aerial photography and satellite measurements, with some discussion of other remote sensing techniques (gravimetry, radar, lidar, etc). You will learn how to acquire and manipulate data, and how to extract information from imagery. Application of these techniques to environmental monitoring, oceanography, agriculture, resource management, and other disciplines will form the basis of the course. Students will learn computer software that aids in processing and analyzing large images from satellites and aerial platforms while interfacing with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) through collaboration across disciplines to tell stories with spatial data. The course will prepare you to power your work with spatial data and new insights to improve decision making.

CCL 670  |  3 credit hours

This interdisciplinary course explores how climate change impacts value chains across industries and how organizations can respond through sustainable, resilient, and ethical management practices. Students will examine climate-related risks and opportunities at every stage of the value chain — from sourcing and production to distribution and end-of-life — while learning strategies for reducing environmental impact, enhancing climate resilience, and driving long-term value. Students will also build leadership competencies through case studies, projects, and decision-making exercises focused on climate value chain challenges.

CCL 700  |  3 credit hours

This course will explore how the impacts of climate change on coastal and marine environments and related human communities can be addressed through mitigation and adaptation actions. Topics will include impacts of sea level rise and storms on coastal communities, effects of changing ocean conditions on marine and maritime industries, and potential consequences of mitigation activities within the marine environment, such as renewable energy and deep seabed mining. Selected case-studies will be analyzed by applying legal, scientific and socio-economic principles, and strategies assessed using tradeoff analyses and sustainable development goals.

CCL 620  |  3 credit hours

Climate changes. It always has and always will. However, scientific evidence proves that over the past half century, human activities are the primary driver of change in the Earth’s climate system. The course first describes the Earth’s climate system, then explores scientific evidence of past and projected future climate change, the associated climate risks and impacts on our interconnected social and ecological systems on regional and global scales. The course also considers prospects for addressing the climate crisis via sustainable development with a focus on human health and economic development. You will learn problem solving through critical analysis and assessment of climate change indicators, climate risks, and sustainable development options. The purpose of the course is to better understand the complex and evolving nature of climate change and associated impacts, and explore frameworks that can be used to apply this knowledge to climate action at local and regional scales.