The core curriculum is complemented by elective courses that will allow
students to develop in-depth knowledge in their field of interest. Each
student will select a particular area of emphasis from which at least
3 elective courses will be chosen. For students with special or interdisciplinary
interests, a “General Public Health” area of emphasis may
be chosen and developed with guidance from faculty advisors. The elective
areas of emphasis are:
Students may choose other appropriate electives in consultation with
their faculty advisor. For course availability, see the campus general
catalog and quarterly course listings.
| Elective Courses (20 units
total) |
Faculty |
Qtr |
Units |
| Epidemiology |
| EPI 205B |
Integration of Basic Epidemiologic Principles |
Staff |
F |
2 |
| EPI 207 |
Advanced Concepts in Epidemiologic Study Design |
Drs. Gold & Kass |
Sp |
3 |
| EPI 208 |
Analysis & Interpretation of Epidemiologic Data |
Dr. Beckett |
Sp |
3 |
| EPI 220 |
Problems in Epidemiologic Study Design |
Dr. Gold |
Sp |
4 |
| EPI 222 |
Epidemiological Modeling |
Dr. Carpenter |
W |
3 |
| EPI 223 |
Spatial Epidemiology |
Dr. Carpenter |
W |
3 |
| EPI 240 |
Principles of Injury Epidemiology |
Dr. Romano |
F |
3 |
| EPI 251 |
Environmental Epidemiology |
Dr. Gold |
F |
3 |
| EPI 260 |
Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Aging |
Dr. Leistikow |
W |
3 |
| EPP 255 |
Human Reproductive Epidemiology |
Dr. Hertz-Picciotto |
Sp |
3 |
| EPI 270 |
Research Methods in Occupational Epi |
Dr. Hertz-Picciotto |
Sp |
3 |
| EPP 480 |
Insights in Occupational and Environmental Med |
Dr. Schenker |
all |
1-3 |
| Nutrition |
| NUT 118 |
Community Nutrition |
Dr. Heinig |
W |
4 |
| NUT 219A |
International Nutrition |
Drs. Brown, Dewey, Pollitt |
W |
3 |
| NUT 219B |
International Nutrition |
Drs. Brown, Dewey, Pollitt |
Sp |
3 |
| Environmental and Occupational
Health |
| EPI 251 |
Environmental Epidemiology |
Dr. Gold |
F |
3 |
| PHR 450 |
HACCP and Risk Assessment in Pre and Postharvest Food Safety |
Dr. Cliver |
W |
3 |
| ETX 101 |
Principles of Environmental Toxicology |
Dr. Denison |
F |
3 |
| ETX 146 |
Exposure and Dose Assessment |
Dr. Bennett |
Sp |
3 |
| ETX 203 |
Environmental Toxicants |
Staff |
W |
4 |
| ETX 240 |
Ecotoxicology |
D. Matsumura |
Sp |
3 |
| ECI 240 |
Water Quality |
Staff |
W |
3 |
| ECI 242 |
Air Quality |
Dr. Chang |
Sp |
3 |
| ECI 243A |
Water & Waste Treatment |
Dr. Darby |
F |
4 |
| ECI 243B |
Water & Waste Treatment |
Dr. Schroeder |
W |
4 |
| LAW 230 |
International Environmental Law Seminar |
Staff |
|
2 |
| LAW 285 |
Environmental Law |
Staff |
|
3 |
| LAW 289 |
Toxics Law & Policy |
Staff |
|
3 |
| LAW 294 |
Environmental Law Seminar |
Staff |
|
2 |
| Human and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases |
| PHR 150 |
Foodborne Infections and Intoxicants |
Dr. Cliver |
S |
4 |
| PHR 212 |
Epidemiology of the Zoonoses |
Dr. Chomel |
W |
4 |
| PHR 420 |
Zoonoses of Non-Human Primates |
Dr. Chomel |
W |
2 |
| IDI 211 |
Epidemiology & Prevention of Infectious Diseases |
Drs. Flynn, Chomel, Gibson |
|
|
| Veterinary Public Health |
| PHR 452 |
On Farm Food Safety/Veterinary Public Health |
Drs. Cullor & Chomel |
S |
2 |
| PHR 450 |
HACCP and Risk Assessment in Pre- and Postharvest Food Safety |
Dr. Cliver |
W |
3 |
| FST 108 |
Food Processing Plant Sanitation |
Staff |
F |
3 |
| VME 414 |
Application of Epidemiologic Methods to Herd Health |
Dr. Gardner |
S |
3 |
| General Public Health |
| A student may design their own interdisciplinary area
of emphasis. Approval of the proposed area of emphasis with courses
listed must be obtained from the program director. |
| Other Recommended Electives
|
| Students may choose appropriate electives in consultation
with their faculty advisor. In addition to the electives listed above,
some additional courses are listed below which might be of interest
as electives. |
| EDU 216 |
School based Prevention Programs |
Dr. Sandoval |
Sp |
4 |
| EPI 224 |
Health and Ecological Risk Analysis |
Dr. Carpenter |
Sp |
3 |
| EPI 250 |
Clinical Epi & Study Design |
Dr. McCurdy |
F |
1 |
| EPP 298 |
Health Care Economics |
Dr. Leigh |
F |
1 |
| EPP 298 |
Study in Community and International Health |
Staff |
all |
1-5 |
| EPP 402 |
Introductory Medical Spanish |
Dr. Meizel |
S |
2 |
| EPP 295 |
International Health Care |
Dr. Schenker |
F |
1 |
| EPP 299 |
Research in Community and International Health |
Staff |
all |
1-9 |
| IDI 141 |
Infectious Diseases of Humans |
Dr. Dandeker |
F |
1 |
| LAW 286A |
Health Law |
Staff |
|
3 |
| LAW 286B |
Advanced Health Law Seminar |
Staff |
|
3 |
| MDI 202 |
Computer-based Patient Records |
Dr. Walters |
W |
4 |
| MDI 207 |
Decision Support Systems in Medicine |
Dr. Walters |
F |
4 |
| MDI 208 |
Electronic Medical Information |
Dr. Huntley |
F |
4 |
| MDI 209 |
Data Acquisition in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (clinical data
acquisition) |
Dr. Malyj |
F |
4 |
| MDI 210 |
Introduction to Medical Informatics |
Dr. Galvez |
F |
2 |
| MDI 289A-I |
Special Topics in Medical Informatics |
Dr. Cardiff |
W |
1 |
| PHR 203 |
Multivariate Biostatistics |
Dr. Farver |
W |
3 |
| PHR 404 |
Medical Statistics III |
Dr. Farver |
W |
4 |
| VME 298-37 |
Field Study in Baja California Fieldwork |
Dr. Hird |
S |
2 |
| VME 298-41 |
Beginning Veterinary Spanish |
Dr. Hird |
W |
2 |
| VME 298-39 |
Seminar in International Veterinary Medicine |
Dr. Hird |
W |
1 |
