Policy Changes - Academic Year 2002-2003

Nursing/Public Health Dual-Degree Program

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Program of Study
The following 55-57 credit program is tailored to accommodate full-time students working to complete both degrees in two academic years. The required coursework also can be completed on a part-time basis up to four years. Courses designated with an asterisk (*) meet both CON and SPH/CHS degree requirements.

SPH Core Courses (15 semester hour credits)
*BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (3)
CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice (3)
EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3)
*EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology (3)
HPA 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (2)
IPHS 698 Capstone Experience (MPH Master's Paper) (1)

CHS Core Requirements (12 semester hour credits)
*CHSC 431 Community Assessment in Public Health (3)
*CHSC 433 Program Planning and Evaluation (3)
CHSC 480 Health Education and Health Promotion (3)
XXXX xxx Choose one of the following CHSC 527, CHSC 543 or HPA 430 (3)

CHS Field Experience (3 or 5 semester hour credits)
IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health--a CHS capstone experience
(Students approved for a 3sh field experience must complete an additional 2sh of SPH course-work)

CON Courses (23-25 semester hour credits)
*NUPH 505 Nursing Systems Operation Management (3)
NUPH 507 Advanced Community Health Nursing: Introductions & Interventions (4)
NUPH 512 Healthcare Human Resource Management (3)
*NUPH 517 Budget and Finance of Health and Nursing Services (3)
*NUSC 526 Nursing Inquiry I (2)
*NUSC 527 Nursing Inquiry II (2)
NUSC 528 Health, Environment, and Systems (2)
NUSC 529 Issues of Advanced Practice in Nursing (1)
NUSC xxx Choose one of the following NUSC 597 Project Research (3) or NUSC 598 Thesis Research (5)

Nurses take both CON and SPH courses to satisfy the degree requirements of the joint program. A faculty advisor is assigned from each academic department to assist the student. Within CHS, students focus on assessing public health needs and developing community-based programs and interventions. Students are strongly encouraged to take elective courses in the areas of behavioral sciences and health promotion, maternal and child health, gerontology, or public health practice.

CHS Field Experience: The curricula for both the MS in Nursing and the MPH include an extensive community-based practicum that each student selects. The practicum and the Master’s Paper represent the capstone/culminating experience in the CHS curriculum. The practicum provides an opportunity for nurses to move from acute care to community-based practice. Since a student chooses a practicum site based on his or her interest, the practicum serves as a stepping-stone for moving into the community setting and into leadership roles that involve program development and administration. While maintaining a focus on research, the MS in Nursing program prepares nurses for advanced practice roles with emphasis on nursing sciences; knowledge of health systems and environment; and an understanding of professional issues of advanced practice roles. SPH course of at least 2 credits. The CHS practicum requirements are described fully elsewhere in this Students who have been approved for the 3-credit field experience are required to take an additional handbook.


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Program of Study
Nurses take both CON and SPH courses to satisfy the degree requirements of the joint program. A faculty advisor is assigned from each academic department to assist the student. Within CHS, students focus on assessing public health needs and developing community-based programs and interventions. They can further specialize in the following tracks--behavioral sciences and health promotion, maternal and child health, or gerontology. Students not wanting to focus their studies in any of these tracks may select a general course of study.

The following 57-64 credit program is tailored to accommodate full-time students working to complete both degrees in two academic years. The required coursework also can be completed on a part-time basis up to four years. Courses designated with an asterisk (*) meet both CON and SPH/CHS degree requirements.

CON Core Courses (23-25 semester hours)
*NUPH 515: Advanced Nursing Management in Community-focused Health Services (3)
*NUPH 516: Evaluation of Health Service Outcomes for Nursing (3)
NUPH 517: Budget and Finance of Health and Nursing Services (3)
NUPH 518: Field Study in Health and Nursing Management (3)
*NUSC 526: Nursing Inquiry I (2)
*NUSC 527: Nursing Inquiry II (2)
NUSC 528: Health Environment and Systems (2)
NUSC 529: Issues of Advanced Practice in Nursing (2)
NUSC xxx: Choose one of the following NUSC 597 or NUSC 598 (3-5 credits)

SPH Core Courses (15 semester hours)
*BSTT 400: Biostatistics I (3)
CHSC 400: Public Health Concepts and Practices (3)
EOHS 400: Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3)
EPID 400: Principles of Epidemiology (3)
HPA 401: Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (2)
IPHS 698: Capstone Experience (Master’s Paper) (1)
CHS Core Requirements (6 semester hours)
CHSC 480: Health Education and Health Promotion (3)

XXXX xxx: Choose one of the following CHSC 527, CHSC 543 or HPA 430 (3)

CHS Track Requirements (5-8 semester hours)

(see appropriate section of the CHS Student Handbook)

CHS Elective Requirements (5 semester hours)

(see below)

CHS Field Experience (3 or 5 semester hours)

IPHS 650: Field Experience in Public Health (a CHS capstone experience)

Minimum credits required for the MS/MPH joint degree program: 57-64 semester
hours

CHS Track Requirements: Each track has two to four content course requirements to be taken in addition to the CON, SPH and CHS core requirements. CHS track requirements are described fully in the CHS Student Handbook.


CHS Elective Requirements: Students must take a minimum of 5 credits of electives.
One of the following methods of public health practice courses is strongly encouraged to meet this requirement. Students may take additional electives to enrich their program.

Methods courses

CHSC 432 (Analytic Methods in Public Health), CHSC 434 (Introduction to Qualitative
Methods in Public Health), CHSC 446 (Research Methods in Community Health), CHSC
447 (Survey Planning and Design), CHSC 594 (Management and Analysis of Qualitative
Data Analysis)

Public Health Practice courses

CHSC 403 (The Future of Public Health), CHSC 405 (Leadership in Public Health), CHSC 584 (Community Organizing for Health), IPHS 440 (Public Health Practices)


CHS Field Experience: The curricula for both the MS in Nursing and the MPH include an extensive community-based practicum that each student selects. The practicum and the Master’s Paper represent the capstone/culminating experience in the CHS curriculum. The practicum provides an opportunity for nurses to move from acute care to community-based practice. Since a student chooses a practicum site based on his or her interest, the practicum serves as a stepping-stone for moving into the community setting and into leadership roles that involve program development and administration. While maintaining a focus on research, the MS in Nursing program prepares nurses for advanced practice roles with emphasis on nursing sciences; knowledge of health systems and environment; and an understanding of professional issues of advanced practice roles. The CHS practicum requirements are described elsewhere in this handbook.

PhD Division Requirements -
Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Epidemiology

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Epidemiology Requirements (18 sh)
EPID 401 Quantitative Methods - I (2 sh)
EPID 402 Quantitative Methods - II (2 sh)
EPID 410 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 sh)
EPID 411 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3 sh)
EPID 501 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology (3 sh)
EPID 591 Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 sh)
EPID 595 Research Seminar (1 sh)

Choose one:
BSTT 430 Design of Clinical Trials (3 sh)
-or-
BSTT 440 Sampling and Estimation Methods (3 sh)

Electives 36 sh (minimum)

Dissertation Research 32 sh (min.)

PROGRAM TOTAL 96 sh (min.)


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Minimum credit hour requirement: 96 sh

In addition to the 10 sh of core PhD course requirements, students in Epidemiology must
take the following courses:

Epidemiology Requirements (18 sh)
EPID 401 Quantitative Methods - I (2 sh)
EPID 402 Quantitative Methods - II (2 sh)
EPID 410 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 sh)
EPID 411 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3 sh)
EPID 501 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology (3 sh)
EPID 591 Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 sh)
EPID 595 Research Seminar (1 sh)
Choose one:
BSTT 430 Design of Clinical Trials (3 sh)
-or-
BSTT 440 Sampling and Estimation Methods (3 sh)

Collateral Area (6 sh)
500-level courses in a relevant area outside of Epidemiology and approved by the advisor
(e.g. Biostatistics, Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, Environmental Sciences,
Sociology).

Electives 30 sh (minimum)
Two 500-level substantive Epidemiology classes, in different areas, to prepare for
substantive sections of preliminary examination (e.g. Cardiovascular, Cancer,
Aging, Infectious, Pediatrics, Genetics). (4-6 sh)

At least one biological science class relevant to student's research area is required
if no prior biological sciences background. (4 sh)
Remaining electives (20-22 sh)

Dissertation Research 32 sh (min.)
Research in the Public Health Sciences - PhD (IPHS 599)
Involves Preliminary Examination, Dissertation Proposal Approval, and Dissertation
Defense

PROGRAM TOTAL 96 sh (min.)