Master of Public Health: Customized

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1 Degree Planner: Fall 2018 Summer 2019 Entering Students Master of Public Health: Customized Name: Student Number: Dual Degree: Partner Institution: Course Credits Title Semester & Year Grade Corresponding Competencies Public Health Core Courses 18 credit hours MPH Foundational Competencies PHM 1110L 3 Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences in Public Health PHM 1690L 4 Introduction to Biostatistics in Public Health The Public Health Core Courses are designed to PHM 2110L 3 Public Health Ecology & the Human Environment meet the MPH Foundational Competencies set PHM 2612L 3 Epidemiology I forth by the PHM 3715L 3 Management & Policy Concepts in Public Health Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). PHM Introduction to Qualitative Research in Public Health Advanced Public Health Coursework 1 9 credit hours, minimum 5 Advanced Public Health Competencies 12 credit hours Electives 2 PH Practicum Total Credits credit hours 3 credit hours Integrative Learning Experience 3 Practicum 4 2 Foundational Competencies & 2 Advanced Public Health Competencies 3 Foundational Competencies & 2 Advanced Public Health Competencies Advising Notes: Approvals: Student, Printed Student, Signature Date Faculty Advisor, Printed Faculty Advisor, Signature Date Office of Academic Affairs Representative, Printed Office of Academic Affairs Representative, Signature Date Page 1 of 2

2 Degree Planner: Fall 2018 Summer 2019 Entering Students Planning Notes: * A maximum of six combined credits of Practicum (3 credits), and Integrative Learning Experience (3 credits) count toward the minimum of 45 credits required for completion; therefore at least 39 credits of courses other than Practicum and Integrative Learning Experience must be successfully completed. ¹Advanced Public Health Coursework: Customized MPH students are required to select advanced public health coursework from a list of preapproved courses; students are required to fulfill five unique competencies through their selected coursework as indicated on the list of Approved Advanced Public Health Coursework. ²Electives: For dual degree students, electives include shared credits from your respective dual degree program. For general customized students, please consult with your advisor when selecting elective courses. ³Integrative Learning Experience: Students planning to complete a departmental integrated learning experience must meet the prerequisites through the Advanced Public Health Coursework selected above. In addition, students must integrate two MPH Foundational Competencies and two MPH Public Health Competencies covered in your selected Advanced Public Health Coursework above. Alternatively, students may complete an independent integrated learning experience with faculty. Students who elect this option must complete an Independent Integrated Learning Experience form with the faculty member prior to enrolling in the course. ⁴Practicum: While planning the Practicum, students must integrate 3 MPH Foundational Competencies & 2 Advanced Public Health Competencies covered in your selected Advanced Public Health Coursework above. Planner must be completed and submitted to the faculty advisor during first semester of classes at the School of Public Health. Changes to planned coursework may be made and submitted to the faculty advisor for approval. Page 2 of 2

3 Approved Public Health Advanced Coursework List MPH Customized Programs Dept. Prefix Catalog No. Course Title Credits Rotation Competencies BIOS PH 1700L Intermediate Biostatistics 4 BIOS PH 1820L Regression Techniques* 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-B1, MPH-B3 BIOS PH 1830L Categorical Data Analysis* 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-B1 BIOS PH 1831L Survival Analysis 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-B1 ENHS PHM 2135L Risk Analysis: Principles and Practice 3 Every: Spring MPH-O1, MPH-O5 ENHS PH 2175L Toxicology I: Principles of Toxicology 3 Every: Fall MPH-O2 ENHS PH 2205L Health and Safety Program Management and Leadership EPID PH 2615L Epidemiology II 3 EPID PH 2710L Epidemiology III* 3 3 Every: Spring MPH-O3, MPH-O4 EPID PHW 2795 Disease Detectives 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-E1, MPH-E3 MPH-B1, MPH-B2, MPH-B3, MPH-B4, MPH-B5, MPH-6 MPH-E1, MPH-E2, MPH-E3, MPH-E4, MPH-E5, MPH-E6, MPH-E8 MPH-E4, MPH-E6, MPH-E9, MPH-E11 EPID PH 2765L Pediatric Epidemiology 3 On Occasion MPH-E1, MPH-E3, MPH-E5 EPID PH 2998 Special Topics: Applied Data Analysis 3 Every: Spring MPH-E1, MPH-E6 HPBS PHM 1111L Health Promotion Theory and Methods 4 HPBS PH 1112L HPBS PHM 1113L Community Assessment Methods in Public Health* Advanced Methods for Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs (Intervention Mapping)* Every: Spring & Summer MPH-H2, MPH-H3, MPH-H7 3 Every: Spring MPH-H1, MPH-H3 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-H1, MPH-H2, MPH-H3, MPH-H4, MPH- H5, MPH-H6 HPBS PHM 1120L Program Evaluation 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-H1, MPH-H5, MPH-H6 MPCH PHM 3620L Principles and Practice of Public Health 4 Every: Fall MPH-C2, MPH-C4 MPCH PHM 3630 Health Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation 3 Every: Fall MPH-C1 MPCH PHM 3718L Accounting for Healthcare Management 2 Every: MPH-M3 MPCH PHM 3720L Healthcare Finance* 2 Every: Fall MPH-M3 MPCH PH 3735L Healthcare Strategic Management 3 Every: Spring MPH-M1, MPH-M2 MPCH PH 3736L U.S. Healthcare Payment Systems and Policy 3 Every: Spring MPH-S1, MPH-S3, MPH-S5 MPCH PH 3738L Legal Issues in Healthcare 3 Every: Spring MPH-M4 MPCH PHM 3744L Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in Health 3 Every: Fall MPH-M5 Services Organizations MPCH PHM 3746L Evaluation and Improvement of Healthcare Quality 3 Every: Fall MPH-M3, MPH-S2 MPCH PH 3747L Healthcare Operations Management 3 Every: Spring MPH-M1, MPH-M2, MPH-M5 MPCH PHM 3800L Working with Diverse Communities 3 Every: Fall MPH-C3 MPCH PH 3815 Health Policy Analysis 3 Every: Fall MPH-S4 MPCH PH 3818 Texas Health Policy: Emerging Issues and New Approaches 3 Every: Spring MPH-S4, MPH-S5 MPCH PHM 3910 Health Economics 3 Every: Fall & Spring MPH-S1 MPCH PH 3920 Health Services Delivery and Performance 3 Every: Spring MPH-S3 MPCH PH 3940 Healthcare Outcomes and Quality Research 3 Every: Fall MPH-S2 *These courses require one or more prerequisite course(s) outside of the MPH Core. For a complete list of prerequisites to all courses see the Course Rotation or Catalog. The list of Approved Advanced Public Health Coursework was updated on November 14, Please visit the Course Information webpage for updates.

4 MPH Competency Inventory MPH Foundational Competencies MPH 1: Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice MPH 2: Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context MPH 3: Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer based programming and software, as appropriate MPH 4: Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice MPH 5: Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings MPH 6: Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels MPH 7: Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities health MPH 8: Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs MPH 9: Design a population based policy, program, project or intervention MPH 10: Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management MPH 11: Select methods to evaluate public health programs MPH 12: Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence MPH 13: Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes MPH 14: Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations MPH 15: Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity MPH 16: Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision making MPH 17: Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges MPH 18: Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors MPH 19: Communicate audience appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation MPH 20: Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content MPH 21: Perform effectively on interprofessional teams MPH 22: Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue Major Specific Competencies (Advanced Public Health Competencies) Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Competencies: MPH H1. Assess needs and assets in partnership with stakeholders, in the context of environmental, behavioral and biological determinants that influence health MPH H2. Apply evidence, theories and models from social and behavioral sciences to understand determinants of health at multiple levels of the socio ecological model MPH H3. Recognize the role of stakeholder involvement, develop theory and evidence based programs, practices or policies to promote health at multiple levels of the socioecological model. MPH H4. Plan for adoption, implementation, and maintenance of health promoting programs, practices or policies MPH H5. Develop a plan to monitor and evaluate the implementation of a health promotion program, including coverage and delivery. MPH H6. Develop a plan to evaluate impact of a health promotion program on appropriate program specific outcomes MPH H7. Describe various professional health promotion career and credentialing opportunities. Biostatistics Competencies: MPH B1. Apply appropriate statistical regression models to public health data. MPH B2. Demonstrate basic statistical inferences for public health datasets. MPH B3. Use multiple statistical software packages appropriately to analyze public health data. MPH B4. Describe preferred methodological alternatives to commonly used statistical methods when their assumptions are not met. MPH B5. Manage data sets appropriately for public health research related analyses. MPH B6. Identify and implement the dimensions of reproducibility in public health research from a biostatistics perspective. Occupational and Environmental Health Competencies: MPH O1. Assess the available methods for environmental characterization and exposure assessment, proposing mitigation strategies for the prevention and/or control of environmental problems. MPH O2. Critically evaluate information and data in the peer reviewed literature and from other sources related to environmental health sciences, considering the quality and suitability of literature and data. MPH O3. Describe regulatory programs, including effectiveness, in the context of legislative authorities that deal with environmental health issues at the local, state, federal, or international levels. MPH O5. Describe the function, structure and financing of environmental programs. MPH O6. Explain approaches to risk management while communicating risk issues effectively. Epidemiology Competencies: MPH E1. Analyze key sources of data for epidemiological purposes. MPH E2. Demonstrate the application of epidemiology for informing etiologic research, public health surveillance, screening programs MPH E3. Evaluate a public health problem in terms of magnitude, person, place and time, and exposure outcome relationships. MPH E4. Explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues. MPH E5. Apply basic ethical principles pertaining to the collection, maintenance, use and dissemination of epidemiologic information. MPH E6. Apply data analysis techniques to basic epidemiologic data, including calculating and appropriately interpreting measures of disease frequency and association. Management, Policy and Community Health Community Health Practice Competencies: MPH C1. Apply Community Health Practice methods such as program planning, implementation, or evaluation, to public health problems to address community partner needs MPH C2. Analyze the role of governmental public health and non profits in the public health system MPH C3. Recognize implicit bias and the role of discrimination on health MPH C4. Examine the role of leadership in public health practice MPH C5. Investigate a community partner's needs and execute a project aligned with those needs

5 MPH Competency Inventory Healthcare Management Competencies: MPH M1. (TL) Team Leadership: The student effectively collaborates with others and leads teams within and across healthcare organizations and communities, adapting when needed to maximize organizational and personal success. MPH M2. (SO) Strategic Orientation: The student synthesizes the opportunities and challenges an organization faces and communicates appropriate vision and strategies for organizational success. MPH M3. (AT) Analytical Thinking: The student evaluates quality, safety and financial performance measures and applies analysis to support managerial decision making in health organizations and/or services. MPH M4. (EP) Ethics & Professionalism: The student synthesizes knowledge and skills to excel professionally, acts according to high ethical standards and influences others in order to a make a meaningful contribution to the field. MPH M5. (OM) Organizational Management: The student selects, integrates and evaluates organizational resources to provide high quality customer oriented health services that are responsive to innovations in healthcare and the ever changing political landscape. Health Services Organization Competencies: MPH S1. Identify the main components and issues of the organization, financing and delivery of health services and public health systems in the US. MPH S2. Critically Review: Review and critically evaluate scientific studies that estimate the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of health policy alternatives. MPH S3. Design Evaluations: Prepare a detailed policy analysis plan to assess alterative policies for improving the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of health services. MPH S4. Describe Strengths & Limitations: Describe the internal and external validity strengths and limitations of health policy evaluations and the degree to which results are useful to decision makers. MPH S5. Communicate: Communicate orally and in writing the pros and cons of health policy alternatives that address the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity aspects of public health or medical care at the institutional and higher levels.