VCUDepartmentof Epidemiology and Community Health VCU School of Medicine MCV Campus PO Box 980212 Richmond, VA 23298-0212 Phone: 804.828.9785

MPH Program
Generalist Track Requirements

45 credit hour minimum

Course ID Course Title Hours
Core Courses  
BIOS 543 Statistical Methods I 3
EPID 571 Epidemiology I 3
EPID 600 Introduction to Public Health 3
EPID 602 Public Health Organization and Management 3
EPID 604 Principles of Occupational and Environmental Health 3
EPID 605 Epidemiology of Health Behaviors 3
EPID 694 MPH Program Research Project 3
EPID 693 Public Health Internship 3
Total Core Credits 24
Track-Specific course requirements  
EPID 603 Public Health Policy and Politics 3
EPID 606 Epidemiology II 3
SBHD 608 Health Communication 3
Total Track-Specific Credits 9
Suggested Elective Courses (others with advisor approval)
EPID 511 or
EPID 512
Industrial Hygiene: Hazard Identification & Evaluation or Industrial Hygiene: Methods of Hazard Control 3
EPID 521 Regulation of Toxic Substances 3
EPID 560 Fundamentals of Data Management & Analysis 3
EPID 607 [Methods of] Nutritional Epidemiology 3
EPID 610 Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology 3
EPID 615 Public Health Issues and Interventions in Communities of Color 3
EPID 617 International Health 3
EPID 618 Public Health Law 3
EPID 619 Intentional Injury 3
EPID 620 Cancer Epidemiology 3
EPID 621 Infectious Disease Epidemiology 3
EPID 693 Fundamentals of Public Health Data Management 3
MICR 510 Scientific Integrity 1
Total Elective Credits 12
Total (minimum)   45
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Virginia Commonwealth University | School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology & Community Health
1000 East Clay Street
P.O. Box 980212
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0212
Phone: (804) 828-9785
Fax: (804) 828-9773
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