Field Placement Preparation

Catalog description

Prerequisites: 18165 Principles of Public Health Data and Epidemiology, 18203 Public Health Administration, 18204 Public Health Analytics, 18155 Public Health Theory and Practice; all required coursework in the Master of Public Health program besides 18280 Field Placement and 18297 MPH Capstone Project recommended. This course will provide students with the foundation for the MPH Field Placement course, a required applied practice experience within the MPH program. In the Preparation course, students will connect with public health organizations and arrange their specific Field Placement projects. The course will highlight principles of human subject research as well as community-academic partnerships and will help students apply these principles in the development of their projects. Students will also begin ideation and planning toward their final culminating experience in the program, Capstone.