Program Overview

Public Health Program

The Public Health program at Oregon State University offers a comprehensive curriculum that covers various aspects of public health, including health promotion, disease prevention, and health care management.

Course Descriptions

The program includes a range of courses that provide students with a solid foundation in public health principles and practices. Some of the courses offered include:

• H 100: Introduction to Public Health
• H 199: Special Studies
• H 206: Projects
• H 210: Introduction to the Health Care System
• H 220: Introduction to Health Data Analysis
• H 225: Social and Individual Health Determinants
• H 250: Introduction to Health Care Management
• H 309: Practicum in Health Care Services
• H 310: Health Field Experiences
• H 312: HIV/AIDS and STIs in Modern Society
• H 319: Introduction to Health Policy
• H 320: Introduction to Human Disease
• H 333: Global Public Health
• H 344: Foundations of Environmental Health
• H 349: Peer Helper Skills Development
• H 364: Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior
• H 376: Evidence-Based Health Promotion
• H 385: Safety and Health Standards and Laws
• H 399: Special Topics
• H 401: Research and Scholarship
• H 402: Independent Study
• H 403: Thesis
• H 405: Reading and Conference
• H 406: Projects
• H 407: Seminar
• H 408: Workshop
• H 409: Practicum
• H 410: Internship
• H 418: Public Health Ethics and Issues
• H 421: Mental Health
• H 422: Health, Aging, and Control of Chronic Diseases
• H 425: Foundations of Epidemiology
• H 431: Health Care Marketing
• H 432: Economic Issues in Health and Medical Care
• H 434: Health Care Law and Regulation
• H 436: Advanced Topics in Health Care Management
• H 445: Occupational Health
• H 448: Public Health Toxicology
• H 449: Mass Media and Health
• H 457: Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
• H 458: Reimbursement Mechanisms
• H 461: Sexuality: A Health Science Perspective
• H 465: Public Health and Women: Social and Policy Issues
• H 467: Long-Term Care Alternatives
• H 468: Financing and Administration of Long-Term Care
• H 474: Public Health and Violence in Society
• H 476: Planning and Evaluating Health Promotion Programs
• H 477: Dietary Interventions for Public Health
• H 480: Undergraduate EOH Seminar
• H 489: Emergency and Disaster Management
• H 491: Selected Topics
• H 494: Applied Ergonomics
• H 495: Design for Environment, Safety, and Health
• H 501: Research and Scholarship
• H 503: Thesis
• H 505: Reading and Conference
• H 506: Projects
• H 507: Seminar
• H 508: Workshop
• H 509: Practicum
• H 510: Internship
• H 511: Community, Culture, and Global Health
• H 512: Introduction to Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
• H 513: Integrated Approach to Public Health
• H 514: Environmental, Safety, and Health Seminar
• H 515: Research Methods in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
• H 516: Research Methods in Global Health
• H 518: Public Health Ethics and Issues
• H 519: Displacement, Migration, and Global Health
• H 520: Health Disparities
• H 521: Mental Health
• H 522: Health, Aging, and Control of Chronic Diseases
• H 523: Foundations of Public Health
• H 524: Introduction to Biostatistics
• H 525: Epidemiological Methods I
• H 526: Epidemiologic Methods II
• H 527: Critical Assessment of International Health Programs
• H 528: Global Health Issues
• H 529: International Health
• H 530: Health Policy Analysis and Politics
• H 532: Economic Issues in Health and Medical Care
• H 533: Health Systems Organization
• H 534: Health Care Law and Regulation
• H 535: Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence
• H 536: Healthcare Organization Leadership Theory and Behavior
• H 537: Injury Epidemiology
• H 538: Public and Private Health Insurance
• H 540: Water and Human Health
• H 541: Air Quality and Human Health
• H 542: Environmental and Occupational Health Risk Assessment
• H 543: Exposure Science I
• H 544: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
• H 545: Occupational Health
• H 546: Physical Agents and Human Health
• H 547: GIS and Public Health
• H 548: Public Health Toxicology
• H 549: Mass Media and Health
• H 550: Social Epidemiology
• H 551: Applied Epidemiological Analysis of Secondary Data
• H 552: Disaster Epidemiology
• H 553: Physical Activity Epidemiology
• H 554: Epidemiology of Aging
• H 555: Cancer Epidemiology
• H 556: Strategic Management of Health Service Organizations
• H 557: Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
• H 558: Reimbursement Mechanisms
• H 560: Public Health Surveillance
• H 562: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• H 563: Physical Activity Epidemiology
• H 564: Computing Tools and Health Data Analysis
• H 565: Public Health and Women: Social and Policy Issues
• H 566: Data Mining in Public Health
• H 567: Long-Term Care Alternatives
• H 568: Financing and Administration of Long-Term Care
• H 569: Maternal and Child Health
• H 571: Principles of Health Behavior
• H 572: Community Organization for Health Promotion and Education
• H 573: Introduction to Multilevel/Hierarchical Models
• H 575: Evaluation of Health Promotion and Education Programs
• H 576: Program Planning/Proposal Writing in Health/Human Services
• H 578: Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology I
• H 580: Linear Regression and Analysis of Time to Event Data
• H 581: Generalized Linear Models and Categorical Data Analysis
• H 582: Analysis of Correlated Health Data
• H 583: Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management
• H 584: Analysis of Intervention Studies and Clinical Trials
• H 585: Environment, Safety, and Health Policy and Law
• H 586: Bayesian Biostatistics in Public Health
• H 587: Time to Event Analysis of Health Data
• H 588: Applied Occupational Safety and Health
• H 589: Emergency and Disaster Management
• H 590: Occupational Ergonomics and Biomechanics
• H 591: Selected Topics
• H 592: Spatial Epidemiology
• H 593: Reproductive Epidemiology
• H 594: Applied Ergonomics
• H 595: Design for Environment, Safety, and Health
• H 596: Healthcare Epidemiology
• H 597: Methods in Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigation
• H 598: Health Policy Analysis Methods
• H 599: Special Topics
• H 601: Research and Scholarship
• H 603: Thesis
• H 605: Reading and Conference
• H 606: Projects
• H 607: Seminar
• H 608: Workshop
• H 610: Internship
• H 612: Doctoral Seminar in Public Health: Research and Practice
• H 613: Independent Research Project
• H 614: Research Manuscript
• H 615: Advanced Evaluation and Research Design
• H 620: Advanced Topics in Global Health Intervention and Practice
• H 622: Global Health Systems, Policy, and Politics
• H 626: Global Health System Finance and Strengthening
• H 630: Quantitative Health Policy Research Methods I
• H 632: Applied Health Economics
• H 635: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health and Medical Care
• H 638: Public and Private Health Insurance
• H 639: Community-Based Participatory Research
• H 642: Environmental and Regulatory Risk Assessment
• H 650: Reporting Results: Writing for Epidemiology
• H 651: Advanced Epidemiological Methods
• H 652: Causal Inference in Epidemiology
• H 659: Quantitative Health Policy Research Methods II
• H 662: Advanced Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• H 671: Advanced Theories of Health Behavior
• H 672: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Health Behavior
• H 673: Measurement of Health Behavior Concepts
• H 675: Development of Health Behavior Interventions
• H 676: Advanced Topics in Health Promotion and Health Behavior
• H 681: Advanced Topics in Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
• H 682: Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety: Moving from Research to Practice
• H 683: Advanced Research Methods in Environmental and Occupational Health
• H 685: Race, Class, Culture, and Aging
• H 699: Special Studies

Program Requirements

The Public Health program requires students to complete a minimum of 180 credits, including:

• 60 credits of general education courses
• 60 credits of public health core courses
• 30 credits of elective courses
• 30 credits of practicum or internship experience

Admission Criteria

Admission to the Public Health program requires:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• A minimum GPA of 3.0
• Completion of prerequisite courses in statistics, biology, and psychology
• Submission of a personal statement and letters of recommendation

Research Areas

The Public Health program at Oregon State University focuses on several research areas, including:

• Health promotion and disease prevention
• Health care management and policy
• Environmental and occupational health
• Global health and international health
• Health disparities and social determinants of health

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees for the Public Health program vary depending on the student's residency status and the number of credits taken per term. For more information, please visit the Oregon State University website.