Track I Community Health Promotion & Education

The Community Health Promotion and Education specialization focuses on the medical, social, political, ethical, and economic factors that contribute to an overall well-being of public health systems and the communities they serve.

Completion Requirements

120 quarter credits
- Foundational courses (38 cr.)
- Core courses (23 cr.)
- Specialization courses (29 cr.)
- Research proposal, dissertation, and oral presentation (30 cr.)
Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
Minimum 10 quarters enrollment
20 days of academic residency (two 4-day and two 6-day residencies)

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Note: You may have courses transferred into the program based upon the review of your prior graduate-level coursework. A maximum of 46-quarter credits may be eligible for transfer of credit, including any 6000-level public health foundation course (with the exception of PUBH 6000), and the Research Foundation Sequence courses RSCH 8100, RSCH 8200, and RSCH 8300.

Foundational Courses


Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8101	Principles of Communication in Public Health	2
PUBH 8002	Essentials of Public Health: A Case Study Approach	4
PUBH 8115	Social, Behavioral, and Cultural Factors in Public Health	4
PUBH 8125	Biostatistics	4
PUBH 8145	Epidemiology	4
PUBH 8165	Environmental Health	4
PUBH 8175	Health Policy and Management	4
PUBH 8135	Leadership, Professionalism, and Ethics in Public Health Practice	4
PUBH 8155	Research in Public Health	4
PUBH 8235	Program Design, Planning, and Evaluation	4

Core Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits

PUBH 8010 Promoting Population Health    5

PUBH 8015 Administration and Leadership of Public Health Programs    5

PUBH 8020 Public Health Informatics    5

RSCH 8100 Research Theory, Design, and Methods    4

RSCH 8200 Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis    4

Specialization Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8200	Organizing Community Action for Health Promotion and Education	5
PUBH 8210	Public Campaigns for Health Promotion and Education	5
PUBH 8215	Public Health Policy Design and Implementation	5
PUBH 8220	Health Promotion and Education Interventions in Diverse Populations	5
PUBH 8225	Design and Analysis of Community Trials	5
RSCH 8300	Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis	4