Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "SPHL-Public Health"
SPHL - Public Health
SPHL 386 Experiential Learning (3)
Prerequisite: Permission of SPHL-School of Public Health.
SPHL 400 Introduction to Global Health (3)
Credit only granted for: SPHL400 or SPHL498A. Formerly: SPHL498A.
Exploration of theoretical frameworks and practical perspectives on
issues shaping the global health panorama. Determinants examined
through: biological and epidemiological; social, cultural and economic;
environmental and geographic; multi-section, legal and institutional
perspectives with synopsis of how these issues are addressed by
international and community organizations in developing countries.
SPHL 401 History of Public Health (3)
Credit only granted for: SPHL401 or SPHL498E. Formerly: SPHL498E.
History of public health in the Western world from antiquity to the
present. The influence of public health developments in other parts of
the globe. The interaction between Western and non-Western cultures
with respect to health issues.
SPHL 402 Public Health Emergency Preparedness (3)
Intensive introduction to public health emergency preparedness. Course
will provide students with an overview of the role of public health in
planning, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery from
disasters, both manmade and natural.
SPHL 410 Public Health Program Planning and Evaluation (3)
Students will become familiar with the dynamics of public health program
planning, and the basic process of identifying unmet needs. They will be
able to identify different types of program evaluation, including needs
assessment, formative research, process evaluation, impact assessment,
and cost analysis. Course will be offered at Shady Grove campus.
SPHL 412 Food, Policy, and Public Health (3)
Recommended: NFSC100.
Broad overview of the impact of food and food policy on public health.
Course covers topics such as access to food, food systems, influence of
food policies on the individual, the cost of food, influences on food
selection, food safety risks and responses, nutrition-related health
challenges, and a comparison of US food/nutrition issues with those of
other nations.
SPHL 415 Essentials of Public Health Biology: The Cell, The Individual, and Disease (3)
Prerequisite: BSCI105.
Presents the basic scientific and biomedical concepts of modern public
health problems and explores in depth mechanisms and models of the major
categories of disease. The biologic principles presented are foundations
to public health disease prevention, control, or management programs.
SPHL 488 Children's Health and Development Clinic (1-4)
Prerequisite: Permission of SPHL-School of Public Health.
An opportunity to acquire training and experience in a therapeutically
oriented physical education-recreation program for children referred by
various education, special education, medical or psychiatric groups.
SPHL 491 Public Health Science Internship (3)
Restriction: Must be in Public Health Science program.
The Public Health Science internship will enable students to gain
practical experience under conditions conducive to educational and
professional development. The internship is a time-limited, supervised
period of public health professional experience carried out in a related
professional organization. Students will be required to submit
information to document their progress and experiences.
SPHL 498 Special Topics in Public Health (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher. Repeatable to 9 credits if
content differs. Credit only granted for: SPHL498 or SPHL698 of same
suffix.
Topical and interdisciplinary courses of interest to upper level
undergraduate students in the field of Public Health not currently
covered by the program.
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