Related Graduate Courses
RELATED GRADUATE COURSES
The following courses are part of the Masters of Public Health program in the School of Medicine:
CM 6020 Biostatistics I. Cr. 4. Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; measures of central tendency and of dispersion; random samples; probability distributions including the bionomial, the Poison, the normal, the t, the Chi-square and the F; introduction to estimation and hypothesis testing; rates and vital statistics.
CM 7100 Introduction to Organization and Administration of Community Health Services. Cr. 3. General overview of the U.S. health care system; social and organizational aspects of delivery, financing, utilization, planning, and development of health care systems.
CM 7240 Epidemiology. Cr. 3. Epidemiologist’s task list; research of problems without known etiology; infectious and non-infectious diseases; examination of current problems.
CM 7320 The Social Basis of Health Care. Cr. 3. Concepts, issues, and problems related to the social basis of health care; strategies and tactics for community health organization and change.
AUD 7420 Industrial and Community Problems in Audiology. Cr. 3. Hearing conservation programs in industry and in the community; discovery and prevention of hearing loss; auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on hearing; federal and state regulations.
The following represent descriptions of courses offered by other programs that are associated with the Analytical Toxicology Certificate Curriculum in the Department of Clinical Laboraty Science: (BIO - Biological Sciences; CLS - Clinical laboratory Sciences; MS - Mortuary Sciences; PSC - Pharmaceutical Sciences; PHC - Pharmacology):
BIO 6000 Molecular Cell Biology I. Cr. 3. Analysis of cell structure at the molecular and cellular levels and the physiological consequences of these structures: isolation, physico-chemical properties, and biological attributes of cells, organelles, and biopolymers including nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids.
BIO 6010 Molecular Cell biology II. Cr. 3. Analysis of cell regulation at the molecular level. Cell development and differentiation. Genetic mechanisms including: DNA synthesis and repair, mechanism of gene expression and control.
BIO 6120 Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory II. Cr. 3. Laboratory exercises illustrate methods and concepts of molecular biology and recombinant DNA analysis.
CLS 5150 Medical Informatics. Cr. 2. Information system models in an interdisciplinary healthcare environment. Survey of hardware and software platforms; patient information data repositories; medical imaging; applications to clinical pathways, utilization review, financial analysis, managed care.
CLS 7110 Current Problems and Regulations in Hospital Laboratory Functions. Cr. 2. Study of the organizational, fiscal, staffing and disciplinary problems facing the clinical laboratory manager; legislative and regulatory bodies affecting laboratory operations.
MS 5200 Medical Microbiology for the Technical Professional. Cr. 3. Detailed study of commensal organisms of the human and mechanisms of resistance. Identification, by anatomical location, of organisms likely to cause infection; methods required for collection and transportation of microbiological specimens.
MS 6010 Forensic Analysis for the Toxicologist. Cr. 3. The forensic lab, its organization, accreditation and regulation; quality control, safety, and documentation; discussion and demonstration of methods for collection and processing of specimens.
MS 6020 Current Research in Forensic Analysis. Cr. 3. New developments in the forensic laboratory; current areas of research and potential applications.
MS 6150 Human Histopathology. Cr. 3. Study of techniques involved in the collection and preparation of tissues prior to microscopic examination.
MS 6200 Forensic Pathology. Cr. 3. Role of medical examiner, early signs of death, medical investigation of cause of death, methods for identification of remains, medico legal aspects of forensic science, toxicology specimen techniques.
PSC 6890 Toxicology and Adverse Drug Reactions. Cr. 3. Study of toxicology and adverse drug reactions including metabolism, hypersensitivity, carcinogenicity, drug-drug interactions, and other factors hazardous to human health.
PHC 6340 Chemical Basis of Pharmacology. Cr. 3. Mechanisms of action and metabolism of commonly-used drugs and toxic substances from the cellular level to whole biological systems.
The following courses are associated with the environmental health and hazardous materials control graduate certificate program offered in collaboration with the College of Engineering that are available to MS students as electives depending on their background and specific career objectives:
CE 5580 Land Disposal of Hazardous Waste. Cr. 2. Industrial landfill, biological methods of disposal, land and ocean disposal techniques, disposal of flue gas cleaning wastes.
CE 5590 Biological Hazardous Waste Disposal. Cr. 2. Prereq: HWM 551. Biological treatment of industrial wastes, including unit operations, solids handling and activated carbon processing.
CHE 6570 Safety in the Chemical Process Industry. Cr. 3. Fundamental and practical experience for the safe operation of a chemical process plant. Actual industrial case studies conducted under industrial supervision.