Courses Details
PUBHLTH680: Applied Practice and Integrative Experience I
- Graduate level
- Online MPH only
- This is a second year course for Online students
- Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Elizabeth Levin-Sparenberg, Melissa Beck, (Online MPH);
- Prerequisites: PubHlth 512, Biostats 501
- Description: Students will launch their integrated learning experience, which involves addressing an applied health problem and presenting their work in a professional communication format, synthesizing competencies they achieved throughout the program. Students will partner with community organizations in the Real-World Writing Project to develop two products, fulfilling the program’s APEx requirements.
- Learning Objectives: At the end of this fall-semester course, students should: - have started their integrated learning experience and capstone product, the culmination of their experiences and learning in the MPH program. - have written something for the real world of public health that achieves a specific purpose and that is appropriate for a specific audience, and is written in a particular style. - have further developed their composing process through reflection, discussion and trying new approaches. - have gained experience collaborating with their peers and have connected these collaborative activities to public health practices. - be able to identify and/or create effective written and oral arguments within each of the communication formats we cover in the course. - explain the critical importance of evidence in advancing public health knowledge.
- Residential Syllabus for PUBHLTH680
