流行病学理学硕士

该计划旨在为研究生水平的学生提供专业的职业机会，其中流行病学方法和分析技术的专门知识很有用。安置的可能性包括在地方，州或联邦卫生机构，公共卫生学院或卫生科学学院的学术部门或私人企业中工作。流行病学理学硕士课程要求至少39学分的研究生学分，并提供或不提供论文。选择不完成论文的学位的学生必须通过全面考试。所有学生的平均GPA必须保持至少3.00。那些在7个小时的课程中获得C级成绩的人可能会被解雇。在三个学期中，学生必须参加所有流行病学研讨会会议和期刊俱乐部会议的80％。在毕业之前，他们必须在部门级别展示一张科
This program is designed to prepare graduate level students for professional career opportunities in which specialized knowledge of epidemiologic methods and analytic techniques are useful. Placement possibilities include employment in local, state, or federal health agencies, academic departments within Schools of Public Health or Colleges of Health Sciences, or private enterprise.<br><br>Graduates of the MS program will be able to:<br><br>Define the concepts and contents of epidemiology.<br>Formulate a research hypothesis.<br>Determine study aim, objectives and appropriate study design to address the hypothesis.<br>Describe health and disease measurement in a clinical and community populations.<br>Identify risk and/or preventive factors that may contribute to outcome to incorporate them into a research study.<br>Use computers to collect, manage and analyze data for evaluation of hypotheses.<br>Use questionnaires and measurement instruments in collection of data.<br>Use existing databases to provide background or supportive data to address research questions.<br>Analyze data and to compose an understandable and presentable report of the results.<br>Perform ethical research.