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PSYC 319 - Cognitive Psychology
Unit(s): 4
An overview of theories of learning, memory, and cognition with an emphasis on human information processing. Offered every year.
Prerequisite: (PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P) and (PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C or BIOL 105 with a minimum grade of C)
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PSYC 321 - Clinical Psychology
Unit(s): 4
Introduction to the profession of clinical psychology. Career paths, psychodiagnosis, psychotherapy, and community mental health. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 313 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 322 - Health Psychology
Unit(s): 4
This course addresses the ways in which an individual’s psychology may influence their adjustment to illness, and the prevention of illness through health-promoting practices.
Prerequisite: PSYC 270 with a minimum g
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PSYC 323 - Interviewing
Unit(s): 2 to 4
Interviewing in business and human service settings, including screening, selection, and evaluation. General communication skills (verbal and nonverbal) are emphasized, not psychotherapeutic techniques. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 324 - Forensic Psychology
Unit(s): 4
This course covers mental illness and its relation to crime. Criminal justice topics from the psychological perspective include the not guilty by reason of insanity defense, risk assessments of dangerousness, sex offender recidivism risk, and mental health defenses. Other areas where mental illness and the law intersect will also be covered.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 325 - Family Psychology
Unit(s): 4
This course addresses psychological perspectives on family systems. Course topics include historical perspectives of family, the intersection of family and identity, development of family roles, rules and patterns, family theory, and family therapy. All topics will incorporate discussions of ethics, research, diversity, and application.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 326 - Learning and Memory
Unit(s): 4
An overview of research on learning and memory, including consideration of cognitive theories, behavioral evidence, and neuroscientific evidence.
Prerequisite: (PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P) and (BIOL 105 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C)
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PSYC 327 - Organization & Group Processes
Unit(s): 4
An introduction to the psychology of group behavior including work behavior, emphasizing personnel decisions, training and career development, job satisfaction, supervision and leadership, the work environment, and research methods in psychology. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P and PSYC 260 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 310 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 328 - Child Psychopathology
Unit(s): 4
The dynamics of maladjustment and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Origins, treatment, and preventive measures. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 312 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 331 - Psychology of Sexuality
Unit(s): 4
A general survey of the sociological, psychological and physiological factors related to sexual behavior. The course examines theoretical issues and empirical findings from scientific sources. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 333 - Forum/Cont Issues in Psych
Unit(s): 1
This course is designed to promote interaction, dialogue, and understanding among students through study of specific contemporary topics in psychology. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 334 - Generation to Generation
Unit(s): 2
This course promotes interaction, understanding and appreciation between students from different generations. The class will be comprised of students from the University of San Francisco (USF) and older adult students from the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning at USF. The course will examine how stereotyping and prejudice affect the self-concept and attitudes towards other groups (including age, religion, ethnicity, etc.). This will be done through dialog, readings, experiential classroom activities, and two field trips. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 335 - Psychology of Gender
Unit(s): 4
This course reviews the social-psychological research literature, including the impact of biological and environmental factors on sex differences. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 336 - History and Systems
Unit(s): 4
This course surveys the development of modern psychological thought from an historical perspective. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
Restriction: Class restricted to Junior and Senior
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PSYC 339 - Adulthood and Aging
Unit(s): 4
This course examines psychological change in adulthood and old age. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 344 - Motivation and Emotion
Unit(s): 4
Theoretical and empirical review of the psychological and physiological bases of human motivation, as well as a systematic review of the field of emotion with an emphasis on major theories and current research approaches. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P and PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 350 - Perspectives in Psychology
Unit(s): 2 to 4
This course covers a variety of areas, the focus depending on the expertise of the instructor. Historical perspective and empirical research are stressed. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 351 - Human Neuropsychology
Unit(s): 4
This course introduces the student to the neural bases of mental functioning. It emphasizes both lower-order functions such as motor control and attention, and higher-order functions such as memory and emotion. Offered intermittently.
Prerequisite: PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 354 - Adolescent Development
Unit(s): 4
This course is the study of adolescent development, including special problems encountered in contemporary culture. The course focuses on current theoretical perspectives and empirical research findings on the processes of adolescent development and the applications of that research. The course examines the adolescent years, which can be considered the period of transition between childhood and adulthood that involves biological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes. Risk factors for adolescents and adolescents’ resilience in the face of these risk factors are examined. The course incorporates a multicultural lens on adolescent development, thus exploring how adolescents develop across different cultures around the world.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 355 - Positive Psychology
Unit(s): 4
Building on the foundation of humanistic psychology, positive psychology will offer students the opportunity to study, explore, and experience the conditions that allow individuals and communities to thrive and maximize their human potential. How do people experience and promote happiness and other positive emotional states like mindfulness, flow, compassion, gratitude, and love? What values, virtues, and talents are prized by individuals and communities and how are they lived in practice? The course will explore the historical foundations and contemporary understanding of positive psychology as well as offer opportunities for applied learning. Class time will concentrate on readings, discussion, and applied exercises.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P
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PSYC 369 - Child Maltreatment
Unit(s): 4
An advanced seminar introducing the student to the field of child abuse and neglect. Explores the definition, epidemiology, etiology, treatment, and prevention of child maltreatment.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 312 with a minimum grade of C
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PSYC 387 - ART: Advanced Research Topics
Unit(s): 4
Advanced study of research in psychology, emphasizing the development of psychological theories. This course will focus heavily on extensive readings and active discussion about research. The specific focus will depend on the expertise of the instructor and will be highlighted on the class schedule each semester.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 260 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 265 with a minimum grade of C and RHET 203 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Class restricted to Junior and Senior
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PSYC 388 - Advanced Research Methods
Unit(s): 4
Advanced study of research methods in psychology, including a review of the scientific approach, research design and measurement, and research ethics. The research focus will depend on the expertise of the instructor and will be highlighted on the class schedule each semester. Regular topics include: Sibling Relationships, Social Psychology of Aging, Sensation & Perception, Social Influence, Foster Children, Dreams & Mediation, Community Health, Acculturation, Applied Social Psychology, Changing Misconceptions, and Measurement: Peace & Conflict.
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 260 with a minimum grade of C and RHET 203 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 265 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 270 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Class restricted to Junior and Senior
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PSYC 392 - Adv Topics Sem in Psychology
Unit(s): 4
A seminar designed to explore in-depth issues in an area of psychology. Emphasis will be on the latest trends and theories in psychology and reflect the interests of the instructor. Junior or Senior standing required. Offered intermittently.
Restriction: Class restricted to Junior and Senior
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PSYC 396 - Psychology Practicum
Unit(s): 4
This course provides an opportunity for community-engaged learning in a variety of community settings relevant to psychology (e.g., hospitals, mental health and residential treatment centers, skilled nursing facilities, school classrooms, homeless shelters, preschool and daycare centers, and locally based non-profit organizations). Each student serves in an agency and experiences the application of psychology in the real world. The community-engaged experience allows students to examine how course concepts and theories play out in a community setting, develop skills and commitments to participate effectively in civic life, and address community-identified priorities and needs to advance the public good.
Prerequisite: (PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of P) and PSYC 313 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Class restricted to Senior; Field of study restricted to Psychology Major
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PSYC 399 - Directed Reading & Research
Unit(s): 1 to 8
Psychology majors initiate and complete a significant reading and research project under the direct supervision of faculty. Permission to take this course must be obtained in writing from the instructor, department chair, and dean. Offered every semester.
Prerequisite: PSYC 265 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 260 with a minimum grade of C or RHET 203 with a minimum grade of C
Restriction: Class restricted to Junior and Senior; Field of study restricted to Psychology Major
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PSYC 498 - Thesis Development Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Limited to students pursuing an Honors in Psychology; admission is by application letter or approval of instructor. In this seminar students prepare a research proposal, including an IRB application, a literature review, and a detailed description of how the independent and dependent variables will be measured. Students will also critique the proposals of class members. Offered Spring semester.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Psychology Major
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PSYC 499 - Honors Thesis Seminar
Unit(s): 4
Limited to students pursuing an Honors in Psychology. In this seminar students execute the research proposal developed in PSYC 498, including data gathering and analysis, as well as preparation of a written thesis and poster suitable for oral presentation. This course is completed in addition to the 48 units required for the psychology major. Offered Fall semester.
Prerequisite: PSYC 498 with a minimum grade of C and PSYC 388 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 101 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 260 with a minimum grade of C or RHET 203 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 265 with a minimum grade of C or PSYC 388 with a minimum grade of C
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PA 611 - Pub Admin Fld & Prac Cont Soc
Unit(s): 3
Reviews the history, status of, and emerging trends in public management on the federal, state, and local levels. Included is a survey of contemporary political, economic, and managerial concepts and developments in public administration that will serve as a foundation for further coursework in the program.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 613 - Management and Org. Theory
Unit(s): 3
Examines management theory and organizational behavior in public organizations. Major theories, research, and practical applications are reviewed.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 620 - Leadership Ethics
Unit(s): 3
Investigates ethical issues and responsibilities faced by leaders and administrators applying ethical principles within an organizational context. The ethical dimensions of organizational life and related administrative behavior are addressed, using the works of major theorists.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 623 - Econ. & Fin. for Pub. Managers
Unit(s): 3
Analyzes basic theory and various techniques applicable to financing public agencies and examines the effects of the economy on society and public organizations. Issues of public expenditure, revenue generation, fiscal policies, and economic development are discussed.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 632 - Policy Analysis
Unit(s): 3
(For generalist PA students and Health Services Administration Concentration students.) This course will explore the policy process, design of programs, and its impact on service delivery. Policy analysis is used to focus on the key issues, concepts, arenas, and actors in decision making. Decision models are used to describe, explain, and predict phenomenon, such as behaviors and outcomes for policies and programs. As policies, programs, and projects proliferate and increase in complexity, there is a greater demand for analysis. Key stakeholders in government, service providers, industry groups, professional associations, trade associations, advocacy and consumer groups, require policy analysis to frame problems and make better decisions. The methods of policy analysis include: forecasting, case method, technology, political feasibility, and economic viability assessments. Both the role of government to correct market failures as well as government failures and unintended consequences that flow from decisions will be covered.
Prerequisite: PA 611
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 633 - Public Sector Budgeting
Unit(s): 3
Examines the process of public sector budgeting from the perspective of managerial planning and control. Budget formats are reviewed, as are techniques used to analyze budgetary data. Specific attention is given to aspects of forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Prerequisite: PA 611
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 636 - Human Resource Plnng. & Mgmnt.
Unit(s): 3
Investigates current human resource management issues in the public sector. The planning for and performance of traditional personnel functions and relevant techniques are examined in addition to contemporary issues and trends that impact public sector employment. Selected aspects of strategic HR planning and management are discussed.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 638 - Emerging Tech for Pub Mngs
Unit(s): 3
Discusses impact of a variety of technologies that support the work of public managers. Topics include the aspects of management of information systems, web applications, telecommunication, and project management. Ethical considerations and confidentiality issues are also addressed.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 644 - Strategic Plng. & Implementati
Unit(s): 3
(For generalist PA students) Provides an overview of concepts and techniques necessary to become effective strategists and planners. Topics include the strategic planning process, leadership challenges, and organizational change issues.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 650 - Integrative Seminar in Pub. Mg
Unit(s): 3
This is the concluding course for the MPA program, applying theory, frames, and best practices of public administration to organizational and policy challenges. Assignments integrate skills and demonstrate knowledge from prior courses. Students also develop a plan of action for continued personal and professional development.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 670 - Quantitative Methods
Unit(s): 3
Reviews and applies research methodologies used for public decision making. Concepts include specification of questions to guide inquiry, basis for causal inference, acquisition of quantitative data, reliability and validity issues, and elements of descriptive and inferential statistics. Provides students with an opportunity to develop and enhance skills in designing, conducting, and analyzing research.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 680 - Program Evaluation
Unit(s): 3
(For generalist PA and Health Services Administration Concentration students.) Program evaluation has quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical methodologies used to assign value to the inputs, outputs, and outcomes of various policies to be implemented. This course covers program design and research designs, measurement, instrumentation, data collection, model estimation, and statistical inference for determining program impacts. Topics include: formative, summative, process, and outcome evaluation, needs assessment, and performance measurement. There is also an emphasis on economic evaluation.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 685 - Strat Mgmnt of Public Communic
Unit(s): 3
This course explores effective communications in the public sector environment, including the theory behind and practical application of a variety of communication practices. These include but are not limited to public information and awareness campaign management, delivery of effective presentations, and interpersonal communication within the office and within public settings. Emphasis placed on the source, message, channel, and receiver dimensions of communication in both traditional (oral communication, print, broadcast radio and television) and mediated (social networking, blogs, podcasts) environments.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 698 - Indep. Study: Public Admin.
Unit(s): 1 to 4
(For generalist PA students) Enables students, under faculty supervision, to develop a study outline and to conduct research on issues public administration-specific within or outside of their work settings.
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Business Administration, Public Administration Major
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PA 699 - Special Topic
Unit(s): 1 to 3
By special arrangement.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 711 - Navigating & Negotiating the Field of Practice of Pub Admin
Unit(s): 4
This first course in the MPA program reviews the development of public administration and health administration each as fields of practice, as well as emerging trends and best practices in public administration and society, serving as a foundation for future courses. The course surveys contemporary political, managerial, and leadership practices in government administration, as well as interactions with the nonprofit sector. This course provides the tools, skills, and concepts to operationalize the USF mission statement of ‘Change the World from Here’. An emphasis is on navigating and negotiating in public systems to leverage organizational, community, or institutional change. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 713 - Mng Prac, OB, & HR
Unit(s): 4
Explore ways to resolve organizational and managerial problems. Develop recommendations that improve the performance of an actual organization. Apply reframing to organizational analysis, from at least four different frameworks. Understand the evolution of organizational theory models and practices in the historical development of the field. Analyze the structure of public and nonprofit organizations.
Describe the human resources dynamics in organizations. Describe the drivers for politics and conflict, offering recommendations for negotiation. Analyze the impact of organizational culture on organizational performance. Consider the contemporary research on diversity and gender. Discuss the human resource function, limitations, and potential within the public and nonprofit sectors. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 717 - Healthcare Management
Unit(s): 4
Develop skills needed to manage and lead health care programs, organizations, and systems with an emphasis on planning and execution. Manage the healthcare delivery system by applying strategic planning, problem solving, continuous quality improvement, control, and resource management. Analyze policy issues arising within the health care delivery system to become effective leaders in the future. Identify challenges and issues in the U.S. health care sector in specific areas of policy, its contemporary legal framework and management; describe/develop operational responses and managerial adaptations. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 720 - Core Vl Driven Ldrshp & Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Explore the connections between core values and leadership .Describe and apply a variety of frameworks and major ethical theories for ethical decision-making as well as for best practices for core value driven leadership.. Engage in reflection on their own views on ethics, leadership and public service. Explain the human dimensions of ethical leadership and ethical failures. Apply a variety of approaches as public agency managers to create and sustain a culture of ethics within their organizations, including practical ways to increase the ethical awareness in organizations. Understand normative, compliance, and ethical practice in relation to good governance, anti-corruption and the promotion of transparent and accountable administration. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 723 - Mng Budgets, Finance & Econ
Unit(s): 4
Discusses the context for local government or nonprofit budgeting including key actors, functions, and recent innovations. Compares and contrast the processes for developing local, state, and government/nonprofit and state/federal budgets. Demonstrates varied forecasting and cost analyses techniques. Specifies those factors responsible for government revenue, expenditure, taxation and debt management. Explains how demographic factors can be used to forecast government revenue, expenditure and debt accumulation. Understand cutting-edge developments in public finance, including alternative methods for financing and deploying capital projects at the federal, state and local levels. Addresses issues of fiscal sustainability. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 732 - Public Policy Analysis & Imple
Unit(s): 4
Identify approaches to public policy analysis, policy change processes and challenges to policy implementation. Apply professional ethics, value conflicts, and code of ethics specific to policy analysts. Contrast rationales for distributional, competitive, market failure and other modes of problem analysis. Conduct cost-benefit analysis in programmatic review. Juxtapose analytical tools in policy analysis with programmatic financial and budgetary methodology. Systematically apply policy analysis at the developmental, implemented and evaluative stages of deployment at the local, regional, state or federal levels. Available to any School of Management graduate student with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 738 - Info Tech and E-Trends
Unit(s): 4
Discuss underlying concepts, methods, and techniques that are essential to the effective selection, development, deployment, and use of technology. Discuss how technology alters the decision making process and can contribute to greater effectiveness of public organizations. Explain the considerations and tradeoffs involved in making decisions about needed systems functions, integrating technology and business, and procuring solutions. Discuss the legal, ethical and policy issues regarding the use of technology in the public sector. Use on-line technology for research, communications, and collaboration. Understand the challenges of changing management information systems in the public sector, including procurement challenges. Find cutting edge Apps and Web sites developed by public agencies. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 744 - Strategic Planning
Unit(s): 4
Understand the core elements of strategy: outcomes, measures, assets, behaviors, values, stakeholders, environmental analysis, pitfalls or obstacles, and engagement processes. Apply strategy for advancing outcomes in your professional work. Distinguish between strategy and tactics. Analyze complex organizational challenge, determine leverage points for strategy, Identify obstacles to human resource strategic change and various strategies for overcoming barriers in the organization transformation process. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 749 - Leading Across Sectors
Unit(s): 2
This course teaches how to apply best practices of leadership at the intersection of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The course starts with the premise that successful leadership development is by design, not by accident to design, negotiate, manage, navigate, and evaluate programs, policies, initiatives, and projects that have a cross-sectoral dimension. Of particular interest are the varied mechanisms in play across sectors and placed-based approaches, not only in the United States, but also globally. The class emphasizes action-based learning to teach the application of leadership processes at four levels: Personal, Group, Organizational and Community for impact. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 760 - Health Law and Ethics
Unit(s): 4
Understand the fundamentals, structure, and functions of the legal system in health policy and care delivery. Recognize legal risk/liability in a wide variety of situations and communicate about that with legal counsel. Recognize the unique issues involved with health care information management, security, and reporting. Understand patient’s rights and ethical dilemmas that arise in health care. Understand the interplay of health care quality and employee regulation. Understand the role of regulatory agencies and how to navigate and negotiate in the regulatory environment. Develop a basic tool for analyzing and presenting health care legal policy. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 761 - Navigating & Negotiating in HA
Unit(s): 4
This first course in the MPA program reviews the development health administration, health policy and social determinants of health as fields of practice, as well as emerging trends and best practices. The course surveys contemporary health issues
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate; Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 762 - Social Determinants of Health
Unit(s): 2
This course teaches how to apply best practices of leadership for health administration or community health at the intersection of the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Of particular interest are the varied mechanisms in play across sectors.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate
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PA 763 - Quantitative Methods in Health
Unit(s): 4
Formulate researchable questions related to health policy, health administration, social determinants of health or population health that lend themselves to quantitative solution techniques. Determine what research method would provide a solution.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate
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PA 764 - Strategic Planning in Health
Unit(s): 4
Apply in health organizations, in the public, nonprofit, and private sector the core elements of strategy: outcomes, measures, assets, behaviors, values, stakeholders, environmental analysis, pitfalls or obstacles, and engagement processes.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate
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PA 765 - Health Program Evaluation
Unit(s): 4
Analyze a health program and develop a logic model to explicate it using action theory. Apply qualitative and/ or quantitative (economic) methods in evaluation research. Design and describe an evaluation proposal in the health sector.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate
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PA 770 - Quant Method & Big Data
Unit(s): 4
Formulate researchable questions related to public interests that lend themselves to quantitative solution techniques. Determine what research method would provide a solution. Develop a research design. Conduct research or field work to explore the content and principles of quantitative analysis for public sector policy research or program evaluation. Carry out research in an ethical, socially responsible manner. Accurately observe record, analyze, and report data. Evaluate the validity of research results. Demonstrate understanding of and literacy in statistical techniques common in public management. Present results using widely accepted reporting formats, i.e. reports and presentations. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 780 - Prg Eval and Monitoring
Unit(s): 4
Analyze a program and develop a logic model to explicate it using action theory. Apply qualitative and/ or quantitative (economic) methods in evaluation research. Design and describe a program and develop and present an evaluation proposal. Become a competent researcher and consumer of evaluation research products. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 784 - PA Academic Global Immersion
Unit(s): 2
The course surveys the nongovernmental sector working outside of the U.S. and compares it to the nonprofit sector working in the U.S. This is an optional 2-unit course for the MNA and MPA students. The Academic Global Immersion (AGI) version of this course explores NGO practices in refugee service management and anti-human trafficking. The purpose of this is to compare and contrast administrative effective strategies for forced migrations in Europe, the United States and internationally
Restriction: College restricted to School of Management; Level Restricted to Graduate
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PA 785 - Strategic Communications
Unit(s): 2
Know the historical development and understanding of the communication process with an emphasis on the legal and ethical framework used by public and nonprofit sector communicators; Understand the importance of communication management as a function of understand the principles, process, and programs of communication management to better analyze, solve problems, and make decisions about communication situations; Explore the creative process to develop strategic campaigns and message points; and undergo media relations training to understand how to improve the public and nonprofit sectors’ abilities to manage public conversations.
Develop research and writing skills through a variety of class assignments that articulate the needs of public and nonprofit sector communication officers. Available to any School of Management graduate students with program director’s permission.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
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PA 788 - PA Special Topics
Unit(s): 2 or 4
Study of selected public administration topics. Subject matter will vary with instructor. Offered intermittently.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
School of Management
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PA 798 - MPA Directed Study
Unit(s): 2 or 4
Enables students, under faculty supervision, to develop a study outline and to conduct research on issues public administration-specific within or outside of their work settings.
School of Management
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PA 799 - MPA Special Topic
Unit(s): 2 or 4
Topics vary by semester.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Public Administration Major
School of Management
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MPH 601A - Intro to PH for Clinicians
Unit(s): 1 to 2
This survey course introduces clinicians to population health sciences. It aims to help the clinician understand each individual patient in the context of the originating community and how this understanding impacts the effective care of individuals while also improving the health of the public. The clinician will learn how to have an impact beyond the medical encounter by learning to work with others in the community (including public health professionals, community members, and policy makers) toward preventing disease and improving health in various sites and ways whether on the local, state, or national levels.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 602 - Global Publ Health: Latin Amer
Unit(s): 2
This course examines globalization and health care in Latin American countries with comparison to the US. Students will focus on an understanding of the Latin American social determinants of health, social justice and efforts for equitable health care. Students will also explore and analyze a variety of health promotion interventions, strategies and tactics in the context of cultural relevance and appropriateness. The areas of particular emphasis will be the top five public health issues in Latin America today: reproductive health, nutrition, population dynamics, environmental issues, peace and conflict resolutions.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 607 - Legisla, Regula, Innova in PH
Unit(s): 2
This course begins by providing an overview of the roll of legislation, regulation, innovation, and related policy in public health. We will examine how policy and regulation both encourage and discourage health innovation. We will describe how such regulations and policies are developed and how they work in practice.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 609 - Global Perspectives on Public
Unit(s): 3
This course covers key public health concepts and trends globally. Students will examine existing and emerging public global health issues from a socioecological perspective and compare how they are addressed differently in different countries. This course will pay particular attention to how structural bias and health inequities shape health of individuals and populations through the lens of social justice. Students will build skills in analyzing public health literature and writing persuasive, evidence-based arguments.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 610 - PH for a Just & Humane World
Unit(s): 2
The course will introduce students to the five core public health areas including epidemiology, statistics, social and behavioral health, public health policy, and environmental health. It will also provide an introduction to the interprofessional scope, methods, and practice of public health. Students will develop an understanding of core concepts in public health such as determinants of health and population level prevention. The course will also present an introduction to crosscutting areas of public health including diversity and inequality, cultural competence, ethics, and systems thinking.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 611 - Intro to Public Health
Unit(s): 3
This course is a comprehensive analysis of the healthcare delivery system. Component studies include: local, state, and federal direct care regulatory agencies; nonprofit organizations promoting health and/or providing services; health planning and coordinating bodies at various levels; accrediting agencies for healthcare facilities; and organizations representing healthcare consumers. Formal, informal, financial, and political relationships between and among these components are highlighted. Regional patterns of healthcare delivery as well as trends, problems, and potential solutions are examined. Consideration of differences between the U.S. system and the systems in other regions of the world are also discussed.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 612 - Biostatistics in Public Health
Unit(s): 4
In this course, lectures and laboratory exercises acquaint the student with the basic concepts of biostatistics and their applications and interpretations in public health. Topics include descriptive statistics, graphics, diagnostic tests, probability distributions, reference, and tests of significance, association, linear and logistic regression, life tables, and survival analysis.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 621 - Epidemiology
Unit(s): 4
General core course provided for Master’s of Public Health (MPH) students introducing concepts, strategies and perspectives of epidemiology to be used in public health practice and administration.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 622 - Health Behavior Theory and Communication
Unit(s): 4
This core course provides a practical introduction to the contribution of social and behavioral sciences to understanding and addressing public health problems. Health behavior theories and models used for interventions to promote health in individuals, groups, and communities will be examined including their application in creating, communicating, and advocating for social change. Students will build skills in applying principles of effective health communication to design and evaluate health behavior and social change programs for specific audiences and sectors.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 623 - Women’s Health: Lifeword Persp
Unit(s): 2
This course examines women’s health across the lifespan via a lifeworld perspective. A lifeworld perspective examines how a woman is historically, culturally, politically, economically, and socially situated in the immediate world she is a part of and how each of these influence and determine the choices she will have, and ultimately impact her health and well-being. The course aims to prepare the public health practitioner to interpret these factors along with the epidemiological factors, and apply them in developing interventions, programs, and policies to improve overall quality of life for women from adolescence to old age.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 624 - Maternal Child Health
Unit(s): 2
This course offers an introduction to reproductive health issues of women with a focus on pregnancy and childbirth, as well as issues related to newborns, infants and children in developed and developing countries. Various common health problems at different stages of the life cycle and outcomes in terms of morbidity, mortality, and psychological wellbeing will be highlighted. Model programs and resources available to prevent and combat health and nutritional problems to decrease disparities and provide optimum outcomes within social, economic, and political constraints will be evaluated.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 625 - Grant Writing for PH Programs
Unit(s): 2
This course builds upon prior introductory exposure to grant writing with a focus on public health programs. It will provide students with an overview of the grant writing process, the different types of funding organizations, and practice-oriented deliverables, including the creation of a grant for an actual external organization and outreach to external stakeholders to acquire letters of support. Students will understand the components of grants, how to develop relationship with funders, and collaborate as members of a team to craft, edit, and submit a proposal.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 626 - Pop Health Informatics
Unit(s): 2
This course will provide knowledge of current-day trends and methods of population health informatics, an interdisciplinary approach that uses information and computer technologies at the intersection of biomedical, clinical, and population health domains for application to public health. Students will learn consumer focused internet-based tools and frameworks to develop and manage data collection systems for populations. Emphasis will be placed on electronic and personal health records, and innovative digital health applications to address pressing public health needs. Students will also be introduced to health information technology used to identify populations and sub-populations of interest, impact health status and evaluate public health services. Specific policies relevant to public health informatics in the U.S. as well as the European Union will be covered.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 627 - Advanced Topics Epidemiology
Unit(s): 2
This course provides training in advanced epidemiology methods applied to specific, emerging public health topics. Each time the course is offered, it will address one specific epidemiological topic. Examples include infectious disease epidemiology, reproductive and perinatal/pediatric epidemiology, vaccine epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, field epidemiology, and social epidemiology. The course summarizes conceptual and methodological challenges arising in specific fields of epidemiology and study designs and methods used to address such challenges. Students learn practical skills to evaluate the current literature as well as the design of applied epidemiologic studies.
Prerequisite: MPH 621 and MPH 612
Restriction: Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 628 - Aging and Public Health
Unit(s): 2
This course provides an introduction to issues related to aging from a public health perspective. Aging will be discussed from the perspective of all core subjects within public health. We will discuss social behavioral theories of aging, epidemiologic trends using data and statistics, social policies related to aging, and how the environment affects aging populations.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 629 - Intro to GIS for Public Health
Unit(s): 2
This course provides an overview of the basic concepts in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications to address public health issues. Students will learn how to use GIS to map and analyze temporal and spatial distributions of diseases, mortality, risk factors, health disparities and health services in populations, as well as their potential interconnections. This course will allow students to better understand how GIS findings can be used to develop public health strategies to reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality, and improve health of populations. Hands-on experiences include computer lab tutorials and public health case studies using GIS software.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 630 - Disaster Prep and Response
Unit(s): 2
This course will provide a basic review of the elements of disaster preparation and response. Starting with individual responsibilities and working through disaster planning and response at the neighborhood, city/county, state, federal, and international levels, students will explore existing structures, processes, and resources. In addition to natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms, and fires, we will cover manmade disasters, including chemical, biological, and radiological disasters; workplace/industrial disasters; extreme heat events; and pandemic/infectious disease disasters, such as Ebola. Local and state disaster preparation experts from public and private agencies, such as the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Red Cross, will be invited guest lecturers. Students will have an opportunity to discover the multi-disciplinary and multi-sectorial nature of disaster planning and response, as well as the roles for health and public health professionals.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 631 - PH Systems Leadership & Admin
Unit(s): 4
This core course will focus on preparing students to develop entry-level competencies in public health management, leadership and administration. Topics will include leadership, mission and vision definition, quality improvement, strategic planning and marketing, and other emerging topics necessary for the effective delivery and administration of public health services.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 632 - Environmental and Occupational Health Issues in Public Health
Unit(s): 3 to 4
This course is designed to introduce the student to a wide range of issues where human health is related to the environment. Public health issues related to air, water, food, and soil will be examined. Occupational health issues and the unique exposures that workers will be explored. The basic framework for environmental and occupational policies in the U.S. will be reviewed.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 633 - Community Based Participatory Research & Practice
Unit(s): 2
The course will cover theories, principles and strategies of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and practice, including community asset identification, equitable relationships with diverse communities, and implications for policy and advocacy. Students will gain skills applicable to building strong partnerships and conducting CBPR.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 634 - Public Health Law: Res & Legis
Unit(s): 2
In this course students learned that the law can be utilized to promote, or impede, proposed public health interventions at the local, state, and federal level. In this course, students develop a more nuanced appreciation of the relationship between law and public health, and practical skills in research and drafting public health legislation. Students will scrutinize the issues from the perspective of three different theories of contemporary public health law; as well as local ordinances.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Level Restricted to Graduate
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 635 - Health Policy and Ethics
Unit(s): 4
This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the ethical and policy dimensions of public health. The course provides an overview of each subject and explores how historic and current activities in these arenas promote (and hinder) socially just outcomes in the field of public health. The course will examine these independently as well as explore the intersection of these fields.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 636 - PH Program Mgmt & Evaluation
Unit(s): 4
Principles of formal program planning and evaluation in public health. Planning topics include needs assessment, asset mapping, intervention selection and adaption, writing goals and objectives, program logic models, and budgeting and timelines. Evaluation topics include the role of evaluation in the program life cycle, evaluation research designs, the application of particular designs to selected problems in public health, relationship of statistical processes to specific evaluation designs, sampling, culturally appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods, data collection and analysis, and interpretation of findings.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 637 - Public Health Policy: Issue, Theory, Advo
Unit(s): 3
The course introduces students to a multidisciplinary framework to approach public health policy issues with a focus on social justice. Students will use practical analytical tools to develop research policy briefs, letters to an editor, and an advocacy pitch to an elected representative. Students are provided with the knowledge and skills to conduct meaningful research for public health policy and the opportunity to apply those skills to engage pressing health policy problems.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 638 - Strategic Planning and Implementation
Unit(s): 3
This course teaches the skills to develop and implement strategy in the context of public health. This course will draw heavily on cutting edge thinking in public health to address the social determinants of health and to improve population health, as well as on the traditional practices of public health departments in California. Multiple models for strategy development, analysis, and implementation in the public sector will be explored. The design of the course is to provide students with useful and actionable insights that they can apply as a manager, analyst, or as a leader in an organization.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions; Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 639 - Collab & Comm Organizing
Unit(s): 2
This course provides an introduction to principles and practices of collaboration and community organizing that contribute to more equitable health-promoting environments. It emphasizes the articulation of the linkage between structural bias and socio-economic inequities to population health disparities; as well as how to engage stakeholders from grassroots and institutional levels and build their capacity to collaborative plan and lead community action that improves health. Students will explore social justice and other underlying theories and principles of collaborative practice and community organizing, analyze key strategies used to build community engagement and empowerment, learn practical community organizing tools, and understand the roles that residents play as leaders and critical partners in population health improvement efforts.
Restriction: Field of study restricted to Behavioral Health, Public Health Major
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 640 - Leadership and Collaboration
Unit(s): 3
This course will focus on developing leadership and collaboration skills in various public health contexts and roles. Topics include styles and theories of leadership; emotional and social intelligence; ethical leadership; diversity and representation in leadership and teams; and working effectively with stakeholders and interprofessional teams. Students will apply strategies for systems thinking, communication, collaboration, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 641 - PH Fieldwork Internship
Unit(s): 1 to 4
Students undertake an individually defined experience of 300 hours related to their identified MPH concentration. This internship culminates in a self-assessment on all of the MPH program competencies.
Restriction: NHP Fieldwork Fee - 100
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 642 - PH Capstone Seminar
Unit(s): 2
Serves as a culminating synthesis experience in which students are expected to apply knowledge gained from their graduate experience. The course is designed to provide a final experience in which students demonstrate mastery of content and allow an opportunity for closure and connection between courses. The purpose of this capstone course is to facilitate the integration and synthesis of content through critical thinking; it is also a turning point for the student from education to professional practice.
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 643 - Advanced Data Analysis
Unit(s): 2
The increasing volume of public health data and need for evidence-based decisions requires a workforce with knowledge and skills in data management and analysis to address public health issues. This course provides an accessible introduction to intermediate/advanced data analysis methods and epidemiology concepts used in real-world public health settings. During this course, students will gain intermediate/advanced skills that will allow them to manage a dataset, design a data analysis plan, analyze data using statistical software, interpret, and disseminate results using a “hands-on” public health project. This course builds on previous knowledge and skills learned in biostatistics and epidemiology classes. This course is essential for any student who is interested a public health career as a data analyst or epidemiologist.
Prerequisite: MPH 612 and MPH 621
Restriction: Degree restricted to Master of Public Health
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 645 - Sexual Health in PH Practice
Unit(s): 2
This course addresses the intersection of sexual behavior, sexuality, public health, and human rights. Also addressed are issues related to sexual health and health policy. The scope of the subject matter will range from an analysis of local San Francisco policies to issues of global sexual health concern.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 646 - Adv Epi with Stat Software App
Unit(s): 2
This course is designed to build on the MPH graduate student’s knowledge of basic statistical techniques used in public health research. The focus of this course will be in using and applying associated statistical software packages to analyze data. Survey data will also be discussed.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 647 - Adolescent Health
Unit(s): 2
This course will provide an overview of adolescent development, the epidemiology and etiology of health and risk behaviors, effective intervention approaches, and methodological and ethical issues in research and intervention with adolescents. Special emphasis will be placed on the context of adolescent health, including attention to the multiple influences on adolescent health, underserved or marginalized adolescent populations, and adolescents living in the global south.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 648 - Project Management in Healthcare
Unit(s): 2
This Project Management course will provide the students the opportunity to understand and apply project management principles. This course will give the students the opportunity to develop the necessary skills to deliver projects on time, on budget and within resource constraints. The students will express the methodologies used to plan, document and implement their proposed healthcare project in an executive business case final report.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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MPH 651 - Applied Prac Exp Prep
Unit(s): 1
In this course, students will gain knowledge and skills needed for success in their applied practice/fieldwork experience (APE) and beyond through the exploration of professionalism and inter-professionalism in public health. Through practice of ethical and professional communication skills students will learn the role of public health practitioners within inter-professional teams to manage increasingly complex public health problems. Steps to establish the students’ applied practice experience will be covered including all documents required before fieldwork begins.
Restriction: College restricted to School of Nursing and Health Professions
School of Nursing and Health Professions
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