DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduction
The department has been established with the vision to promote the development and appropriate use of the techniques for the promotion of health care. The goals of Public Health are based on disease prevention, health promotion, to relieve the suffering and to restore good health after sickness and rehabilitation in the defined population through the joint and organized efforts of the public health physicians and the community. It is a combination of Medical Science and community based provision of health services through practical skills regarding disease prevention & health promotion, surveillance, disease/epidemic control and eradication, epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, public health administration, sociology and organizational behavior. It is a set of efforts organized by the society, to protect, promote and restore the people’s health through collective and social actions. The programs, services and institutions of public health disseminate the information about the prevention of disease and the health needs of the population as a whole in the form of one window operation. Public Health activities change with the changing needs, technology, values and the objectives for the reduction in the magnitude of disease problem (amount of disease/disease burden) premature deaths and to relieve from discomfort, disability and suffering in the community.
Career Prospects
• Dietitian and Nutritionist
• Emergency Management Specialist
• Epidemiologist
• Health Educators and Community Health Workers
• Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
• Public Health Nurse
• Social and Community Service Managers
• Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Degree Programs
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
SEMESTER 1 | MSPH-6413 | Basic Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-6513 | Public Health Principles and Practices | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6523 | Health Promotion, Advocacy, and Social Mobilization | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 09 (9-0) | ||
SEMESTER 2 | MSPH-6113 | Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-6533 | Health Education | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6543 | Demography | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 09 (9-0) | ||
SEMESTER 3 | MSPH-7613 | Principle of Public Health Policy, Planning and Administration | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-7623 | Environmental and occupational Health | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-7633 | Health system | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 09 (9-0) | ||
SEMESTER 4 | MSPH-7646 | Research and Thesis Dissertation | 6 (0-6) |
MSPH-7813 | On Job Practicum | 3 (0-3) | |
Total | 09 (0-6) | ||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
SEMESTER 1 | MSPH-6113 | Basic Biostatistics | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-6123 | Computer Skills/Application in Public Health | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6213 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6223 | Health Promotion | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6233 | Health System | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6243 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 18 (18-0) | ||
SEMESTER 2 | MSPH-6413 | Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-6423 | Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Control | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6433 | Demography and Population Dynamics | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6513 | Health Management and Administration | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6523 | Reproductive and Child Health | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-6613 | Research Module 1 | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 18 (18-0) | ||
SEMESTER 3 | MSPH-7533 | Environmental Health | 3 (3-0) |
MSPH-7543 | Health Policy and Planning | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-7553 | Occupational Health | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-7813 | On Job Practicum/Internship | 3 (3-0) | |
MSPH-7623 | Research Module – 2 | 3 (3-0) | |
Total | 15 (15-0) | ||
SEMESTER 4 | MSPH-7639 | Research Project and Dissertation | 9 (0-9) |
Total | 09 (0-9) | ||
