Policy Track Curriculum - Environmental Health Sciences 2007-08
(Can Be Completed in One Year)
Course Number
Course Name
Points
Semester
****Biostatistics (R)
3
Summer 1st Yr
P6400
****Principles of Epidemiology (R)
3
Summer 1st Yr
****Science Basic to Public Health Practice (R)
3
Summer 1st Yr
****Hazardous Waste and Public Health (E)
3
Summer 1st Yr
****Tutorial in EHS (E)
1-6
Summer 1st Yr, Fall or Spring
Total possible credits
12+
Course Number
Points
Semester
****Environmental Health Sciences (R)
3
****Environmental Health Sciences Applications (R)
1
****Fundamental of Toxicology (R)
3 or 4
****Risk Assessment, Communication and Management (R)
3
P8531
****HPM Seminar in Health Policy and Analysis1 (R)
3
****Molecular Genetics and the Environment I (E)
3
****Molecular Epidemiology (E)2
3
****Air Pollution (E)
3
N6790
****Introduction to Emergency Preparedness (E)
3
U6760
****Management Risk and Other Natural Disasters (E)
3
Total possible credits
13+
Course Number
Points
Semester
****Issues and Approaches to Health Policy and Management (R)
****Introduction to Sociomedical Sciences (R)3
****Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Environmental Policy (R)
****Molecular Genetics and the Environment II (E)
****Public Health Impacts of Climate Change (E)
****Molecular Toxiciology (E)
****Topics in EHS (R if you have not taken Masters Essay) (E)**
****Water and Infectious Diseases (E)4
Total possible credits
Summer 2008
****Practicum/Capstone5 (R)
1
(E) = ELECTIVE COURSE
1 Need special permission to take this course. Please contact either Dr. Greg Freyer (gaf1@columbia.edu) or Alysa Turkowitz (att2009@columbia.edu), to enroll in this course
2 This class will not be offered again until Fall '08
3 P6700 Introduction to Sociomedical Sciences (3) – see Ms. Andrea Constancio *Non-SMS students may substitute the following courses (check semester schedule for availability of individual courses): P6000, P6001 (General Public Health) and P6503, P6508 (Hlth Policy & Mgmt). It is sometimes possible for students with advanced backgrounds in social sciences (i.e., graduate level coursework) to substitute Sociomedical Sciences courses P8704, P8755 or P8767 with permission from the Course Director. No other Sociomedical Sciences courses may be use to meet the core requirement.
4 This class will not be offered in Spring '08
5 Please meet with the Practicum Coordinator, Professor Brandt-Rauf (sib2@columbia.edu) to discuss practicum opportunities and requirements. Practicum will be a minimum of a 6 week internship with a culminating paper on the experience to fulfill the practicum AND capstone department requirement.