Department of Epidemiology (EPID)

Qualitative Health Care Assessment:
A Cross-Department Option

This emphasis is a hybrid between Epidemiology and the Department of Health Systems and Policy. It focuses on health care outcomes and can be accessed either through the Department of Health Systems and Policy or through the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Stephen Marcella serves as the advisor for students following this curriculum.

Core Courses (15 credits)

Fieldwork (6 credits)

Required Courses (21 credits)

• BIST 0654 Biocomputing I
• BIST 0661 Regression Methods for Public Health Studies
• EPID 0651 Epidemiological Research I -or-
EPID 0656 Intermediate Epi. Research
• HSAP 0563 Introduction to Outcomes Research
• HSAP 0615 Health Care Economics
• HSAP 9554 Pharmacoeconomics (Rutgers University)
-also- Choose one of the following two:
• HSAP 0661 Health Care Policy -or-
• HSAP 9568 Health Care Policy (Rutgers University)

Recommended Elective Courses (3 credits)

• BIST 0660 Clinical Trials: Design & Analysis of Medical Experiments
• ENOH 9627 Advanced Multivariate Methods for Environmental Health Issues (Rutgers University)
• EPID 0552 Infectious Disease Epidemiology
• EPID 0652 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
• EPID 0653 Advanced Epidemiology Research
• EPID XXXX Applied Epi Research Methods
• HEBS 0663 Survey Research Methods
• HSAP 0617 Health Service Research and Evaluation