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The Epidemiology specialization focuses on the scientific understanding of the causes, distribution, control, and prevention of disease in populations.

Completion Requirements

• 90 quarter credits
  • Foundational courses (6 cr.)
  • Core courses (24 cr.)
  • Specialization courses (30 cr.)
  • Research proposal, dissertation, and oral presentation (30 cr.)
• Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
• Minimum 10 quarters enrollment
• 20 days of academic residency (two 4-day and two 6-day residencies)

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Walden offers frequent start dates so that you can begin when it’s convenient for you. Next Start Date: December 1. Admission policies vary by program. Call 1-866-492-5336 or apply now.

Note: You may have courses transferred into the program based upon the review of your prior graduate-level coursework. A maximum of 46-quarter credits may be eligible for transfer of credit, including any 6000-level public health foundation course (with the exception of PUBH 6001 and PUBH 6002), and the Research Foundation Sequence courses SBSF 8417, PUBH 8427, and PUBH 8437.

Foundational Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8101	Principles of Communication in Public Health	2
PUBH 8002	Essentials of Public Health: A Case Study Approach	4

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8010	Promoting Population Health	5
PUBH 8015	Administration and Leadership of Public Health	5
PUBH 8020	Public Health Informatics	5
SBSF 8417	Foundation Research Seminar I: Human Inquiry and Science	4
PUBH 8427	Foundation Research Seminar II: Research Design in Public Health	5

Specialization Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 8300	Epidemiology of Infectious and Acute Diseases	5
PUBH 8310	Social and Behavioral Epidemiology	5
PUBH 8320	Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology	5
PUBH 8330	Epidemiology of Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases	5
PUBH 8340	Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology	5
PUBH 8350	Field Methods and Data Analysis in Epidemiology	5

Dissertation

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
PUBH 9000	Public Health Dissertation	30

Course Descriptions (pdf)

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