Strategies and Resources for Online Learning is a requirement for all new students in the Executive MPH program. This Online Orientation is the first introduction for students to Executive MPH courses and the Canvas Learning platform. This course will orient students to the design and structure of Executive MPH courses, provide instruction on course navigation and use of Canvas Tools, and simulate activities that you will participate regularly in your academic courses. The assignments throughout the course will help you prepare for your first semester. Students are required to participate in the course and complete the assignments as scheduled. [This 10-14 day course is taken prior to enrollment in the first fall semester.]

Pre-Requisites: Vary by program track. Prerequisites for AEPI Students: AEPI 530D, AEPI 534D, AEPI 536D, AEPI 538D, BIOS 516D, BIOS 517D, BIOS 518D, or by special permission to enroll. Prerequisites for PRS Students: PRS 505D, PRS 535D, PRS 542D, as prerequisites or by special permission to enroll. This self-paced seminar is intended to provide an overview and expectations of the thesis process for Executive MPH students at Emory. This course is required for all AEPI students and PRS students who select the thesis option for the integrative learning experience. The seminar will include an introduction to thesis concepts including identifying a topic, literature review, IRB, identifying and managing a committee (chair and field advisor), and developing a timeline. Upon completion of the 6-week self-paced version of the course, students will be expected to participate remotely in two 90-minute boot camp sessions focused on thesis topic development and completion of their draft Thesis Proposal Form.

Pre-Requisites: BSHES 504D as prerequisite or special permission required to enroll. Explores methods of applying behavioral and cognitive theories to communicating health and behavioral change information. Illustrates communication strategies using a variety of approaches including face-to-face instruction, technology-mediated strategies, and print-based products. Provides students with an overview of concepts and strategies used in data presentation, social marketing, and public health information campaigns. Emphasis is placed on developing skills that enable practitioners to create consumer-oriented public health intervention, advocacy, and professional development efforts. Skills include formative research, audience segmentation, and channel analysis, and multidimensional data presentation.

Pre-Requisites: BIOS 503D and PRS 535D as prerequisites or special permission required to enroll. Provides students with an introduction to measurement methods and basic knowledge of quantitative applications using SAS Enterprise software. Content will stress specific skills and knowledge of working with data sets using basic SAS functions to analyze research questions and hypotheses, perform appropriate data analysis procedures, and interpret data outputs.

Pre-Requisites: PRS 500D as prerequisite or special permission required to enroll. Introduces students to qualitative research methods used in public health and applied settings. Content covers relevant aspects of qualitative research including research design, sampling, construction of data collection instruments, data collection techniques including observation, interviewing and focus groups, validity and reliability in qualitative research, analysis, and ethical issues.

Pre-Requisites: PRS 532D and PRS 535D or special permission required to enroll. Course focuses on the theory & application of qualitative data analysis from multiple sources, including focus group & interview data. Students will use MaxQDA software to analyze previously collected data samples.

Pre-Requisites: BSHES 504D, PRS 532D and PRS 535D and PRS 575D as prerequisite or special permission required to enroll. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the academic background, technical skills and experience to conduct a health-related community needs assessment. The course assignments are a mix of individual and group assignments. Students will work in small groups. Each group will identify a community to assess and will prepare a community needs assessment report outlining the data descriptive of the community and the community health status. The report will form the basis of class presentations and other class assignments.

Pre-Requisites: BSHES 504D, PRS 532D and PRS 535D and PRS 575D as prerequisite or special permission required to enroll. This course will provide an overview of program evaluation, using an applied case study approach. Course assignments include required reading, analysis of case study examples and the development of an actual evaluation plan for an evaluation client.

Pre-Requisites: HPM 500D, PRS 505D, PRS 535D, PRS 542D, PRS 575D, one of PRS 538D or PRS 540D as prerequisites or by special permission. In this capstone course, students work with a local, state, or national organization to develop materials to promote and/or implement a public policy solution to a current, significant domestic or international public health problem. Students will create a digital portfolio of materials such as drafts of proposed policies, fact sheets, Power Point presentations, You Tube videos, and social media messages for the organization to further the adoption or implementation of a policy solution. The capstone experience is intended to provide the student with experience and skills, including working collaboratively with outside organizations, to ultimately lead the transformation of laws and policies to meet the health challenges of the 21st Century. Students will gain an understanding of the public policy-making process; learn to access tools for identification of evidence-based approaches to public health policy development; practice interaction with community-based and governmental organizations around policy matters; and, refine their skills to synthesize scientific and public health policy information into persuasive written and verbal communications with real-world application.

Pre-Requisites: PRS 505D, PRS 535D, PRS 542D, PRS 575D, one of PRS 538D or PRS 540D as prerequisites or by special permission. This course is intended to integrate the student's previous coursework with a focus on developing a community intervention or program. Students will develop a comprehensive program plan drawing upon previous coursework and experience in program planning, needs assessment, intervention design, program implementation and evaluation. This course is one of the integrative learning experience options for Prevention Science students that will help build a portfolio that illustrates skills in program planning strategies.