Core Curriculum for EHS Graduate Studies
Degree Offered: M.S. (Thesis and non-thesis).
The following core courses are required for tracks I and II :
Core Courses
(six credits required) [Credits]
EHS 640: Introduction to High-Performance EHS [3]
EHS 641: EHS Law and Policy [3]
Options
Each track includes a methods series of courses that totals six to nine credit hours followed by a selection of electives.
Track I–Administration, Planning and Policy
(offered via distance education)
Track Core
(six credits required)
EHS 676: EHS Management of Reimbursement [3]
EHS 691: Business Development [3]
Methods Requirement
(nine credits required)
EHS 630: Issues Analysis and Proposal Writing [3]
EHS 642: Event-Driven Resource Deployment [3]
EHS 650: System Design and Contracting [3]
A graduate-level statistics course from an accredited university [3]
Electives
(nine credits required) [Credits]
EHS 609: Guided Introduction to EMS Research [3]
EHS 632: Disaster Health Services [3]
EHS 633: Refugee Health Services [2]
EHS 634: Disaster Mitigation [3]
EHS 636: Disaster Response [3]
EHS 637: Disaster Recovery [3]
EHS 638: Disaster Preparedness [3]
EHS 652: Human-Resource Development [3]
EHS 658: Materials and Fleet Management [3]
EHS 690: Information Systems in EHS Leadership [3]
EHS 699: Independent Study [1-3]
EHS 700: Systems Practicum [3]
EHS 720: Emergency Health Services Quality Management [3]
Total Required Credits: 30
Track II–Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology
(some on-campus courses required*)
Methods Requirements
(10 credits required) [Credits]
EHS 630: Issues Analysis and Proposal Writing [3]
PREV 600: Principles of Epidemiology [3]
PREV 620: Principles of Biostatistics [3]
PREV 618: Computer Statistics Lab 1 or equivalent from another university.
Electives Within Option (15 credits required; choose at least one course from each group.)
(Students following a thesis program may select twelve elective credits of course work supplemented by six credit hours of thesis.)
Group I
PREV 619: Computer-Aided Analysis of Research Data [3]
PREV 621: Intermediate Biostatistics [3]
PREV 640: Healthcare Administration and Evaluation [2-3]
PREV 643: Healthcare Economics [3]
PREV 660: Environmental/ Occupational Medicine [3]
PREV 720: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology [3]
Group II
EHS 609: Guided Introduction to EHS Research [3]
EHS 632: Disaster Health Services [3]
EHS 633: Refugee Health Services [2]
EHS 634: Disaster Mitigation [3]
EHS 636: Disaster Response [3]
EHS 637: Disaster Recovery [3]
EHS 638: Disaster Preparedness [3]
EHS 720: EHS Quality Assessment [3]
POSI 601: Political and Social Context of Policy [3]
POSI 603: Planning Theory and Policy Formulation [3]
POSI 652: Politics of Health [3]
SOCY 620: Social Epidemiology [3]
SOCY 653: Health Organizations and Health [3]
SOCY 655: Disability and Rehabilitation [3]
Other elective graduate-level courses may be selected as per agreement with the student’s advisor.
Special Studies
Non-Thesis Program (three credits required)
EHS 790: Research Project (topical) [3]
Thesis Program (six credits required)
EHS 799: Master’s Thesis Research [6]
Total Required Credits: 30
(*PREV and POSI courses tend to be offered only on campus; all EHS courses are offered online)
Track III: Education
(available via distance education)
Track Core
(nine credits required)
EHS 605: Educational Issues in EHS [3]
EHS 630: Issues Analysis and Proposal Writing [3]
EHS 6XX: EHS Educational Program Management [3]
Methods Requirements
(12 credits required)
Completion of a Post-Baccalaureate Graduate Certificate [12]
In the UMBC ISD Program (Any one of the three options)
- Instructional Systems Development
- Distance Education
- Computer-based/Web-based Training
Non-Thesis Option
(six credits required)
EDUC 771: Research Design in Education (or approved online equivalent course) [3]
EHS 790: Research Project [3]
Thesis Option
(nine credits required)
EDUC 771: Research Design in Education (or approved online equivalent course) [3]
EHS 799: Master's Thesis Research [6]
Electives
(three credits required for non-thesis students)
EDUC 601: Human Learning and Cognition I [3]
EDUC 605: The Adult Learner [3]
EDUC 622: Theory and Practice of Standardized Testing [3]
EDUC 649: Best Practices in Training and Development [3]
EDUC 796: Human Performance Technology [3]
EHS 690: Information Systems for EHS Leadership [3]
EHS 720: EHS Quality Assessment [3]
Total Credits Required: 30
UMBC Department of Emergency Health Services
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Baltimore, MD 21250
Phone: 410-455-3223
Fax: 410-455-3045
Email: bissell@umbc.edu
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