MS Health Equity

Year 1 (19 credit hours)

Fall I

  • MSHP 210 Political Determinants of Health (3)
  • Mondays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • MSHE 310 Social, Mental, and Behavioral Health (3)
  • Tuesdays: 6:00-9:00 PM CST
  • MSHE 300 Health Disparities and Health Equity (3)
  • Wednesdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST

Spring I

  • MSHP 200 Foundations in Health Policy/Law (3)
  • Mondays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • SGHC 503 Introduction to Global Health (3)
  • Tuesdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • MSHE 330 Biostatistics and Health Equity Research (3)
  • Wednesdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • SGHT 600 Master’s Independent Goals Analysis (1)
  • Thursdays: 6:00-7:00 PM CST

Year 2 (18 credit hours)

Fall II

  • PGHE 390 A Needs Assessment Approach Using GIS and Community Mapping (3)
    • Mondays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • SGHX 600 MS Applied Learning Experience (3)
    • (Tentative: 5:30-8:30 PM CST)
    • Or an elective
  • Elective (3)
    • Option 1: GCOM 590 Writing to Get Published (3)
      ➢ Wednesdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
    • Option 2: GCOM 400 Communicating to Achieve Health Equity (3)
      ➢ Thursdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
    • Option 3: MSCH 420 Program Planning, Finance, Administration, & Evaluation (3)
      ➢ Thursdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
    • Option 4: GLHE 707 Climate Change and Population Health
      ➢ Thursdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST

Spring II

Electives (3) – select one

  • Option 1: GLHE 702 Global Disease Epidemiology and Control (3)
    • Mondays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • Option 2: HLPM 706 The Influence of Power, Politics, and Policy on Global Health Practice (3)
    • Mondays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST

Required courses

  • SGHT 605 Thesis/Capstone Project (MS Health Equity) (3)
    • Wednesdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST
  • GLHE 700 Introduction to Humanitarian Emergencies: Embedding an Equitable
    Response (3)
    • Thursdays: 5:30-8:30 PM CST

Total of 37 credit hours for degree completion

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