Review complete degree requirements in the Binghamton University Bulletin. Select "Public Health Graduate" under "Graduate Fields of Study by Department."
MPH Degree Requirements
The Master of Public Health degree requires completion of 48 credits of graduate-level
coursework and offers a generic master’s program with elective course sequences in
areas such as population health, global health, disaster management and forensic health.
- The curriculum includes 2 foundation courses (required); 1 course in public health
biology, which may be waived for students with previous college level coursework in
human biological sciences and 1 course focused on socialization to the field of public
health.
- The curriculum includes 5 core courses (required) in social and behavioral sciences
in public health; biostatistics; environmental health; epidemiology; and health policy,
finance and management.
- The curriculum also includes a required course in applied epidemiology that uses a
case-based approach to integrate all core disciplines, a required course in program
planning and evaluation and a population health topics course (required) that explores
current and emerging public health issues.
- In addition, a sequence of three experiential public health courses (required) engages
students in interprofessional learning activities that foster socialization into the
role of the public health professional, development of problem-solving skills, and
proficiency in health policy analysis and advocacy.
- The elective course sequence options include population health, global health, disaster
preparedness and forensic health. Certificate options are also available in disaster management and forensic health.
- Students are also required to complete an internship practicum and capstone project
to meet degree requirements.
Curriculum Plans
Below are sample curriculum plans for the MPH program. For printer-friendly versions
of the plans (full- and part-time options), visit our Google drive. If you have questions, contact the MPH program director.
Binghamton University Graduate School policy states that a master's degree curriculum must be completed within five years from date of matriculation to remain eligible for award of degree.
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Full-time MPH program, internship practicum and capstone experience completed over
2 semesters
| YEAR 1 |
| Fall semester |
| PH 501: Experiential Public Health I |
1 credit |
| PH 510: Foundations of Public Health |
2 credits |
| PH 512: Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
3 credits |
| PH 518: Environmental Health |
3 credits |
| PH 520: Epidemiology I: Basic Principles and Methods |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 502: Experiential Public Health II |
1 credit |
| PH 515: Introduction to Biostatistics |
3 credits |
| PH 517: Public Health Biology* |
2 credits |
| PH 522: Health Policy, Finance and Management |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course I |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| YEAR 2 |
|
| Fall semester |
|
| PH 503: Experiential Public Health III |
1 credit |
| PH 524: Program Planning and Evaluation |
2 credits |
| PH 525: Epidemiology II: Applied Epidemiology |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course II |
3 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 552: Topics in Population Health |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course III |
3 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
6 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| * Required foundation course for students without previous coursework in the biological
sciences. |
|
| TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE |
48 |
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Full-time MPH program, internship practicum and capstone experience completed over 1
semester
| YEAR 1 |
| Fall semester |
| PH 501: Experiential Public Health I |
1 credit |
| PH 510: Foundations of Public Health |
2 credits |
| PH 512: Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
3 credits |
| PH 518: Environmental Health |
3 credits |
| PH 520: Epidemiology I: Basic Principles and Methods |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 502: Experiential Public Health II |
1 credit |
| PH 515: Introduction to Biostatistics |
3 credits |
| PH 517: Public Health Biology* |
2 credits |
| PH 522: Health Policy, Finance and Management |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course I |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| YEAR 2 |
|
| Fall semester |
|
| PH 503: Experiential Public Health III |
1 credit |
| PH 524: Program Planning and Evaluation |
2 credits |
| PH 525: Epidemiology II: Applied Epidemiology |
3 credits |
| PH 552: Topics in Population Health |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course II |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| Spring semester |
|
| Elective sequence course III |
3 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
9 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
12 |
| * Required foundation course for students without previous coursework in the biological
sciences. |
|
| TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE |
48 |
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Part-time MPH program
| YEAR 1 |
| Fall semester |
| PH 501: Experiential Public Health I |
1 credit |
| PH 510: Foundations of Public Health |
2 credits |
| PH 512: Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 502: Experiential Public Health II |
1 credit |
| PH 517: Public Health Biology* |
2 credits |
| PH 522: Health Policy, Finance and Management |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| YEAR 2 |
|
| Fall semester |
|
| PH 518: Environmental Health |
3 credits |
| PH 520: Epidemiology I: Basic Principles and Methods |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 515: Introduction to Biostatistics |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course I |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| YEAR 3 |
|
| Fall semester |
|
| PH 525: Epidemiology II: Case Applications |
3 credits |
| Elective sequence course II |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| Spring semester |
|
| Elective sequence course III |
3 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| YEAR 4 |
|
| Fall semester |
|
| PH 503: Experiential Public Health III |
1 credit |
| PH 524: Program Planning and Evaluation |
2 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| Spring semester |
|
| PH 552: Topics in Population Health |
3 credits |
| Internship Practicum and Capstone Project |
3 credits |
| Total credits this semester |
6 |
| * Required foundation course for students without previous coursework in the biological
sciences. |
|
| TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE |
48 |
Course Descriptions
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PH 301 - History of Public Health
As we grapple with an ongoing public health crisis, its important to remember that
we've been here before. In this class, we explore how the health of populations
became a source of public concern. And we ask, when, why, and how did governments
accept the provision of health as a legitimate function of the state? How did disease-control
efforts of previous eras help shape contemporary responses to the Covid? From the
Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, this course explores the development of the
field of public health and introduces students to the ways this discipline differs
from other forms of medicine practice.
4 credits
No pre-requisites
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Undergraduate
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PH 501 - Experiential Public Health I
This one (1) credit course is the first of a three-course sequence of experiential
education that introduces students to socialization in public health practice. Students
will have the opportunity to learn about public health practices by participating
in experiential education opportunities online, in the classroom, and in the community.
Students will learn about professionalism, collaboration, and different approaches to health issues in the field of public health.
1 credit
No pre-requisites
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 502 - Experiential Public Health II
"This is an interprofessional course with students in the Masters in Social
Work (MSW) program in the College of Community and Public Affairs (CCPA,) the PharmD
students in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the graduate nursing
programs in the Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences (DCNHS). The course
allows interactions of students in different health related professions on teams.
This interactive course helps prepare students to address the health of populations
through small group discussion of professional roles on a team, problem-solving activities
for the team, principles of patient interviewing on the team, and an examination of
the impact of culture and beliefs of the individual patient / population and the team
members involved in the provision of services. The students participate in a community-based
poverty simulation and prepare reflections based on their experiences.
1 credit
Pre-requisite 501
Course is offered in the spring semester"
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 503 - Experiential Public Health III
This one (1) credit course is the third of a three-course sequence of experiential
education that prepares students to be public health professionals. The content focuses
on professionalism, leadership, policy, advocacy, and ethics in the context of relevant
public health topics. Students will have the opportunity to learn about public health
practices by participating in experiential education opportunities online, in the
classroom, and in the community. Students will learn about professionalism, collaboration,
and different approaches to health issues through community engagement, professional
development and Interprofessional Education (IPE).
1 credit
Pre-requisite PH 502
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 510 - Foundations of Public Health
The course introduces students to the historical, philosophical, theoretical, scientific,
and ethical foundations of public health. The course broadly covers the core disciplines,
functions, and essential services in public health. Students will explore how core
principles and practices of public health are applied in the local, state, national,
and global context.
2 credits
No pre-requisites
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 512 - Soc & Behavioral Sciences
PH
This course examines theories, concepts, and models from a range of social and
behavioral disciplines that are used in public health research and practice. Students
will analyze the strengths and limitations of these frameworks in addressing public
health problems.
3 credits
No pre-requisite needed
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 515 - Introduction to Biostatistics
This course provides the foundation for statistical reasoning and analytical methods
for public health research. The course will cover descriptive and inferential statistics,
including parametric and non-parametric methods as well as inferences for independent
and paired samples. Emphasis will be placed on developing statistical software skills
and effectively communicating results.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 517 - Public Health Biology
This foundational course covers the normal physiology of human growth, development,
and aging as well as the pathophysiology of disease states with a focus on conditions
of public health significance. Students will examine the mechanisms of infectious
and chronic diseases as well as the role of genetics, nutrition, and health behaviors
in relation to population health.
2 credits
No pre-requisite
Course is offered in the spring
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 518 - Environmental Health
This course examines the environment and its relationship to human health and disease.
This course covers fundamental environmental health principles and concepts including
agents, sources, and routes of exposure; health hazard characterization and risk assessment;
dose-response relationships and causality. Students will analyze how physical, chemical,
biological, and behavioral-social factors in human environments can contribute to
development of adverse health conditions.
3 credits
No pre-requisites
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 520 - Epidemiology I - Basic Princip
The first of two courses in epidemiology introduces students to basic principles
for examining the distribution and determinants of disease in populations. The course
will cover basic indicators of health, measures of disease concurrence, measures of
risk and association, infectious disease and outbreak investigations, screening and
surveillance.
3 credits
No pre-requisites
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 522 - Health Policy Finance & Mgmt
This course will address public policy development and analysis, and its impact
on public health. The course will explore how legislative/regulatory decisions must
balance individual rights and public good and discuss factors that influence public
health policymaking including advocacy, social justice, and ethics. This course is
designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to collect, analyze, and
communicate information with key stakeholders in the policy arena.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 524 - Program Planning & Evaluation
The purpose of this to course is to provide students with the requisite knowledge and skills to design, develop,
implement, and evaluate strategies to improve individual and community health. This
course will cover how to assess need, articulate program theory, assess program processes,
measure program outcomes, and analyze program effectiveness and efficiency.
2 credits
No pre-requisite required
Course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 525 - Epidemiology II-App Epidemiolo
"This case-based course will provide opportunities for students to integrate
all of the core disciplines as they respond to public health challenges. Students
will explore epidemiologic study designs and analyze their strengths and limitations
in providing scientific evidence for informing public health practice. Working in
teams, students will develop plans for identifying and responding to a public health
challenge.
3 credits
Pre-requisite PH 512; PH515: PH 518; PH 520; PH 522
The course is offered in the fall semester"
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 530 - Epidemic Disease in GlobalHist
In this course, we study the social, cultural, and political history of epidemic diseases in global history from, roughly, the seventeenth
century to the present. Our aims are: to uncover how societies have responded to epidemics
over time, how understandings of epidemic disease itself have changed over time, and
how the fight against epidemics in the past built the field of global health as it
exists today.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
Course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 535 - Global Health II-Det&Dispariti
The goal of this course is to analyze the elements and functioning of healthcare
systems of selected nations in comparison to the American healthcare system. Political,
social, cultural and economic factors effecting rural and urban healthcare systems
are examined from a global perspective. The strengths and weaknesses of systems are
explored in relation to economics and outcomes. Role of public health politics in
policy development and implementation in rural and urban areas is analyzed.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 538 - Global Health III-Glob Health
This course is designed to provide students within the global health sequence with the tools they will
need in order to design, revise, conduct, and write up current and future qualitative
research projects relating to global health topics. This course is experientially
driven, allowing students opportunities to actually "do" research,
while providing careful mentoring and engaging in in-depth discussions about ethical
and methodological issues associated with qualitative approaches and with working
with communities.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 540 - Population Health I-Conc&Meas
This course will examine theoretical models of population health as well as the
conceptual basis for measuring population health status. Students will examine the
methods used to monitor population health and develop the analytic skills necessary
to assess, describe, and compare the health of populations.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
Course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 545 - Population Health II - Det&Dis
This course focuses on the environmental, social, economic, cultural, behavioral, biological, clinical, and regulatory
factors that influence health. Students will develop analytic skills for investigating,
characterizing, and addressing health disparities within and across populations.Students
will be introduced to the concept of health equity and will be provided with a broad
overview of health disparities in the United States.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 548 - PopHealthIII-PopStr,Pol&Impl
The content for this course takes an ecologic approach to examining the scientific
literature regarding population health improvement strategies. Emphasis is placed
on critical appraisal and research synthesis with the primary aim of providing the
student with essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes for evidence-based practice
in population health.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 550 - Topics in Global Health
The course explores current topics in global health, varied by instructor.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall & spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 552 - Topics in Population Health
The course explores current topics in population health, varied by instructor.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall & spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 595 - InternPrac&CapProj-GlobHeal
The internship provides an opportunity for each student to work in a public health
setting in a position that carries responsibility and is of particular interest. Though
each placement is different, all of them depend upon completion of most concentration
coursework, the ability to work with minimal supervision, and permission of the student’s
Faculty Advisor.
9 credit course
Pre-requisite PH 525 (pre- or co)
This course is offered in the fall & spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 597 - Independent Study
1 to 10 credits
Course is offered in the fall & spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 598 - InternPract&CapProj-PopHealth
"The Internship Practicum and Capstone Project requirement provides opportunities
for applied learning of core conceptual knowledge and development of interdisciplinary,
interprofessional, and cross-cutting competencies. This field experience is designed
to be responsive to the interests of students, align with faculty strengths, and meet
the needs of employers by offering a supervised, rigorous, in-depth, skills-based
education in a real-world setting.
Credits: Variable 1 - 9 credits
Pre-requsite PH 525 (pre or co)
This course is offered in the fall & spring semester"
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 700 - Continuous Registration
1 credit
No Pre-requisite
Course is offered in the fall & spring semester
Levels: Graduate
Elective Course Sequences
Population Health
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PH 540 - Population Health I-Conc&Meas
This course will examine theoretical models of population health as well as the
conceptual basis for measuring population health status. Students will examine the
methods used to monitor population health and develop the analytic skills necessary
to assess, describe, and compare the health of populations.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
Course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 545 - Population Health II - Det&Dis
This course focuses on the environmental, social, economic, cultural, behavioral,
biological, clinical, and regulatory factors that influence health. Students will
develop analytic skills for investigating, characterizing, and addressing health disparities
within and across populations.Students will be introduced to the concept of health
equity and will be provided with a broad overview of health disparities in the United
States.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 548 - PopHealthIII-PopStr,Pol&Impl
The content for this course takes an ecologic approach to examining the scientific
literature regarding population health improvement strategies. Emphasis is placed
on critical appraisal and research synthesis with the primary aim of providing the
student with essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes for evidence-based practice
in population health.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
Global Health
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PH 530 - Epidemic Disease in GlobalHist
In this course, we study the social, cultural, and political history of epidemic
diseases in global history from, roughly, the seventeenth century to the present.
Our aims are: to uncover how societies have responded to epidemics over time, how
understandings of epidemic disease itself have changed over time, and how the fight
against epidemics in the past built the field of global health as it exists today.
3 credits
No pre-requisite
Course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 535 - Global Health II-Det&Dispariti
The goal of this course is to analyze the elements and functioning of healthcare
systems of selected nations in comparison to the American healthcare system. Political,
social, cultural and economic factors effecting rural and urban healthcare systems
are examined from a global perspective. The strengths and weaknesses of systems are
explored in relation to economics and outcomes. Role of public health politics in
policy development and implementation in rural and urban areas is analyzed.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the fall semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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PH 538 - Global Health III-Glob Health
This course is designed to provide students within the global health sequence with
the tools they will need in order to design, revise, conduct, and write up current
and future qualitative research projects relating to global health topics. This course
is experientially driven, allowing students opportunities to actually "do"
research, while providing careful mentoring and engaging in in-depth discussions about
ethical and methodological issues associated with qualitative approaches and with
working with communities.
3 credit
No pre-requisite
This course is offered in the spring semester
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
Disaster Management
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NURS 546 - Comm Resp Emerg Health Threats
Web-based course providing the community health nurse with essential knowledge
for responding to emerging public-health threats. Emphasis is on emerging biological
threats and super bugs. The role of new technologies, specifically the geographic
information system (GIS), in the prevention, surveillance and control of emerging
public-health threats, is also explored. Students perform a disaster risk assessment
within a community and identify areas for public/community health response. 3 credits.
Fall semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 547 - Comm Resp to Disastr Preprdnes
Web-based course that prepares the community health nurse to take a leadership
role in community disaster preparedness and disaster management. The nature of disasters,
their effect on the health of people and communities, and the implications for public
health are appraised in relation to the role that community health nurses have in
planning for and responding to natural, man-made and Na-Tech disasters. Particular
emphasis is on the identification of vulnerable and at-risk populations, the coordination
of resources and agency responses, the management of emergency shelters and community intervention for recovery. Students
formulate a community disaster plan in response to a selected natural, man-made or
Na-Tech disaster. 3 credit. Spring semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 549 - Comm Resp Chem/Rad Incidents
This course will focus the community health response to the possible use of chemical
and radiological weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Course content will include disaster
response to chemical and radiation incidents. Students will learn to assess the appropriate
level of response to different types of chemical disasters. Students will identify
the different effects of radiation, as well as the treatment required. During the
course the students will be required to respond to a simulated Hazmat incident and
a simulated chemical spill. This course, along with NURS 540, NURS 546, and NURS 547
lead to a certificate in Community Disaster Preparedness. 3 credit. Spring semester
only.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
Forensic Health
Students must take NURS 581G (listed first below) and then pick two of the other courses on this list.
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NURS 581G - Forensic Health of Victims
This course provides an overview of forensic health issues as they relate to victims
of violent crimes, such as intrafamilial violence, sexual violence, stalking, workplace
violence, homicide, and other issues. Content includes responding to victim responses
to trauma; victim's resources; victimization of children, women, men, elders
and persons with disabilities; and expert witness testimony. 3 credits. Fall semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 581B - Forensic Health Essentials
This course provides an overview of various forensic disciplines, as well as forensic
assessment, the collection and preservation of evidence, criminal aspects of forensics,
death investigation, terrorism and DMORT, basic civil issues, such as malpractice,
child custody, elder law and personal injury, promoting one's practice, and the
differences between collaboration and consultation. This course is online. 3 credits.
Summer session or spring by permission of instructor.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 581E - Medicolegal Death Investigatn
Courses under this section will be offered based on availability of instructor
and request of students. This course provides an overview of forensic and medicolegal
issues as they relate to the investigation of an individual's death. Content
includes how deaths are investigated in the United States, postmortem changes, common
injury patterns and findings, cause and manner of death, special types of death investigations,
and working with families. Dr. Lunn is a medical investigator and criminologist in
the Denver metro area with extensive experience in the investigation of violent and
high profile deaths having been an invited speaker at local, state and national trainings.
In service to the profession, Dr. Lunn is a board member for the American Board of
Medicolegal Death Investigators, a committee member for the National Association of
Medical Examiners, and a committee member for a NIJ scientific working group. Course
Notes: No Freshmen. 3 credits. Winter and summer sessions.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 581F - Forensic Health of Offenders
This course provides an overview of forensic health issues as they relate to perpetrators
of violent crimes, including intrafamilial violence, sexual violence, stalking, workplace violence, and homicide. Content
also includes forensic roles, crime classifications, wrongful convictions, relationship
between animal cruelty and human violence, offender needs and rights, juvenile offenders,
and correctional health. Students also receive an introduction to criminal profiling.
3 credits. Spring semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 581J - Forensic Pediatrics
Courses under this section will be offered based on availability of instructor
and request of students. This course explores the intricacies of forensic pediatrics
where children and adolescents are victims and/or offenders of violence. Topics include:
the effects of violence on youth, interviewing and assessing children/adolescents,
evidence, expert witness testimony, compassion fatigue & vicarious victimization,
children of incarcerated parents, child abuse, shaken baby syndrome, fictitious disorder
imposed on others, sexual assault and exploitation, the juvenile justice system, delinquency,
child delinquents, female delinquents, animal cruelty, arson, gangs, bullying, and
child death investigation. Graduate students will also choose from Pediatric Sexual
Assault Nurse Examiner, School Violence or Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Investigator
modules. 3 credits. Fall semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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NURS 581P - Sexual Offend & Victimization
This course provides a practical examination of sexual offending and victimization.
While it is open to all graduate students, it is designed for students who may work
with these populations during their careers. Modules are: Underlying Framework; Types
of Sexual Assault; Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking; Victim Populations &
the Effects of Sexual Assault on Victims; Evaluation of Sexual Assault Victims; Interventions
for Sexual Assault Victims; Perpetrators of Sexual Violence; Offender Populations;
Offender Assessment; Treatment and Supervision of Sex Offenders; and Prevention of
Sexual Violence. 3 credits. Summer session.
Levels: Graduate
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NURS 581G - Forensic Health of Victims
This course provides an overview of forensic health issues as they relate to victims
of violent crimes, such as intrafamilial violence, sexual violence, stalking, workplace
violence, homicide, and other issues. Content includes responding to victim responses
to trauma; victim's resources; victimization of children, women, men, elders
and persons with disabilities; and expert witness testimony. 3 credits. Fall semesters.
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate
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Students entering MPH programs are required to complete fieldwork experiences. If
the fieldwork experience occurs in a healthcare agency, specific COVID vaccination
requirements must be met. At this time, and for the foreseeable future, all New York
state healthcare agencies require that all employees (including students completing
fieldwork experiences) be fully vaccinated for COVID. These agencies don't allow
religious exemptions and have very narrow guidelines for medical exemptions. Any religious
exemption granted by Binghamton University applies only to the University setting;
it does not apply to off-campus affiliated activities such as fieldwork placements
within Department of Health (DOH) regulated agencies. Students should be aware that
if their fieldwork is in a DOH-regulated facility, they will need to comply with the
facility’s COVID vaccination requirements or they will not be allowed to complete
their fieldwork at these agencies. In those cases, students will need to seek an alternative
location for their fieldwork.
