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Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health 151 courses 64 total credits
Ideal for individuals with strong science and mathematics skills with at least one year of full-time research and/or full-time work experience, the ScM in Epidemiology is a two-year, intensive research degree program that focuses on applying epidemiological and biostatistical methods to a variety of current public health issues. Successful applicants are motivated to use advanced quantitative methods to analyze public health information and to use a translational approach to communicate results. Students select and specialize in one of the research tracks listed below and are expected to complete at least 64 credit units in epidemiology, biostatistics, and elective courses, pass a written comprehensive exam, produce a publishable-quality manuscript based on original research, and present their research during an annual poster symposium. Graduates from the ScM often continue to work in academic research upon graduation and many pursue PhD degrees in a variety of public health arenas after some years of work experience.
Cells to Society Courses [CEPH Core Requirements]
FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.680 | Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.731 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 1 | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.732 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 2 | 3 |
| PH.340.624 | Etiology, Prevention, and Control of Cancer | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.120.624 | Cancer Biology | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.180.640 | Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers in Public Health | 4 |
FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
Students WITHOUT a background in biology or medicine must complete:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.621 | Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences I | 2 |
| PH.260.622 | Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences II | 2 |
In addition to the following course:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.730 | Assessment of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease | 2 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
| PH.340.645 | Introduction to Clinical Trials | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
| PH.340.607 | Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
Students WITHOUT a background in biology or medicine must complete:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.621 | Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences I | 2 |
| PH.260.622 | Introduction to the Biomedical Sciences II | 2 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
| PH.340.645 | Introduction to Clinical Trials | 3 |
| PH.340.620 | Principles of Clinical Epidemiology | 2 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.871 | Welch Center Research Seminar | 1 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.731 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 1 | 4 |
| PH.340.616 | Epidemiology of Aging | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.624 | Etiology, Prevention, and Control of Cancer | 4 |
| PH.340.627 | Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | 4 |
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
Skill Courses (can be taken Year 1 or later with commensurate progress in Biostats series)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.644 | Epidemiology of Diabetes and Obesity | 2 |
| PH.340.600 | Stata Programming I (Basic) | 2 |
| PH.140.632 | Introduction to the SAS Statistical Package | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.641 | Survival Analysis | 3 |
| PH.140.776 | Statistical Computing | 3 |
| PH.340.660 | Practical Skills for Conducting Epidemiologic Research | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.717 | Health Survey Research Methods | 4 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.655 | Analysis of Multilevel and Longitudinal Data | 4 |
| PH.140.664 | Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health I | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.651 | Methods in Biostatistics I | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.652 | Methods in Biostatistics II | 4 |
| PH.340.620 | Principles of Clinical Epidemiology | 2 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.653 | Methods in Biostatistics III | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.654 | Methods in Biostatistics IV | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.309.712 | Assessing Health Status and Patient Outcomes | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.607 | Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology | 4 |
| PH.340.730 | Assessment of Clinical Cardiovascular Disease | 2 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.645 | Introduction to Clinical Trials | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.606 | Methods for Conducting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.647 | Advanced Topics in Clinical Trials | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.655 | Analysis of Multilevel and Longitudinal Data | 4 |
FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
SUMMER INST
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.330.621 | Mixed Methods for Research in Public Health | 2 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.680 | Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology | 4 |
FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.180.601 | Environmental Health | 5 |
| PH.180.640 | Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers in Public Health | 4 |
| PH.317.605 | Methods in Quantitative Risk Assessment | 4 |
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.616 | Epidemiology of Aging | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.699 | Epidemiology of Sensory Loss in Aging | 3 |
EACH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.330.802 | Seminar on Aging, Cognition and Neurodegenerative Disorders | 2 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.641 | Survival Analysis | 3 |
| PH.380.604 | Life Course Perspectives on Health | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.620 | Principles of Clinical Epidemiology | 2 |
| PH.340.666 | Foundations of Social Epidemiology | 3 |
| PH.380.603 | Demographic Methods for Public Health | 4 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.699 | Epidemiology of Sensory Loss in Aging | 3 |
| PH.260.665 | Biological Basis of Aging | 3 |
FOURTH TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.330.657 | Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement | 4 |
| PH.340.728 | Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies | 5 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.658 | Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Models | 4 |
| PH.309.605 | Health Issues for Aging Populations | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.655 | Analysis of Multilevel and Longitudinal Data | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.660 | Practical Skills for Conducting Epidemiologic Research | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.717 | Health Survey Research Methods | 4 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.648 | Clinical Trials Management | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.317.600 | Introduction to the Risk Sciences and Public Policy | 4 |
| PH.390.631 | Drug Development and Real-World Evidence (RWE) | 2 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.317.610 | Risk Policy, Management and Communication | 3 |
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.410.680 | Social Ecological Approaches to Health Regimen Adherence in Chronic Conditions | 3 |
FIRST TERM
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.728 | Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies | 5 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.774 | Advanced Theory and Methods in Epidemiology | 4 |
THIRD TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.776 | Statistical Computing | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.632 | Introduction to the SAS Statistical Package | 3 |
| PH.340.600 | Stata Programming I (Basic) | 2 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.317.605 | Methods in Quantitative Risk Assessment | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.317.615 | Topics in Risk Assessment | 2 |
The following courses are offered outside of BSPH and require interdivisional registration and instructor permission:
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.731 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 1 | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.732 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 2 | 3 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.733 | Principles of Genetic Epidemiology 3 | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.120.602 | Concepts of Molecular Biology | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.641 | Survival Analysis | 3 |
| PH.140.651 | Methods in Biostatistics I | 4 |
| PH.140.776 or PH.140.636 | Statistical Computing or Scalable Computational Bioinformatics | 3 |
SECOND TERM
THIRD TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.611 | Principles of Immunology I | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.612 | Principles of Immunology II | 3 |
| PH.120.626 | Principles of Cell Biology | 3 |
| PH.183.631 | Fundamentals of Human Physiology | 4 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.120.625 | Introduction to Cancer Biology | 3 |
| PH.180.640 | Molecular Epidemiology and Biomarkers in Public Health | 4 |
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.120.608 | Gene Editing, Therapy and Manipulation | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.616 | Epidemiology of Aging | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.624 | Etiology, Prevention, and Control of Cancer | 4 |
| PH.340.627 | Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | 4 |
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.415.624 | Ethical, Legal and Social Implications in Genetics and Genomics Over Time | 3 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.653 | Epidemiologic Inference in Outbreak Investigations | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.627 | Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | 4 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.609 | Concepts and Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.646 | Epidemiology and Public Health Impact of HIV and AIDS | 4 |
| PH.340.641 | Healthcare Epidemiology | 4 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.223.662 | Vaccine Development and Application | 4 |
THIRD TERM
FOURTH TERM
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.660 | Practical Skills for Conducting Epidemiologic Research | 3 |
SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.717 | Health Survey Research Methods | 4 |
FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.623 | Fundamental Virology | 4 |
| PH.260.636 | Evolution of Infectious Disease | 3 |
| PH.340.654 | Epidemiology and Natural History of Human Viral Infections | 6 |
THIRD TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.627 | Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections | 4 |
| PH.260.650 | Vector Biology and Vector-Borne Diseases | 3 |
SET 1 (note
students requesting pass/fail for these two courses only must seek permission from their adviser and the track director) FIRST TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.611 | Principles of Immunology I | 4 |
SET 1 (note
students requesting pass/fail for these two courses only must seek permission from their adviser and the track director) SECOND TERM
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.260.612 | Principles of Immunology II | 3 |
Recommended Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.770 | Public Health Surveillance | 3 |
| PH.340.769 | Professional Epidemiology Methods | 4 |
| PH.340.666 | Foundations of Social Epidemiology | 3 |
Department Comprehensive Examination
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.340.751 | Epidemiologic Methods 1 | 5 |
| PH.340.752 | Epidemiologic Methods 2 | 5 |
| PH.340.753 | Epidemiologic Methods 3 | 5 |
Department Comprehensive Examination
Select one of the following Biostatistics series:
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH.140.621 | Statistical Methods in Public Health I | 4 |
| PH.140.622 | Statistical Methods in Public Health II | 4 |
| PH.140.623 | Statistical Methods in Public Health III | 4 |
| PH.140.624 | Statistical Methods in Public Health IV | 4 |
| PH.140.651 | Methods in Biostatistics I | 4 |
| PH.140.652 | Methods in Biostatistics II | 4 |
| PH.140.653 | Methods in Biostatistics III | 4 |
| PH.140.654 | Methods in Biostatistics IV | 4 |
| Total Department Comprehensive Examination | 16 credits | |
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