Summer-Only MS in Epidemiology

Agenda Dates Course Options and Schedule MS-EPI Program Contact Information

Dates Soon: Email/letter from HSPH about course registration Instructions Login and Password Course Enrollment Period: May 15 (noon) ENROLL EARLY Some courses fill early

Dates July 5: Registration and Orientation July 6: First day of Summer1 classes July 10: Add/Drop deadline for Summer1 July 28: End of Summer1 Term July 31: First day of Summer2 classes August 2: Add/Drop deadline for Summer2 August 18: End of Summer2 Term

Course Options and Schedules 5

Morning Courses in Summer 1 Period (7/6 – 7/28) Time Credits Analytic Aspects of Clinical Epi (EPI236) 8:30 – 12:20 5.0 (4.8) Ethical Basis for the Practice of Public Health (ID251) 10:30 – 12:20 2.5 (4.3) Analysis of Country-Level Data (NUT207) 10:30 – 1:20 MWF (4.6)

Afternoon Courses in Summer 1 Period (7/6 – 7/28) Time Credits (Rating) Decision Anal in Clinical Research (RDS286) 1:30 – 3:20 2.5 (4.8) Implementation Research in Health and Healthcare (HPM284) (new) Methods & Applications in Health Services Research (HPM276) (4.6) Measuring Health Outcomes (HPM530) (3.5) Intro to Global Health Care Delivery (GHP532) (4.9)

Afternoon Courses in Summer 1 Period (7/6– 7/28) Time Credits (Rating) Ethical. Basis for the Practice of Public Health (ID251) 3:30 – 5:20 2.5 (4.3) Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (ID215) (4.1) Study Design in Clinical Epidemiology (EPI210) (4.5)

Morning Courses in Summer 2 Period (7/31 – 8/18) Time Credits Survival Methods in Clinical Research (BIO224) 8:30 – 10:20 2.5 (4.3) Principals of Clinical Trials (BIO214S) 10:30 – 12:20 (4.4) Elements of Epi Research (EPI202) (4.5) Economics for Health Policy (HPM209) (4.0)

Afternoon Courses in Summer2 Period (7/31 – 8/18) Time Credits (Rating) Improving Quality of Health Care (HPM253) 1:30 – 3:20 2.5 (4.7) Medical Informatics (HPM512) (4.5) Methods for Decision Making in Med (RDS288) (4.9) Research with Large Databases (HPM299) (4.2) Research on Social and Behavioral Science (SBS250) (4.0) Introduction to Environmental Health (EH201S) (3.6) Vector-Born and Zoonotic Infections (IID232) (4.8) Global Nutrition (NUT217) 8:30 – 10:20 (4.3)

Afternoon Courses in Summer 2 Period (7/31 – 8/18) Time Credits (Rating) Linear and Longitudinal Regression (BST215) 3:30 – 5:20 2.5 (4.9) Effectiveness Research with Longitudinal. Healthcare Databases (EPI253) (4.5) Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Methods (BST225) Infections Transmitted Through Water and Food (IID233) (4.8) Society and Health (SBS201)

Online Elective Course MPH in Epidemiology Program Fall Options: Prevention Trials Public Use Databases Spring Options : Linear Longitudinal Regression Decision Analysis Data Mining & Risk Prediction Applied Regress Clin Research (BST213) Fall Semester

MS in Epidemiology 42.5 credits Summer Only MS-EPI: EPI236 + EPI210 + EPI/BIO course + thesis (EPI315) See EPI Student handbook: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/

Enrolling in Last Credits of EPI315 Planning to Graduate in Enroll in last credits of EPI 315 November 2017 Summer 1/2 or Summer 2017 March 2018 Fall 2017* May 2018 Spring 2018*

Thesis Credits (EPI315) Thesis counts for 5.0 – 12.5 credits Can enroll in any school period Credits can be spread over multiple periods Students who have completed all course work should enroll for last EPI 315 as follows

Enrolling in Last Credits of EPI315 Planning to Graduate in Enroll in last credits of EPI 315 November 2017 Summer 1/2 or Summer 2017 March 2018 Fall 2017* May 2018 Spring 2018*

Pass/Fail vs. Ordinal Grading Max of 12.5 degree credits can be taken Pass/Fail MS thesis, MPH Practicum, Supervised Research Projects are graded Pass/Fail BST215 (online) is graded Pass/Fail Suggestion: Don’t take summer courses Pass/Fail

Contact Information Fran Cook: ecook@partners.org Eric DiGiovanni(Epi Dept) edigiova@hsph.harverd.edu Registrar Issues: registrar@hsph.harvard.edu

(Especially Summer1 PM Courses) (Even Required Courses) Register Early !!! Some Courses Fill (Especially Summer1 PM Courses) (Even Required Courses)