Term Structure
Course credits correspond with contact hours per week per semester as shown in the chart below.
Term Structure
| Credit Hours |
Total Contact Hours |
Fall Semester 15 weeks |
Spring Semester 15 weeks |
Summer Semester 12-week session |
Summer Session 6-week session |
| 1 |
15 |
1 hour/week |
1 hour/week |
1.25 hours/week |
2.5 hours/week |
| 2 |
30 |
2 hours/week |
2 hours/week |
2.5 hours/week |
5 hours/week |
| 3 |
45 |
3 hours/week |
3 hours/week |
3.75 hours/week |
7.5 hours/week |
| 4 |
60 |
4 hours/week |
4 hours/week |
5 hours/week |
10 hours/week |
Course Structure
A course prefix, catalog number and section number represents the course modality, level and academic department as described in the chart below. All courses are graduate level courses. Students should seek advice from their faculty advisor and refer to their degree planner when selecting coursework to ensure courses will be applied toward their degree. Availability of courses is contingent upon sufficient registration.
SPH Course Prefix
| Course Prefix |
Definition |
| PH |
Available to both master and doctoral-level students |
| PHM |
Available to master-level students* |
| PHD |
Available to doctoral-level students |
Catalog Number
| Catalog Number |
Academic Department |
| 1000 – 1499 |
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences |
| 1600 – 1999 |
Biostatistics and Data Science |
| 2100 – 2499 |
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences |
| 2500 – 2999 |
Epidemiology |
| 3000 – 3999 |
Management, Policy, and Community Health |
| 5000 – 9999 |
Interdepartmental |
Grading Type
| Grading Type |
Grading Component |
| L |
Letter-graded. Courses without an ‘L’ designation have a pass/fail grading component. |
