Post-Baccalaureate


If you are planning to apply to the OMPH program or M.A./M.S. in Health Studies, please note that any classes taken as a post-bac student will not necessarily transfer towards your degree if you get accepted to the program. Your adviser will determine what courses can apply to your degree once you have determined your area of emphasis and discussed your career goals.

Admission to Portland State University's Graduate Post-Baccalaureate program does not constitute admission to the M.A./M.S. Health Studies or MPH program. The School of Community Health reserves the right to restrict classes to the M.A./M.S. Health Studies and MPH admitted students. Please refer to the Post-Baccalaureate Admissions page for more information: http://www.pdx.edu/admissions/postbaccalaureate-admission

An updated list of graduate level, unrestricted and restricted, classes are provided below.

Post-Baccalaureate Classes

Non-restricted classes: (Please note that the courses may not be offered every term.)

PHE 507Research in Integrative Health (3)
PHE 510Social Inequalities & Health (3)
PHE 510Topic: Contemplative Practice and Social Justice (4)
PHE 510Topic: Family Relations and Health (4)
PHE 510Topic: Business and Aging (4)
PHE 510Topic: Families and Aging (4)
PHE 510Topic: Food Systems Sustainability (3)
PHE 510Topic: Public Health Nutrition (4)
PHE 510Topic: Public Health and Social Justice (4)
PHE 510Topic: Health and Housing Across the Life Course (4)
PHE 510Topic: Health and Human Rights (4)
PHE 514Physical Activity Today (4)
PHE 518Topics in Health Studies (3)
PHE 520Qualitative Research Methods (3)
PHE 531Women and Exercise: Physiological Aspects (3)
PHE 541Media Advocacy & Public Health (3)
PHE 543Drugs, Behavior and Society (3)
PHE 545Men's Health (4)
PHE 546Urban and Community Health (3)
PHE 551Women and Holistic Health (4)
PHE 553Women's Reproductive Health (4)
PHE 556Health Aspects of Aging (3)
PHE 557National Long Term Care Policy (3)
PHE 559Economics of Aging (3)
PHE 560Mental Health and Aging (3)
PHE 561Cultural Variations in Aging (3)
PHE 573Exercise Physiology (3)
PHE 575Exercise Testing Techniques (4)
PHE 576Physical Activity, Health and Disease (3)
PHE 577Exercise, Nutrition, and Performance (3)
PA 525Grantwriting (3)

 

Restricted classes requiring instructor's approval:

PHE 510Integrative Health & Systems Thinking (4)
PHE 513Health, Behavior & the Social Environment (3)
PHE 517Community Organizing (3)
PHE 521Quantitative Research Design (3)
PHE 540Mass Communication & Health (3)
PHE 550Health Promotion Program Planning (4)
PHE 552Women's Health (3)
PHE 558Perspectives on Aging (3)
PHE 573Exercise Physiology (4)
PHE 557National Long Term Care Policy (3)
PHE 559Economics of Aging (3)
PHE 573Exercise Physiology (3)
PA 588Program Evaluation (3)


Restricted to Oregon MPH & M.A./M.S. students only:

PHE 511Foundations of Public Health (3)
PHE 512Principles of Health Behavior (3)
PHE 535Epidemiology Survey (3)
PHE 580Concepts of Environmental Health (3)
PH 524Introduction to Biostatistics [offered through OHSU] (4)
PA 574Health Systems Organization (3)

 

Note: Students are required to have post-baccalaureate registration status and have completed the necessary admissions protocol or requirements to take graduate-level coursework.