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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Senate Committee on University Priorities ?
Memorandum
TO:
Senate .
FROM:
John Watertl
Chair, SCUP
Vice Presid,
RE:
Proposal for a new M-Sc concentration DATE:
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February 1
In Global Health in the Faculty of Health
Sciences, and a name change of the Graduate
Diploma (SCUP 07-08)
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Academic
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At its February 7, 2007 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the proposal from the
Faculty of Health Sciences for a new M.Sc. concentration in Global Health. It is
expected that students currently in the existing program will transition into the new
M.Sc. concentration.
At that meeting, there was agreement to change the name of the Graduate Diploma
credential from "Graduate Diploma in Health Studies" to "Graduate Diploma in Global
Health". Subsequent investigation revealed that this change had been approved at
Senate in January 2006, but is not yet reflected in the SFU Calendar.
Motion
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the proposal for a new
Global Health concentration within the M.Sc in Population and Public Health in the
Faculty of Health Sciences.
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SCUP 07-11
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES
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MEMORANDUM
TO: ?
Senate Committee on University Priorities
FROM: ?
Jonathan Driver
Senate Graduate Studies Committee
SUBJECT: Faculty of Health Sciences: Curriculum changes
(GS2006.48)
DATE:
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January 17, 2007
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M. Joffres, Faculty of Health Sciences?
Senate (for information)
At its
20th
November 2006 meeting, SGSC approved changes to programs in the Faculty of
Health Sciences. We believe that the addition of a new concentration in the MSc program
requires approval by SCUP and Senate, as does a revised graduate diploma program, and
the plan for transitioning students out of the existing cohort special arrangements program
in Global Health and into the new M.Sc. concentration.
We recommend that SCUP approve the following items:
1.
New M.Sc. concentration in Global Health
(GS2006.48a)
2.
Proposal to change the Graduate Diploma in Health Studies to a Graduate Diploma in
Global Health
(GS2006.48.b)
Minor course changes
(GS2006.48c) -
revisions to existing courses, new courses, deleted
courses - have been approved by SGSC and sent to Senate for information. To reduce the
use of paper, we have not included this information with materials sent to SCUP.
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RE: Proposal for a global health concentration and supporting documents
The Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty. of Health Sciences agreed on the follOwihg
calendar changes at its meeting of October31, 2006. These changes are subsequeritto
the decision of the Faculty to withdraw its proposal for a separate degree program in
global health and instead propose it as a named and transcnpted area concentration
within the Master of Science Population and Public Health program
This change was made after full and considered discussion by the faculty in the context
of two day-long retreats and a formal ballot
The educational rationale for this change can be summarized as follows:
The proposed 'global'health program shared a large number (> 50%) of courses
'withthe existing ,MScPPH program;
• We wished to include the global health program under our "accreditation
umbrella" the MScPPH is. proposed by formal accreditation by the Council on
Education for.Public Health;
• Survey of prospective and current students suggested that the MScPPH degree
was much more desirable because it is a credential like degree recognized
internationally. .
This decision, requires that we move, swiftly to seek approval for the new concentration
and insure that the interests of our current students' in the MA in Global Health' (by
special arrangements) cohort program are protected..
We come to the Senate Graduate Studies Committee with three requests
1) Approval of the concentration, including a number of needed, mostly minor,
modifications to existing global health (GLOH) courses and a small number
of new course proposals;
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Approval of modifications to the Diploma Program in Global Health;
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Approval of a scheme
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permit current MAGH cohort students to transfer to
the new concentration if they wish; and
•support of these changes, we provide the following attachments:
Aftachment #1
Revisions to 'the 2006/2007 calendar to inckidé Global Health as an area
concentration within the MSc Population and Public Health program.
Attachment #2:
Subsequent to these program changes we have included minor calendar change
requests as.wefl as the Graduate Course Minor Change Forms:.
a. Numbering Changes:
The Graduate Studies Committee recommends the
change in numbering of. Global. Health courses
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from600'to 800. affecting the
following courses: GLOH 650,GLOH 660, GLOH 680,.GLOH 696,.GLO.H
'697. The change in" numbering' is consistent with University
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policy for
practicumand thesis-stream courses.
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Title and numbenng changes
The Graduate Studies Committee requests
course title and numbering changes for GLOH 610 GLOH 620 GLOH 640
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Credit hour, change
PPH 891 Special Topics should be a 3 credit course
not a 4 credit course
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New Course Proposals:
GLOH 815 and GLOH 835 with course outlines.
These courses originated' with the MA .GLOH Program (as GLOH 615. and
.635) a'were approved by the GSC on May 25 2006.
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Last!y,'. subsequent. to approvál.of the Global Health area concentration, we are
requestingapproval from the Senate Graduate Studies Committee of our
proposal to permit current students in the MAGH cohort SAR program to
transfer to the MScPPH [Global 'Health] program. See the ahed for a
breakdown of the course requirements for the proposed MScPPH (Global
health) program,.and a spreadsheet comparing the course work for the
approved MA Global Health Cohort-SAR program and the proposed MScPPH
[Global Healthj program
In brief this transfer plan would involve the following 1) To transfer to the
MScPPH program MA Global Health cohort-SAR students must add HSCI 803-
5 Methodology for Health Sciences Because of this addition to the
spring (1071) course load GLOH 670 Disease Prevention arid Control" will be
offered- in.
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2007 semester(1077). . 2) GLOH 690-3 "Health and the
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Economy" will be waived as a'coürse 'requirement.
With these changes there will b6i a difference of one credit hour. The MA Global
Health SAR program is 45 credit hours and the proposed MScPPH Global
Health SAR
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: November 27, 2006
TO: Jon Driver, Dean of Graduate Studies
CC: Trude Heift, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
FROM: Michel Joifres, Graduate Program
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RE: Updated Calendar submission with SGSC recommendations and supporting
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Comments:
We have implemented the recommendations of the Senate Graduate Studies Committee
which approved the Master of Science Population and Public Health - Global health
concentration at is meeting on November 20, 2006. We have revised our calendar
(attachment #1) and our minor course change submission (attachment#2).
The minor course change submission was updated to identify the courses that are to be
deleted from the calendar and to include the GLOH 630 minor course change proposal.
For your records the following courses should be deleted from the calendar:
GLOH 610
GLOH 620
GLOH 630
GLOH 640
GLOH 650
GLOH 660
GLOH 670
GLOH 680
GLOH 690
GLOH 696
GLOH 697
GLOH 501
GLOH 510
GLOH 520
GLOH 530
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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fhsgradssfu.ca
Dean
D.R. MacLean NID (Dal), MA, MHS (Tor)
Associate Deans
M.V. Hayes BA, MSc, PhD (McM)
C. Janes BA (San Diego), MA (Colorado), PhD (Calif)
Graduate Program Chair
R.A. Lockhart BSc (Br Col), MA, PhD (Calif)
Faculty hiring is under way. See "Facult y
of Health Sciences" on pa
g e 200 for a complete
list of facult
members, and the Faculty of Health Sciences website www.fhs.sfu.ca
for
updated information.
Faculty
A. Chockalingam - global burden of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases;
hypertension prevention and control, control of cardiovascular risk factors, ethnicity,
gender and cardiovascular diseases, patient education, clinical trials research,
methodology
S. Corber - operational aspects of public health programs and interventions in Canada and
globally; principles and practice of population and public health desease prevention and
control international health
K.K. Corbett - behavioural and organizational change, health communication and
intervention research; participatory research with and service delivery to diverse
communities and under-served populations
M. Forlenza - biobehavioural and psychosocial oncology, cancer epidemiology,
molecular epidemiology of cancer, psychoneuroimmunology
M.V. Hayes - social geography, population health
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E. Goldner -mental health and addicitoñ services and policy, knowledge translation and
exchange
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'preven'tidti, population heàlth,hypertënsion arid cardiovascular
.........disease epidemiologs well as stdyig the link between emotions and health
C. Janes - anthropological health research in global settings, health disparities in areas
undergoing socioeconomic and political reform
M. Morrow - critical health policy with foci on: mental health reform, service provision
and access to health services; mental health and social inequity; mental health and citizen
engagement; globalizatin, neoliberal reforms, gender and health
J.K. Scott - immunochemistry, immunology
J. Somers - mental health services and policy, addiction and substance abuse
T. Takaro - disease susceptibility factors in environmental and occupational health,
particularly inflammatory lung conditions including asthma, chronic beryllium disease
and asbestosis; linking laboratory biomarker work with public health practice including
community-based interventions
R. Tucker - gender, ethnic and socio-economic disparities in adolescent mental health and
relationships between mental health and other health issues
C. Waddell - children's health and mental health, health policy, population health
L. Zeng - statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis: estimating functions,
transition models, missing data
Associated Faculty
B. Brandhorst, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
F. Brinkman, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
D. Cohn, Political Science
R. Corrado, Criminology
D. Culhane, Sociology and Anthropology
A. Davison, Kinesiology
M. Ester, Computing Science
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D. Finegood, Kinesiology
J. Graham, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
G. Gutman, Gerontology
N. Haunerland, Biological Sciences
M.
Howlett, Political Science
J. Hu, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
G. larocci, Psychology
D. Kaufman, Education
S. Lear, Kinesiology
L. Lemare, Education
R.
Lockhart, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
C. Lowenberger, Biological Sciences
C. MacKenzie, Kinesiology
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MacLean, Political Science
B. McNeney, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences
N. Olewiler, Economics
A. Parameswaram, Engineering Science
W. Parkhouse, Kinesiology
C. Patton, Sociology and Anthropology, Women's Studies
S. Pigg, Sociology and Anthropology
M. Pinto, Vice President Research
A. Rawicz, Engineering Science
S. Robinovitch, Kinesiology
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N. Schuurman, Geography
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D. Weeks, Psychology
A. Wister, Gerontology
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Faculty of
Health Sciences
East Academic Annex (EAA 1000) 8888 University Drive Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6,
telephone,fax,www.jhs,sfu.ca,jhsgrads@sfu.co
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Dean
D.R. MacLean MD (Dal), MA, MHS (Tor)
Associate Deans
M.V. Hayes BA, MSc, PhD (McM)
C. Janes BA (Calif-San Diego), MA (Colorado), PhD (Calif-Berkeley & San Francisco)
Graduate Program Chair
M. Joffres Bac-C (France)MD (Toulouse) MSPH, PhD (Hawaii)
Faculty hiring is under way. See "Faculty of Health Sciences" on pa
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list of facult
members, and the Faculty of Health Sciences website www.fhs.sfu.ca for
updated information.
Faculty
R. Allen BS, Physics (Granville, Ohio) MS (Wash), PhD (Wash) - Air pollution exposure
assessment in indoor and outdoor exposures; air pollution health effects; and the
development of methods to reduce exposure misclassification in large epidemiological
studies
A. Chockalingam BE (Madras), MS(IITM), PhD (Nfld.) - Global burden of
cardiovascular and respiratory diseases; hypertension prevention and control, control of
cardiovascular risk factors; ethnicity, gender and cardiovascular diseases; patient
education; clinical trials research; methodology ?
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S. Corber BSc, MD (McG), DPH (Liv) - Operational aspects of public health programs
and interventions in Canada and globally; principles and practice of population and
public health disease prevention and control international health
K.K. Corbett AB (Stanford), MPH, MA, (Calif-Berkeley), PhD (Calif-Berkeley & San
Francisco) - Behavioural and organizational change; health communication and
intervention research; participatory research with and service delivery to diverse
communities and under-served populations
E. Goldner BSc (Tor) MD (Caig), MHSc (Br Col) - Mental health and addiction services
and policy, knowledge translation and exchange
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Goldsmith BA & Sc (McM), MSc (McM), PhD (N Carolina) - Access to health care;
medical under service; structure and organization of health care systems; qualitative
methods
M.V. Hayes BA, MSc, PhD (McM) - Social
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eography; population health
R. Hogg BA (Vic), MA (Vic) PhD (ANU) - Demography; population health; infectious
diseases epidemiology; HIV/AIDS; marginalized populations; First Nations health;
antiretroviral therapy.
M.
Joffres Bac-C (France), MD (Toulouse) MSPH, PhD (Hawaii) - Primary prevention,
population health, hypertension and cardiovascular disease epidemiology, emotions and
health, chronic diseases, breast cancer, international health
C. Janes BA (Calif-San Diego), MA (Colorado), PhD (Calif-Berkeley & San Francisco) -
Anthropological health research in global settings; health disparities in areas undergoing
socioeconomic and political reform
L.H. Malcoe AB (San Diego State U), MPH (Calif-Berkeley), PhD (Calif-Berkeley) -
Gender, race and class inequalities in health
E. Mills MSc (Oxford), PhD (McM) - Evidence-based health care; health & human
rights; HIV adherence and delivery of care; refugee rights, conducting research in
vulnerable populations
M. Morrow BA (Br Col), MA, PhD (Tor) - Critical health policy with foci on: mental
health reform, service provision and access to health services; mental health and social
inequity; mental health and citizen engagement; globalization, neoliberal reforms, gender
and health
J.K. Scott AB (Occidental), MD (St Louis), PhD (Missouri), Canada Research Chair -
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J. Somers BA (S Fraser), MSc, PhD (Wash) - Mental health services and policy;
addiction and substance abuse
T. Takaro BS (Yale), MD, MPH (N Carolina), MS (Wash) - Disease susceptibility factors
in environmental and occupational health, particularly inflammatory lung conditions
including asthma, chronic beryllium disease and asbestosis; linking laboratory biomarker
work with public-health practice, including community-based interventions
R. Tucker BA (McG), MHS (Tor), PhD (Harv) - Gender, ethnic and socio-economic
disparities in adolescent mental health and relationships between mental health and other
health issues
C. Waddell BSc, MSc (Br Cot), MD (McM) - Children's health and mental health; health
policy; population health
L. Zeng BSc (Nankai, Chine), MSc, PhD (Wat) - Statistical methods for longitudinal data
analysis: estimating functions; transition models; missing data
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Graduate Degree Offered
Master of Science
New faculty members have been appointed with experience in multidisciplinary
approaches to health using a wide range of methodolo
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ies. Their expertise provides links
to current research and teaching programs by complementing existing faculty with health
interests in other departments.
Faculty of Health Sciences research and teaching programs share the definin
g features.of
integrating social and natural sciences approaches to determinants of individual and
population health, health promotion and risk mitigation, and health informatics and
technologies. This integration combines a broad spectrum of research approaches,
methods of inquiry, levels of analysis, and research perspectives.
Interdepartmental graduate degrees are available by special arrangements. See "1.3.5
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Graduate Degrees Offered
Master of Science (MSc) in Population and Public Health
Faculty of Health Sciences research and teaching programs share the defining features of
integrating social, behavioural, and life sciences approaches to determinants of individual
and population health, disease surveillance, health promotion, and risk mitigation. This
integration combines a broad spectrum of research approaches, methods of inquiry, levels
of analysis, and research perspectives.
• The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) offers a Master of Science degree in Population
and Public Health (MScPPH). The MScPPH degree offers practice-based and thesis-
based programs that integrate core public health knowledge with the attainment of
professional skills as a public health practitioner. Students have the option of doing a
multidisciplinary, generalist degree in Population and Public Health, or a specialized
degree in Global Health (MScPPH-Global Health). Both degree options meet guidelines
for public health education and practice published by the Public Health Agency of
Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the U.S.-based Council on
Education for Public Health.
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MSc in Population and Public Health
Those completing the
program
will have well-developed skills in health promotion,
disease prevention, determinants of health, and understanding of the complex interplay
among types and levels of societal investment in health, along with the resulting trade-
offs and implications for development of public policy. The program emphasizes strong
research, methodological, communication, and computational skills.
Applicants with significant relevant work experience, and seeking professional or
practitioner positions of leadership in health, will normally be advised to take the
practicum stream. Graduates from this stream will have theoretical and practical concepts
of population health, determinants of health, epidemiology, health promotion, health
economics, global health, individual and population health-relevant behavior, and
principles of public health. Skills will be learned in the context in which they are
applicable, through emphasis on workplace-integrated study, problem-based learning,
team-approaches to case studies, and seminars. The practica provide workplace
experience in population and public health.
Applicants seeking a research career, or those seeking a PhD degree will be advised to
take the thesis stream. Graduates from this stream will have demonstrated competence at
research, having completed a thesis and having gained relevant research skills in their
course work.
Admission
Applicants who are recent graduates should have completed a baccalaureate degree in a
discipline related to health, policy analysis, epidemiology, or systems of information
technology. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 is normally required.
Applicants with substantial experience as practitioners in health or a related field will be
evaluated in part on their academic credentials and in part on their career
accomplishments. Applicants may receive conditional admission, subject to satisfactory
completion of additional specified courses. Applicants should have successfully
completed a university-level undergraduate course in statistics or equivalent.
-A student whose first language is not English and whose undergraduate degree was from
an institution where English is not the language of instruction is required to submit
evidence of English language competence as described in section 1.3.12 of the Graduate
General Regulations.
Degree Requirements
There are two streams within the MSc in Population and Public Health: a practicum
stream and a thesis stream. Both streams meet international accreditation standards for
masters degrees in public health. A minimum of 43 credit hours is thus required of
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students regardless of whether they complete the practicum or thesis stream. Thesis
students receive six credit hours for the thesis. Practicum students receive three credit
hours for their practicum experience and report. They complete one more elective course
than students who complete the thesis stream. Normally it will not be possible to switch
between streams after the first week of the second semester in the program.
Practicum Stream
Students must
• complete a practicum, consisting of one semester full time as an intern in a
workplace appropriate to the degree. The practicum's purpose is to develop skills
related to health sciences, population health, or workplace health policy, and its
assessment, enhancement, and innovation. A supervisory committee must be
approved by the graduate program committee prior to the start of each practicum.
The supervisory committee will assist the student in developing a practicum plan
which must be approved before the start of the practicum semester. The Faculty's
practicum co-ordinator will help organize practica placements. The senior
supervisors will include a Faculty of Health Sciences faculty member or associate,
and one other committee member. The practicum work term is normally
completed in the summer semester.
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• a report on the practicum must be prepared and defended as described for projects
under the Graduate General Regulations 1.9 and 1.10.
• complete a minimum of 43 credit hours that are selected in consultation with the
supervisory committee, including the core courses HSCI 801, 802, 803, PPH 821,
822, 823, GLOH 660, 670, the practicum and practicum report HSCI 896, 897
(three credit hours), and elective courses (12 credit hours). With graduate program
committee approval, electives may be chosen from graduate courses in other
academic units across the university.
• the zero credit seminar, HSCI 691 (graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory) must be
taken in each semester of study in the program other than the practicum (summer)
semester.
Thesis Stream
Students must:
• complete and successfully defend a thesis (Six credit hours)
• complete a minimum of 37 more credit hours including the core courses (28 credit
hours) HSCI 801, 802, 803, PPH 821, 822, 823, GLOH 660, 670, and elective
courses (nine credit hours). With approval from the graduate pro
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ram committee,
electives may be chosen from graduate courses in other academic units across the
university.
• complete a zero credit seminar, HSCI 691 (graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory), in
each semester of the program other than summer semesters.
Core and Required Courses
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660-3
Environmental and Occupational Health
GLOH
670-3
Disease Prevention and Control
HSCI 69 1-0 Seminar in Health Science
HSCI 801-4 Biostatistics I
HSCI 802-4 Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
HSCI 803-5 Research Methodology for the Health Sciences
PPH 821-3 Concepts and Principles of Population and Public Health
PPH 822-3 Social and Behavioral Contexts of Health and Disease
PPH 823-3 Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems
Suggestions for possible electives may be obtained from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Applying to the Program
Applicants who are recent graduates should have completed a baccalaureate degree in a
discipline relevant to population and public health. This would include the social and
behavioural sciences, life sciences, and/or the quantitative sciences. A cumulative grade
point average of at least 3.3 is normally required. Applicants with substantial experience
as practitioners in health or a related field will be evaluated in part on their academic
credentials and in part on their career accomplishments. Applicants may receive
conditional admission, subject to satisfactory completion of additional specified courses.
Applicants should have successfully completed a university-level undergraduate course
in statistics or its equivalent.
Global Health applicants must be able to demonstrate experience, interest in, and
commitment to addressing health disparities in a low-to-middle income country/regional
setting. This is best demonstrated by indicating, in their prospectus, their relevant
international experiences, a particular problem or set of problems they would like to
study, and their plans for studying the problem in the context of a career in global health.
Students will ideally have had experience working, studying, or volunteering in
international public health contexts.
Factors influencin g
admission to the MScPPH program include the availability of a
faculty supervisor with expertise in the desired area of study, enrolment space, and the
student's specific preparation. Meeting program application requirements does not
guarantee admission to the program.
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The Faculty of Health Sciences admits students annually in the Fall semester. Al!
applicants must meet the application deadline. Only complete applications are
considered. To apply on line and pay the application fee:
http:/Iwvv.sfu.ca/dean-
gradstudies/apply.htm
. For information on how to apply, refer to our web site
http://www.fhs.sfu.calgradAppinfo.php .
Core Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Population and Public Health (MScPPH) pro
g ram can be
completed in four semesters. All students complete a minimum of 43 credit hours of
course work, plus either a practicum project (PPH 897-3) or thesis research project
(HSCI-8 98-6).
For those students choosing to take longer to complete their program, they should plan to
take a minimum of two courses per semester. These students must take HSCI 691-0
"Seminars in Population and Public Health" twice, once in any spring semester, and in
the fall semester before going on practicum. The practicum stream core course
requirements (below) must be completed before going on practicum. These students
need to be cognizant of Graduate General Regulations governing time to complete a
master's degree (refer to the SFU calendar "1.12.2 Master's Degree).
Practicum stream core course requirements (22 credits):
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HSCI 801-4 Biostatistics
- HSCI 802-4 Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
- HSCI 803-5 Research Methodology for the Health Sciences
- PPH 860-3 Environmental and Occupational Health
- PPH 870-3 Disease Prevention and Control
- PPH 880-0 Practicum
- PPH 897-3 Practicum Project
Normally, students take HSCI 691-0 Seminars in Population and Public Health in the
Fall and Spring semester of their first year.
Registering for the Practicum Project (PPH 897-3)
In the semester following the practicum, MScPPH students will register in PPH-897-3
(Practicum Project). Normally, students will work with their supervisors and worksite
preceptors to develop their final project. They will continue to register in their Practicurn
Project until the project is defended as described under the Graduate General Regulations
1.9 and 1.10. http ://students.sfu.ca/calendar/.
Thesis stream core course requirements (25 credits)
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HSCI 801-4 Biostatistics I
- HSCI 802-4 Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
- HSCI 803-5 Research Methodology for the Health Sciences
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- PPH 870-3 Disease Prevention and Control
- HSCI 898-6 MSc Thesis
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Normally, students take HSCI 691 -0 Seminars in Population and Public Health in the Fall
and Spring semester of their first year.
Registering for the Thesis
Upon embarking on their thesis research, thesis stream students should register in HSCI
898-6 MSc Thesis, and continue to register in HSCI 898 until the thesis is completed and
successfully defended, as described under the Graduate General Regulations 1.9 and
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PPH 880-0 Practicum:
Unless the thesis option is selected, MScPPH students will complete a practicum. The
practicum may be undertaken during any term, but cannot be started until students
complete the core courses listed above.
GENERALIST CONCENTRATION IN POPULATION AND PUBLIC
HEALTH
The generalist concentration in population and public health focuses on health policy and
planning for health care delivery, health promotion and disease prevention,
environmental and occupational health, and methods for assessing population health. It
offers students a choice of elective coursework, permitting some flexibility with regard to
areas of focus and/or concentration. The program is designed to prepare established
professionals and recent university graduates for positions of leadership in population and
public health. Courses cover health sciences from the level of systems, communities and
populations, encompassing and transcending individual and clinical perspectives.
In addition to the core courses identified above, students electing to complete the
generalist program in population and public health must take the following courses:
Practicum stream course work and requirements (21 credit hours)
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PPI-I 821-3 Concepts and Principles of Population and Public Health
- PPH 822-3 Social and Behavioral Contexts of Health and Disease
- PPH 823-3 Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems or GLOH 610 Health
Systems
- 4 courses (minimum 12 credit hours) of electives to be chosen from HSCI, PPH,
or GLOH graduate courses, or from appropriate graduate courses offered at the
University. Electives must be chosen in consultation with the student's graduate
supervisor.
Thesis stream course work and requirements (18 credit hours)
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PPH 821-3 Concepts and Principles of Population and Public Health
- PPH 822-3 Social and Behavioural Contexts of Health and Disease
- PPH 823-3 Analysis of Health Care Delivery Systems or GLOH 610 Health
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3 courses (minimum 9 credit hours) of electives to be chosen from HSCI, PPH, or
GLOH graduate courses, or from appropriate graduate courses offered at the
University. Electives must be chosen in consultation with the student's graduate
supervisor.
GLOBAL HEALTH CONCENTRATION IN POPULATION AND
PUBLIC HEALTH
The Global Health concentration is designed to apply the skills and knowledge of
population and public health in international contexts, including: strategies for
promoting health and preventing disease in socially and culturally-diverse settings;
analyzing ethical issues, including the social, political, economic, and cultural factors
that produce health disparities worldwide; formulating public policy that is sensitive
to societal investment in health, and related trade-offs; evaluating the organization
and performance of health systems; identifying and controlling environmental threats
to health; assessing the impact ofglobalization processes (the global movement of
capital, goods, ideas, and people) on health; and working with global health
organizations
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Global health course work and requirements
In addition to the core courses (see Core Degree Requirements above), students electing
to complete the concentration in global health must take the following courses:
Practicum stream course work and requirements (21 credit hours)
All of the following:
- GLOH 820-3: Concepts and Principles of Global Health
GLOH 850-3: Globalization and Health.
- GLOH810-3: Health Systems or PPH 823-3 Analysis of Health Care Delivery
Systems
- GLOH 840-3: Health, Human Security, Social Justice
- GLOH 890-3: Health, Gender and Development
Two (2) courses from the following list;
- GLOH 815-3: Health Policy Making in a Global Context
- GLOH 835-3: Program Planning and Evaluation in Global Health or HSCI 890-4:
Special Topics: Health Program Evaluation (when offered)
- GLOH 880-3: Advocacy and Communication in Global Health
- One (1) elective course in a related discipline (may be outside of the Faculty of?
Health Sciences) with the approval of supervisor and the graduate program chair.
Thesis stream course work and requirements (18 credit hours)
All of the following:
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- GLOH 820-3: Concepts and Principles of Global Health
GLOH 850-3: Globalization and Health.
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GLOH 810-3: Health Systems or PPH 823-3 Analysis of Health Care Delivery
Systems
- GLOH 840-3: Health, Human Security, Social Justice
- GLOH 890-3: Health, Gender and Development
One course from the following list;
- GLOH 815-' : Health Policy Making in a Global Context
- GLOH 835-'
: Program Planning and Evaluation in Global Health or HSCI 890-4:
Special Topics: Health Program Evaluation (when offered)
- GLOH. 880-3: Advocacy and Communication in Global Health and/or
One (1) elective course in a related discipline (may be outside of the Faculty of
Health Sciences) with the approval of supervisor and the graduate program chair.
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Graduate Diploma in Health Studies
This professional diploma provides the foundations for methodology that are in
contemporary use in community, population and global health. It is aimed at graduates
with a background in some aspect of health, or in a discipline with applications in health
systems, health policy, or global health, or at those who would simply like to learn more
about this field. The program is intended to update prerequisite skills for graduate studies
in these areas. It will emphasize current methodology for evidence-based inference:
epidemiology, numerical analysis, modeling and management of uncertainties and risks.
The methodology will be presented in the context of their applications in real world
situations.
Diploma graduates will have the skills, methodology, attitudes and confidence to enter
graduate programs in global health and to be full participants in academic endeavors that
require the research methodology of community, population, and global health.
International students are especially welcomed into the program.
Application and Admission
Applicants will normally hold an undergraduate degree in health, natural or applied
sciences, social, business, or management studies, with a minimum
2.5
cumulative grade
point average. Applications from students with other qualifications or with equivalent
professional training and experience will also be considered.
Applicants must submit the following documentation to the Faculty's graduate secretary.
• application for graduate admission, available from the Office of the Dean of
Graduate Studies' website at www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/forms.htm
• official copy of transcript of undergraduate and graduate grades (mailed directly
from the granting institution)
• three confidential letters of reference (mailed directly from the referees)
• a one page statement of student interest
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• and for applicants whose first language is not English, please see "1.3.12 English
Language Competence" on page
236
for English language requirements.
Transferable Credit
Directly equivalent courses can be accepted for transfer credit, sometimes with the need
to challenge the Simon Fraser University course by examination. The decision about
whether a course meets articulation requirements will be made by the graduate program
committee. There is an allowable transferable credit maximum that counts toward the
diploma program from any other institution, including the Open Learning Agency.
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Course Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 22 credit hours, with a minimum
2.5
grade point
average. Students may take up to a maximum of five courses in one semester but this is
considered a heavy course load. Most students would take the seminar course (GLOH
501) plus three or four courses, and then take the additional elective courses in
subsequent semesters.
The diploma is normally taken full time and completed within two semesters. Credits
applied to a graduate diploma may not be applied to another Simon Fraser University
program.
Students must complete all of
GLOH 501-4 Selected Research Applications in Global Health
GLOH
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10-4 Numerical, Analytical, and Computational Foundations for Global Health
Studies
GLOH 520-4 Research Methods for Evidence-Based Inference in Global Health
GLOH 530-4 Foundations of Epidemiology in Global Context
Students must also complete a minimum of six credit hours of graduate electives that
have been approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences graduate program committee.
Most graduate courses in the Faculty of Health Sciences (such as global health GLOH,
health sciences HSCI, or population and public health PPH) will be suitable. Graduate
courses in other faculties may also be approved.
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Graduate Diploma in Global Health
The Diploma in Global Health is a stand-alone credential, designed to serve the needs of
those who would like complementary training in the basics of global health practice. The
program provides graduate level training to individuals who are interested in learning
more about global health methods and concepts. In addition to core coursework, students
in the program will be directed to relevant elective coursework to help them apply
learning experiences to their interests and activities in the field of global health. The
diploma is a useful adjunct to clinical training (e.g., medicine or nursing), academic
training in complementary fields (e.g. development, international relations, public policy)
for those who wish to work internationally, or those who wish to learn more about current
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Course work and requirements
Those pursuing the diploma in global health will complete a minimum of 22 hours of
coursework, consisting of the following required core courses:
- HSCI 801-4 Biostatistics
- HSCI 802-4 Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
- GLOI-1 820-3: Concepts and Principles of Global Health
GLOH 850-3: Globalization and Health
Electives
In
addition to the required courses, students take a minimum of three elective
courses(total credit hours at completion must be equal to or greater than 22). Two of
these courses should be taken from GLOH graduate courses. The third course can be
chosen from GLOH, HSCI or PPH graduate courses, or from other graduate programs in
the University. Students should choose electives in consultation with the Graduate
Program Coordinator and/or the Graduate Program Chair.
Course Credit
Students in the MScPPH concentrations, or in the Diploma program, who have completed
any or all of the following Global Health courses; GLOH 510, 520, 530, 610, 615, 620,
630, 635, 640, 650, 680, or 690, cannot take corresponding 800 level Global Health
courses for further credit. Students who have completed GLOH 660 "Environmental and
Occupational Health" or GLOH 670 "Disease Prevention and Control" cannot take PPH
860 or PPH 870 for further credit. Students who have completed PPH 897-3 titled
"Seminar in Workplace Integrated Learning" or GLOH 698-14 "Practicum Project in
Global Health" cannot take PPH 897-3 "Practicum Project" for further credit.
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