SPH 547 - Public Health Practice Project

3 units (fi 6)(VAR, 3-0-0)

School of Public Health

Building on Public Health Practice & Professional Skills, students continue to practice and strengthen professional competencies by working in teams assigned to external partner organizations to address a complex public health challenge. Organizations' priority projects may emphasize any stage of the assessment-planning-action-evaluation cycle. This course emphasizes professional skills - effective teamwork, reflection and peer assessment, oral and written communication; and project management including terms of engagement, a project charter and work plan, and high-quality deliverables. Prerequisites: SPH 537, SPH 541, and SPH 563 or consent of instructor.