The request to revise HLTH 8601

Memo Date: 
Friday, September 18, 2015
To: 
College of Health and Human Services
From: 
Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: September 4, 2015
Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Spring 2016

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs.  Insertions are underlined.


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HLTH 8601 - Ethics and Integrity in the Public Health Research and Practice Profession


Credit Hours: (3)

Examines the ethical and integrity issues facing public health professionals may face in research, working in public health practice, research, teaching, and service. Topics include: responsible human and animal subjects research including research with vulnerable populations and communities, data falsification and fabrication; ethical issues in public health program implementation,; professional ethics; research with vulnerable populations, data falsification and fabrication, plagiarism; among students, ethics of working with students, publishing ethics,; human subjects research, and interactions with students working with the community. Fulfills the requirement of taking GRAD 8002.

Cross-listed as: HLTH 6361.

Prerequisite(s): Doctoral student