Course content will focus on the program/community assessment, program planning, and program evaluation. The central focus of the course will be the program framework to demonstrate and apply logic models for program assessment, planning, and evaluation. Students will use the framework of a logic model to assess population needs and capacities to understand what can be utilized to improve communities' health. A design plan for a population-based community health program and an evaluation plan to evaluate the public health program will be the main deliverables for the course. This is a required course for obtaining the M.P.H. degree.