Master’s Degrees | Public Health | Courses

Courses

The MPH program consists of 42 credit hours and is organized so that students complete a public health core (18 credits), at least one concentration (9 credits), a practicum experience (6 credits), and elective courses (3-12 credits). All courses are 8-week, accelerated courses.

Public Health Core (18 credits)

PBHL 6000: Foundations of Public Health
PBHL 5550: Health Program Planning (3)
PBHL 5780: Public Health Policy (3)
SJNM 5849: Health Communication Foundations (3)
PBHL 6100: Biostatistics for Public Health Practice (3)
PBHL 6460: Epidemiology (3)

Community Health Concentration (9 credits)

PBHL 5560: Health Equity (3)
PBHL 6350: Theories in Health (3)
PBHL 6850: Health Program Evaluation (3)

Epidemiology Concentration (9 credits)

PBHL 6700: Applied Epidemiology (3)
PBHL 6740: Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3)
PBHL 6800: Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)

Electives (3-12 credits)

Students will have the option to use their elective courses to complete a second MPH concentration or to take courses at the 5500+ graduate level within or outside the public health program in their areas of interest. Electives outside the public health program may follow a 16-week semester program delivery.

Public Health Practicum (6 credits)

PBHL 698: Public Health Practicum (6)

• Satisfies the CEPH requirement for an Applied Practice Experience (APE)

Integrative Learning Experience (ILE)

In the last semester of their degree, students will complete a comprehensive exam to satisfy the CEPH requirement for an integrative learning experience (ILE).