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MPH Program Requirements

In  addition to meeting the requirements set forth by the Graduate School, MPH students must meet the following requirements to graduate: 

It is the student’s responsibility to ensure these requirements are met.


Required Core Courses: 30 credit hours

Course

Title

Cr

Fall

Wi1

Sp

Su1

PH 520

Biostatistics

3

Web

 

F2F

Web

PH 548

Community Organizing in Public Health

3

Web

 

 

Web

PH 575

Program Planning in Public Health Practice (prerequisites: PH 587)

3

Web

 

F2F

 

PH 578

Health Inequities

3

F2F

 

Web

 

PH 580

Public Health Foundations and Practice

3

Web

 

F2F

 

PH 581

Applied Methods of Public Health Practice: Field Epidemiology

3

Web

 

Web

 

PH 582

Epidemiology

3

F2F

Web

 

Web

PH 584

Environmental Health

3

Web

 

F2F

Web

PH 587

Health Behavior Theory

3

F2F

 

Web

Web

PH 591

Health Program Evaluation (prerequisites: PH 587, PH 575, PH 520)

3

F2F

 

Web

 

 

Required Core Credit Hours

30

 

 

 

 

1 Summer  and winter classes are tentative, based on enrollment needs and faculty availability

***It is the student's responsibility to ensure proper sequencing of courses***

 


Electives: 12 credit hours

Electives are chosen in consultation with your advisor and should reflect your professional or personal interests.  Certificates that complement public health may be used to fulfill elective requirements and require a separate application. It is the student's responsibility to ensure proper sequencing of electives/certificate courses.


Required Applied Practice Experience

 MPH students must demonstrate competency attainment through applied practice experiences. Learn more here.


Required Integrative Learning Experience

 MPH students must complete an integrative learning experience that synthesizes competencies.  Learn more here.


CITI Training

CITI is a web-based ethics training course for those conducting research. MPH students are required to complete, and obtain a minimum score of 80%, two training modules: 1) the Social/Behavioral Research Course (live human beings), and 2) the Social and Behavioral Responsible Conduct of Research Course (RCR). Each module takes a minimum of two - three hours to complete. See instructions on how to register for this free training.   Must be completed in first semester.


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 Last Modified 6/20/22