MPH Program

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Master of Public Health Courses & Curriculum

The MPH Degree Program consists of 42 semester credits drawn from required and elective courses. This CEPH requirement is for all students who matriculate in their first course after January 1, 2007. Students, who matriculated in a course before 2007, are required to complete 30 credit hours for graduation.  All students must maintain continual enrollment. The required and elective courses provide you with the skills necessary to provide leadership in addressing public and community health issues.
 

Credit Breakdown:

Type Credits

5 Required Core Courses

15

7 Elective Courses

21

 Field Placement

2 - 4

Capstone Project

3

Master of Public Health Degree Credits Needed Totaling

 42

Curriculum

Core:

   

Fall
16 weeks - Early September to Mid-December

  • 18201:  Principles of Epidemiology
  • 18203:  Public Health Administration
  • 18299:  Project - Part II
  • 18280:  MPH Field Placement
  • 18297:  MPH Capstone Project

Spring
16 weeks - Mid-January to Early May

  • 18204:    Biostatistics
  • 18212:*  Behavioral Science &  Public Health
  • 18214:*  Organizational Behavior & Design
  • 18200:    Environmental Health
  • 10222B:  Ethics and Integrity in Science (Required for students doing research.)
  • 18280:  MPH Field Placement
  • 18297:  MPH Capstone Project

Summer 8 Weeks - Early June to Late July

  • 18280:  MPH Field Placement
  • 18297:  MPH Capstone Project

Elective:

   

  • 18207:  Health Care Financial Management: Accounting

  • 18206:  Practice of Public Health

  • 18222:  Health Care Law

  • 18225:  Executive Leadership

  • 18250:  Balancing Harms and Individual and Community Interests: Ethical Issues in Public Health
  • 18295: Reading and Research
  • 19202B:   Community Health Improvement II: Health Disparities and Underlying Determinants of Health

  • TBA       Ethics - Hot Topics

 
  • 18202:    Toxicology - Prerequisite: undergraduate chemistry, biology & anatomy. (Organic chemistry would be a plus.)

  • 18205:    Practice of Occupational Health

  • 18208:    Health Care Financial Management: Finance

  • 18214:*  Organizational Behavior & Design

  • 18215:    Infectious Diseases

  • 18220:    Occupational Health Law

  • 18254:    Challenges in Maternal & Child Health

  • 18258:    Advanced Epidemiological Methods

  • 18295:    Reading and Research

 
  • 18213: Clinical Prevention

  • 18221: Public Health Law

  • 18295: Reading and Research

     

*For the Behavioral Science requirement, select either 18212 or 18214.  Note: 18214 can also be an elective and is offered in the spring semester. 
 

 

Course Descriptions 

 

 

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