Master of Public Health

Our MPH program is designed to prepare students to be front-line public health practitioners. You can concentrate in any of our three sections:

Health Education and Communication Maternal and Child Health  Nutrition You can also follow one of our dual-concentration tracks in: Maternal and Child Health/Health Education Maternal and Child Health/Epidemiology Global Maternal and Child Health

The curriculum for the MPH degree breaks down into four areas: school core requirements, department core requirements, section requirements, and electives.

School core courses:

• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Management
• Environmental health
• Biology of disease
• Social and behavioral aspects of health
  

Department core courses:

• Planning of Health Promotion Programs
• Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs
• Introduction to Public Health Policy and Practice

For more information about the section requirements, click on the sections listed above. You can take any courses in the school as electives.

Courses are generally 2-3 credit hours, and you earn your degree with a total of 45 credit hours. Most full-time students complete the curriculum in four semesters (e.g. fall, spring, summer, fall or fall, spring, fall, spring).

Course Descriptions