MPH Program Description
MPH Degree Requirements
The MPH program is a 48-credit curriculum. In addition to the five (5) core courses found in every public health program (public health systems, epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, and social and behavioral health), the program requires six (6) additional courses for all students (administration, economics, policy, ethics, field study, and integrating seminar). Students must also complete five (5) elective courses of their choosing.
During the field study experience, the student is expected to apply the theory and practice of public health to a particular area of student interest. In the final course in the curriculum (Integrating Seminar), students are brought together to work on a particular public health problem for a public health organization.
Courses available in the MPH curriculum are listed below. See the 2009-2010 MPH Handbook for Course Descriptions.
Courses
PHP 900 Public Health Care Systems 3 cr.
PHP 901 Epidemiology 3 cr.
PHP 902 Environmental Health 3 cr.
PHP 903 Biostatistics 3 cr.
PHP 904 Social and Behavioral Health 3 cr.
PHP 905 Public Health Administration 3 cr.
PHP 906 Public Health Finance and Budgeting 3 cr.
PHP 907 Public Health Policy 3 cr.
PHP 908 Public Health Ethics 3 cr.
PHP 912 Public Health Law 3 cr.
PHP 914 Public Health Policy Analysis 3 cr.
PHP 920 Social Marketing 3 cr.
PHP 922 Public Health Economics 3 cr.
PHP 924 Policy and Practice of Community Health Assessment 3 cr.
PHP 926 Evaluation in Public Health 3cr.
PHP 928 Principles of Toxicology 3cr.
PHP 930 Climate Change and Health 3 cr.
PHP 932 Disease Ecology 3 cr.
PHP 934 Work, Environmental Policy, and the Health of Workers 3 cr.
PHP 964 Applied Epidemiology
PHP 966 Public Health Information Systems and Technology
PHP 990 Field Study 3 cr.
PHP 998 Integrating Seminar 3 cr.