MPH Program Requirements
In addition to meeting the requirements set forth by the Graduate School, MPH students must meet the following requirements to graduate:
- Orientation & Orientation Form
- 30 credit hours of required courses;
- 12 credit hours of elective courses;
- 100 hours of graduate applied practice experiences that yield at least 2 competency-based products;
- an integrative learning experience paper and presentation;
- CITI training (2 modules); and
- MPH Exit Survey
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 |
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***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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