Master of Public Health: Curriculum
Core Curriculum
At the center of the curriculum is a required core course of study providing a foundation of knowledge and skills for effective performance in public health. For either concentration - Health Management or Policy & Practice - the following courses are required. Students are advised to take these courses as early as possible.
15 credits:
- American Health System (3 credits)
- Biostatistics (3 credits)
- Epidemiology (3 credits)
- Environmental Health (3 credits)
- Social and Behavioral Foundations of Public Health (3 credits)
Health Management Concentration
For those students electing the Health Management concentration, the following additional core courses are required:
- Finance I (3 credits)
- Finance II (2 credits)
- Health Economics (3 credits)
- Health Information Management (3 credits)
- Health Law & Ethics (3 credits)
- Health Planning and Marketing (3 credits)
- Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
- Quality Improvement (3 credits)
- Capstone (3 credits)
- Field Experience (2 credits)
In order to reach the 46 credits required for the MPH degree with a concentration in Health Management, students will complete three (3) additional credits from among the elective courses.
Policy & Practice Concentration
For those students electing the Policy & Practice concentration, the following additional core courses are required:
- Applied Public Health Research and Evaluation (3 credits)
- Health Planning and Marketing (3 credits)
- Organizational Leadership (3 credits)
- Public Health Policy (3 credits)
- Public Health Practice (3 credits)
- Capstone (3 credits)
- Practicum (3 credits)
In order to reach the 45 credits required for the MPH degree with a concentration in Policy & Practice, students will complete an additional nine (9) credits from among the elective courses.
Electives
To satisfy elective credits, students may select from the above courses which are not required for a student's selected concentration. Students may also select courses from the following list.
Public Health Courses
Available electives include courses listed above that are not required for the concentration selected by the student, as well as:
Applied Medical Sciences Courses:
- AMS 578: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (3 credits)
- AMS 579: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 credits)
- AMS 591: Introduction to Toxicology (3 credits)
- AMS 593: Molecular Techniques in Toxicology (3 credits)
- AMS 635: Applied Epidemiology in Public Health Agencies (3 credits)
- AMS 673: Epidemiology and Prevention of Cancer (3 credits)
- AMS 677: Regression Models in the Health Sciences (3 credits)
Community Planning and Development Courses
- CPD 602: Sustainable Communities (3 credits)
- CPD 672: Food Systems Planning and Policy (3 credits)
- CPD 674: Social Sustainability (3 credits)
Public Policy & Management Courses
- PPM 521: Economics and Social Justice Theory (3 credits)
- PPM 526: Public Policy and Children (3 credits)
- PPM 545: Grant Writing- Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations (3 credits)
- PPM 606: Survey Design (3 credits)
- PPM 620: Introduction to Policy Analysis (3 credits)
- PPM 622: Applied Policy Analysis (3 credits)
- PPM 639: Topics in Public Policy and Organizational Ethics (3 credits)
