Curriculum

The basic two-year program requires 48 credits to complete. Students may pursue their M.P.H. on a full-time or part-time basis. The majority of the courses are offered during the day but public health core courses are also available online. 

The master’s project will be one of the following:

• Program development project
  
• Needs assessment project
  
• Program evaluation project, or
  
• Data analysis project plus additional field experience

48 Credit Minimum
Theory (6 credits)

PubH 6050 Community Health Theory and Practice I, (3)
PubH 6051 Community Health Theory  and Practice II, (3)

Health Behavior and Policy Interventions (minimum of 8 credits)

PubH 6015  Topics: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions, (2)
PubH 6025  Topics: e-Public Health: Online Intervention Design, (3)
PubH 6045  Topics: Skills for Policy Development, (1)
PubH 6049  Legislative Advocacy Skills for Public Health (prerequisite 6078), (3)
PubH 6055  Social Inequalities in Health, (2)
PubH 6066  Building Communities, Increasing Health: Preparing for Community Health Work, (2)
PubH 6074  Mass Communication and Public Health, (3)
PubH 6078  Public Health Policy as a Prevention Strategy, (2)
PubH 6079 Obesity and Eating Disorders: Treatment, Prevention and Policy, (2)
PubH 6085  Prevention and Control of Tobacco and Alcohol Problems, (3)
PubH 6123  Violence Prevention and Control: Theory, Research and Application, (2)
PubH 6281  Immigrant Health Issues (online course), (3-4)
PubH 6605  Reproductive and Perinatal Health, (2)
PubH 6606  Children’s Health: Issues, Programs and Policies, (2)
PubH 6607  Adolescent Health Issues: Issues, Programs, and Policies, (2)
PubH 6627  Sexuality Education: Criteria, Curricula and Controversy, (1)
PubH 6634  Advocacy and Children’s Rights, (2)
PubH 6902  Maternal and Infant Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6903  Child and Adolescent Nutrition, (2)
PubH 6914  Community Nutrition Intervention, (3)
SW 8505     Advanced Community Organizing and Advocacy, (2)

Assessment Methods (9 to 10 credits)

PubH 6034  Program Evaluation for Public Health Practice, (3)
PubH 6035  Applied Research Methods, (3)
PubH 6415  Biostatistical Methods II, (3) OR
PubH 6450 Biostatistics II (4)

Public Health Core Courses (11-12 credits)

PubH 6101  Environmental Health, (2) OR
PubH 6102  Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health, (2)
PubH 6320  Fundamentals of Epidemiology, (3) OR
PubH 6341  Epidemiologic Methods I, (3)
PubH 6414  Biostatistical Methods I, (3) OR
PubH 6450  Biostatistics I, (4)
PubH 6741  Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy, (1) OR
PubH 6742  Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy, (1)
PubH 6751  Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations, (2)

Master’s Project and Field Experience (2-4 credits)

PubH 7094  Master’s Project, (2)
PubH 7096  Field Experience, (2)

Electives to total 48 credits

Electives are to be determined with the advisor. They must be graduate-level courses but are not restricted to School of Public Health courses. Elective courses may be relevant to target groups or health behaviors, or advanced courses in epidemiology or biostatistics; relevant to the master's project; or expand professional skills by providing practical experience in a variety of public health-related proficiency areas.

Students may also use their electives towards one of the approved interdisciplinary concentrations (Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Global Health Interdisciplinary, or Public Health Policy) or choose graduateżlevel coursework in SPH or in other department throughout the University that relate to the five competency areas emphasized by the program:

• Theory
• Health behavior and policy interventions
• Assessment methods
• Cultural competency
• Management

Elective courses outside of SPH need to be approved by the academic advisor.