Curriculum
42 credit minimum
Students may complete the Executive Program in Public Health Practice (EPHP) in as little as 16 months of full-time study.
Basic Curriculum (24.5 credits)
PubH 6299 Public Health as a Team Sport: the Power of Collaboration (1.5)*
PubH 6020 Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science (3)**
PubH 6102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (2)**
PubH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3)**
PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I (3)**
PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice and Policy (1)**
PubH 6752 Public Health Management (3)**
PubH 7294 Master's Project: Public Health Practice (4)
PubH 7296 Field Experience: Public Health Practice (4)
*This course is offered the weekend prior to the start of the Public Health Institute
**These courses are offered online and in-person.
Substitutions with courses that meet M.P.H. requirements in public health core areas may be considered only with prior approval of the student's advisor.
Focus Area Curriculum (17.5 credit minimum)
Students select an established focus area or design their own using an approved public health practice template. The focus area should be
detailed in the applicant's statement of purpose and objectives.
The focus area curriculum gives the student the opportunity to investigate specific public health applications. Students are required to choose at least one class from each of the four goals incorporating public health practice domains as established by the Council on Linkages. The four goals are: public policy development using a systems framework; interventions based on the dimensions of community and culture; assessment and application of basic public health sciences; and program management and communications principles.
Examples of possible focus areas are:
- Food safety and biosecurity
- Public health leadership
- Preparedness, response, and recovery
- Risk assessment
- Cultural Competency
- Self-designed
