Curriculum
42 credit minimum
Credits are listed in ( ).
Basic Curriculum (22-credit minimum)
All basic curriculum courses are offered either online or during the three-week summer Public Health Institute on campus at the University of Minnesota.
PubH 6299 Public Health Practice: Public Health as a Team Sport - 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)
Field Experience
Minimum of 135 hours in a public health setting, with adviser approval, is required for completion of the MPH Field Experience; the same site may be counted as a clinical rotation in a college of veterinary medicine as long as it meets content and credit standards for both experiences and receives prior approval. At least 45 hours must be completed in a human public health setting. These activities must relate to the common goal of public health.
PubH 7296 Field Experience: Public Health Practice (3)
Master’s Project
Students may complete their MPH Master’s Project as part of their college of veterinary medicine curriculum as long as it meets content and credit standards for both experiences and receives prior approval.
PubH 7294 Master's Project: Public Health Practice (3)
Elective Curriculum (20-credit minimum)
Students select one of the following three options for the elective curriculum. The courses below are examples of applicable coursework. Other courses may be selected only in consultation with the student’s VPH advisor. Most courses are offered during a three-week Public Health Institute in May/June of each year on campus at the University of Minnesota.
Up to 14 credits may be transferred into the MPH from a school of veterinary medicine upon approval of the advisor and major chair. Each of the elective curriculum options addresses the need for students to have coursework in the following four domains: Public Health Policy and Systems Development, Community Intervention, Assessment and Basic Sciences, and Program Management and Communications. DVM/MPH students are also required to take one course to fulfill the veterinary public health competencies: biostatistics, surveillance, infectious disease epidemiology, zoonoses and environmental health.
Option 1 – Food Safety and Biosecurity (this list is not exclusive)
PubH 7210 Global Food Systems: Cereals, Poultry, Restaurants (.5 each/1.5 total)
PubH 7210 Global Food Systems: Pork, Dairy, Fresh Produce (.5 each/1.5 total)
PubH 7211 Food System Biosecurity: Preparedness and Response (1)
PubH 7212 Food System Biosecurity: Threats (1)
PubH 7213 Applications of Microbiology to Food Monitoring (1)
PubH 7214 Principles of Risk Communication (1)
PubH 7215 Food Safety Risk Assessment (1)
PubH 7216 Food Safety Risk Management (1)
PubH 7217 Advances in Molecular Epidemiological Analysis (1)
PubH 72xx Application of Principles: Understanding Emergence Zoonotic Diseases (1)
PubH 72xx Public and Environmental Health Problem Solving (1)
PubH 7200 Antimicrobial Resistance: Emerging Issues in Infectious Diseases (1)
PubH 7200 Avian Influenza: Emerging Infectious Disease (1)
PubH 7200 Food Labeling & Nutrition Law
PubH 7200 Planning for Urgent Threats (1)
PubH 7200 Politics & Public Health Policy
PubH 7200 Principles of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (1)
PubH 7200 Vector Ecology Field Survey (.5)
PubH 6282 Emerging Infectious Disease (3)
PubH 6711 Public Health Law (2)
CVM 6518 Food Public Policy (1-3)
PubH 72xx Surveillance and Monitoring of Animals and Plants (1) AND
PubH 72xx Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases in Humans (1); OR
PubH 6181 Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases and Food Safety Hazards (2) OR
VMed 5165 Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases (2) for U of MN DVM students only
Additional course options for U of MN DVM students only:
BAE 5212 Safety & Env Hlth Issues in Plant/Animal Production & Processing (3)
CVM 6222 Advanced Clinical Epidemiology (2)
CVM 8090 Epi of Zoonoses and Diseases Common to Animals and Humans (1-4)
CVM 8195 Pre-Harvest Food Safety (1-3)
Option 2 – Preparedness, Response and Recovery (PRR)
PubH 6181 Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases and Food Safety Hazards (2) OR
VMed 5165 Surveillance of Foodborne Diseases (2) for U of MN DVM students only
PubH 7214 Principles of Risk Communication (1)
PubH 7217 Advances in Molecular Epidemiological Analysis (1)
PubH 72xx Designing, Conducting & Evaluating Tabletop Exercises for PRR (1.5)
PubH 72xx Incident Management System: The Public Health Role (1)
PubH 72xx Information Technologies (0.5)
PubH 72xx Interagency Drill (1.5)
PubH 72xx Media Relations Practicum (0.5)
PubH 72xx Planning for Urgent Threats (1)
PubH 72xx Psychosocial Approaches in Disaster PRR (0.5)
PubH 72xx Surveillance of Foodborne Disease in Humans (1)
PubH 6282 Emerging Infectious Disease (3)
PubH 6711 Public Health Law (2)
CVM 6518 Food Public Policy (1-3)
Plus additional coursework in Infectious Disease to achieve required number of credits
Option 3 – Occupational Health and Safety
PubH 6130 Occupational Medicine: Principles and Practice (2)
PubH 6170 Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety (3)
PubH 6711 Public Health Law (2)
PubH 72xx Incident Management System: The Public Health Role (1)
PubH 72xx Principles of Risk Communication (1)
PubH 72xx Psychosocial Approaches in Disaster PRR (0.5)
PubH 72xx Worker Protection Law in Times of Threat (0.5)
PubH 72xx Workplace Design for Safety (1)
CVM 6518 Food Policy (1-3)
PubH 72xx Ergonomics and the Prevention of Workplace Injuries (1)
PubH 72xx Hazard Recognition, Evaluation, and Control (1)
PubH 6727 Health Leadership and Effecting Change (2)
PubH 6558 Health Care Finance Management: Public Sector (2)
Timeline for Completion
Students may begin MPH coursework in the summer before the first year of the veterinary medicine curriculum. The maximum time to compolete an MPH degree is 7 years, but students usually are able to complete it in 3-4 years. Dual degree students will be enrolled full-time in the School of Public Health during the summers (a minimum of two terms is required). During the summer, students may register for courses in both the Public Health Institute and for on-line or on-campus courses.
