Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides foundational knowledge for public health practice with an emphasis on what is required to be a competent public health professional. This program prepares students to actively contribute to a field of study that focuses on disease prevention, health promotion, wellness and safety through education and service. The MPH program will prepare public health leaders with skill sets required to address health challenges through the application of the core functions of public health, the creation of scholarly activities, service education, and local community-based projects.
Degree Requirements: 36 credits, including 120 internship hours
Program Learning Goals
The goals of the MPH program are to prepare public health professional and educators who emulate, demonstrate, and integrate the following characteristics and behaviors:
- Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health: Describe epidemiological methods, use data collection methods and interpret results of data analysis for improvement to public health research, policy or practice
- Public Health & Health Care Systems: Apply public health theory and evidence to develop and manage project, partnerships, programs and institutional strategies to reduce community and individual health risks to mitigate the impact of disease
- Planning & Management to Promote Health: Describe how health systems performance is affected by various approaches to health care organization, health law, health workforce development and health care financing
- Policy in Public Health: Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
- Leadership: Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration and guiding decision-making
- Communication: Communicate culturally-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation
- Interprofessional Practice: Perform effectively on interprofessional teams
- Systems Thinking: Apply systems thinking tools to public health issues
Academic Schedule
Courses
| MPH501 | Public Health in America | 3 |
| MPH503 | Health Policy & Ethical Issues in Public Health | 3 |
| MPH505 | Public Health Education & Program Oversight | 3 |
| MPH510 | Epidemiology in Public Health | 3 |
| MPH520 | Disaster Management & Emergency Preparedness | 3 |
| MPH530 | Environmental Issues in Public Health | 3 |
| MPH540 | Public Health Administration | 3 |
| MPH550 | Health Behavior and Health Education | 3 |
| MPH560 | Applied Biostatistics for Public Health | 3 |
| MPH570 | Evidence-Based Practice in Public Health | 3 |
| MPH580 | Public Health & Health Education Internship | 3 |
| MPH590 | Public Health & Health Education Capstone | 3 |