MPH Courses, Concentrations & Scheduling
To complete the MPH program, students must complete a total of 44 semester hours. For full-time students, 26 of 44 hours are scheduled in the first two terms, thus students may have a very limited campus time commitment during the second year.
Our MPH program offers an array of courses [course listing], which includes the foundational courses as well as concentration specific courses.
Core courses in the MPH Program
- PH 601 Introduction to Public Health
- PH 611 Epidemiology
- PH 621 Statistical Methods I
- PH 631 Environmental Health
- PH 641 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health
- PH 651 Public Health Services
- PH 602 Public Health Biology
- PH 655 Introduction to Health Care Policy
- PH 686 Health Informatics and Technology
- PH 693 Public Health Law and Ethics
- PH 692 Seminar
MPH Program Concentrations
Courses Required to Complete the MPH Global and Community Health Concentration
- PH 671 Community Health
- PH 642 Health Communication
- PH 661 Chronic Disease
- PH 672 Global Health
- PH 662 Control of Infectious Disease
- PH 694 Practicum
- PH 696 Capstone
Courses Required to Complete the MPH Research, Evaluation and Policy Concentration
- PH 615 Health Systems Research
- PH 622 Statistical Methods II
- PH 617 Methods in Applied Comparative Study
- PH 616 Clinical Trials
- PH 656 Topics in Health Policy
- PH 694 Practicum
- PH 696 Capstone