MPH General
The MPH-General requires a minimum of 48 credit hours. The MPH-General course work is comprised of 32 hours of core course work and 16 hours of concentration courses for a total of 48 credit hours. The closure requirement for the MPH-General is the MPH Comprehensive Examination.
Requirements
| Core Course | ||
| MPH 501 | Introduction to Public Health | 4 |
| MPH 503 | Biostatistics | 4 |
| MPH 506 | Research Methods in Public Health | 4 |
| MPH 511 | Epidemiology | 4 |
| MPH 521 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 4 |
| MPH 531 | Public Health Policy | 4 |
| MPH 561 | Public Health Education | 4 |
| MPH 581 | Internship 1 | 4 |
| Total Hours | 32 | |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| Social Determinants of Health (Required) | 4 | |
| Social Determinants of Health | ||
| Advanced Epidemiology (Select one from the following) | 4 | |
| Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | ||
| Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases | ||
| Analytical Epidemiology | ||
| Advanced Public Health Policy (Select one from the following) | 4 | |
| Program Evaluation for Public Health | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Introduction to Health Services and Administration | ||
| Select One More Course from either "Advanced Epidemiology" or "Advanced Public Health Policy" | 4 | |
| Closure Exercise | ||
| MPH 579 | Comprehensive Examination | 0 |
| Total Hours | 16 | |
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Student may submit a Student Petition to use PAD 561 as one hour toward the internship requirement.
Master’s Closure
Students in all degree programs offered through the MPH program take a comprehensive written examination based on a case study with questions designed to test students' ability to integrate the knowledge and skills they have gained from the curriculum. MPH students complete an Integrative Learning Experience (i.e., MPH comprehensive exam) that demonstrates syntheses of foundational and concentration competencies designed by the Council of Education for Public Health. A student may request to take the comprehensive exam during the prior spring semester with a Student Petition.
A student must complete all core courses (except the internship) prior to taking the comprehensive exam, but may take the exam concurrently with electives or the internship during the last semester of study. When students need to take the comprehensive exam to graduate, the students must complete the comprehensive exam eligibility survey before the end of Week 3 of each semester except the summer semester. The student must successfully complete the exam within one year after completing course work for the degree. Students who take MPH 579 and do not pass, must enroll in MPH 583 (zero credit hour, one billable credit hour) each regular semester (fall/spring) until they pass the exam. Students must pass this exam within one year of completing course work with a maximum of three consecutive attempts.