Program Prerequisites
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s or graduate degree from an accredited college or university with an undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher or a graduate cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the major subject area.

All MPH applicants will be expected to have adequate preparation in the sciences, including at least one college-level course in general biology (including human biology), mathematics (e.g., calculus or algebra), and a social science (e.g., sociology, anthropology, or psychology). Basic computer skills are also expected. Courses in health-related fields such as anatomy, physiology, nutrition, chemistry, physics, and statistics are not mandated, but are strongly recommended. Previous professional or other relevant work experience is also highly desirable, but not required.

Program Requirements
1. Completion of a total of 42 hours, including 18 hours of core course requirements; 18 hours of electives, 3 hours of practicum/field experience, and 3 hours of thesis or master's project. Students may also choose a concentration in any of the following areas: Social and Behavioral Health; Health Systems Management; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; or Biostatistics. If a concentration is chosen, instead of taking 18 hours of electives, students will take 12 hours of concentration courses and 6 hours of electives.

Core courses include:

• HADM 7/8105 Government Regulation of Health Services (3)
• HPRO 7722/HLTH 7722 Intervention Theories and Applications (3)
• PUBH 7/8120 Environmental Health I (3
• PUBH 7/8150 Biostatistical Methods I (3)
• PUBH 7/8170 Epidemiology in Public Health (3)
• PUBH 7/8180 Foundations of Public Health (3)

Concentration courses include:
Social and Behavioral Health Concentration:

• COMM 7/8014 Public Health Communication (3)
• ANTH 7/8250 Community Culture and Program Evaluation (3)
• PUBH 7/8130 Social Determinants of Health (3)
• PUBH 7/8131 Social and Behavioral Policy Development (3)

Health Systems Management Concentration:

• ECON 7/8710 Health Care Economics (3)
• HADM 7/8115 Public Health Organization and Management (3)
• HADM 7/8204 Quality and Outcomes Management in Health Care (3)
• PADM 7/8602 Public Budgeting and Finance Administration (3)

Environmental Health Concentration:

• ESCI 7/8250 Hazard and Risk Assessment (3)
• ESCI 7/8613 GIS and Human Health (3)
• PUBH 7/8122 Environmental Health II (3)
• PUBH 7/8124 Environmental Toxicology (3)

Epidemiology Concentration:

• PUBH 7/8172 Epidemiology in Public Health II (3)
• PUBH 7/8140 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3)
• PUBH 7/8130 Social Determinants of Health (3)
• PUBH 7/8141 Epidemiologic Survey Method (3)

Biostatistics Concentration:

• PUBH 7/8141 Epidemiologic Survey Method (3)
• PUBH 7/8152 Biostatistical Methods II (3)
• PUBH 7/8450 Randomized Clinical Trials (3)
• PUBH 7/8104 Large Data Sets and Public Health Research (3)
  

Electives (18 hours total) for the general MPH degree; 6 hours total for students taking a concentration) will be taken with the approval of the faculty advisor. Possible electives include courses within the concentration areas, as well as:

• ANTH 7/8521 Biocultural Epidemiology (3)
• ANTH/PADM 6412 Neighborhood Development and Social Entrepreneurship (3)
• ANTH 7/8511 Anthropology of Health Care (3)
• ANTH 7250 Community, Culture, and Program Evaluation (3)
• BIOL 7751 Conservation Biology (3)
• BIOL 7080/8080 Public Health Microbiology (3)
• COMM 7012/8012 Seminar in Health Communication (3)
• ECON 7710/8710 Health Care Economics (3)
• ESCI 7/8613 GIS  and Human Health (3)
• HADM 7/8107 Health Care Ethics (3)
• HPRO 7712 Epidemiology (3)
• HPRO 7/8142 Seminar in Health Promotion (3)
• NUTR 7/8602 Community Nutrition (3)
• NUTR 7/8902 Study Tour in Foods and Nutrition (3)
• NUTR 7/8204 Life Span Nutrition (3)

2. Satisfy completion of PUBH 7985 Practicum/Field Experience (3).
3. Satisfy completion of PUBH 7996 Thesis (3) or PUBH 7992 Master's Project
4. Pass comprehensive examination.