Accelerated Bachelor to Master of Public Health

BSPH students who complete the ABM program can apply for admission into the School of Public Health's MPH program upon graduation. They can apply up to 12 hours of graduate coursework to both their undergraduate and graduate programs. However, graduate coursework will not apply toward the undergraduate GPA. Once a student has received a grade of "B" or better in eligible ABM courses and been accepted into the MPH program, credit for these courses will be applied to their transcript and counted toward their MPH. 

ABM students will develop skills in multidisciplinary fields of public health including biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral science, environmental health and health policy. The students will be able to:  

• Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice. 
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context. 
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate. 
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice. 
• Discuss means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and societal levels. 
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs. 
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges. 
• Perform effectively on interprofessional teams. 
• Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue. 

• Those completing a BSPH or bachelor’s degree and are considering a graduate degree in public health 
• Students looking to be on the fast-track to a Master's in Public Health 

Credit Hours: 12

The four courses of the following five that an undergraduate should take to accelerate their path toward MPH attainment are:    

• HADM 7105 | Health Policy and Organization of Health Services 
• PUBH 7120 | Environmental Health  
• PUBH 7150 | Introduction to Biostatistics 
• PUBH 7160 | Social and Behavioral Sciences Principles 
• PUBH 7170 | Principles of Epidemiology