Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 42
Required Courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Core Course | ||
| HRPR 5001 | Current and Emerging Issues in Public Health and Health Professions | 0 |
| Public Health Core Courses | ||
| ENVH 5004 | Environmental Health | 1.5 |
| EPBI 5002 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| EPBI 5005 | Applied Analysis of Health | 1.5 |
| EPBI 5201 | Epidemiological Research Methods I | 3 |
| HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | 3 |
| SBS 5001 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 3 |
| SBS 5002 | Program Planning, Theory, and Practice | 3 |
| Environmental Health Courses | ||
| ENVH 8207 | Environmental Epidemiology | 3 |
| or ENVH 8019 | Environmental Policy and Regulation | |
| EPBI 8012 | Multivariable Biostatistics | 3 |
| GUS 5062 | Fundamentals of Geographical Information Systems | 3 |
| Environmental Health Elective | 3 | |
| Select one from the following: | ||
BIOL 5128 | Genomics and Infectious Disease Dynamics | |
ENVH 5013 | Global Environmental Health | |
ENVH 5309 | Water, Sanitation and Public Health | |
ENVH 8016 | Human Health Risk Analysis | |
GUS 5096 | Problems in Environmental Quality | |
GUS 5097 | Race, Class, Gender in Cities | |
GUS 8031 | Critical Issues in Globalization, Sustainability, and Social Justice | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Select two from the following: 1 | ||
BIOL 5325 | Research Techniques in Molecular Biology | |
BIOL 5428 | Virology | |
CEE 5631 | Environmental Hydrology | |
CEE 5641 | Urban Streams and Stormwater Management | |
CEE 5731 | Solid Wastes Engineering | |
CEE 5773 | Sustainability Aspects of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment | |
CEE 5792 | Biological Principles of Environmental Systems | |
CEE 5793 | Environmental Biotechnology | |
CEE 5799 | Environmental Engineering | |
CTRP 8213 | Environmental Planning | |
CTRP 8267 | Water Resources Planning and Management | |
CTRP 8355 | Environmental Infrastructure Planning and Management | |
GUS 5015 | Land Use Planning | |
GUS 5031 | GIS Programming | |
GUS 5063 | Remote Sensing | |
GUS 5065 | Urban Geographical Information Systems | |
GUS 5066 | Environmental Applications of GIS | |
GUS 5069 | GIS for Health Data Analysis | |
GUS 5071 | Health Geography | |
GUS 8016 | Public Policy for Urban Regions | |
| M.P.H. Fieldwork Experience | ||
| ENVH 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| ENVH 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 42 | |
| 1 | Courses not taken to fulfill the Environmental Health Elective above may be selected to fulfill one or both of these general electives. |
Minimum Grade to be Earned for All Required Courses: B-
Culminating Events:
Fieldwork Practicum:
Students are required to synthesize and integrate the knowledge acquired in coursework and other learning experiences and to apply theory and principles in a situation that approximates some aspect of professional practice through an internship or practicum experience with a public health agency, health services organization, or under the supervision of a faculty preceptor. The M.P.H. fieldwork experience serves as the applied practice experience as required by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), the accrediting body for schools and programs of public health, for completion of the Master of Public Health degree. In addition, this applied practice experience provides the student with the opportunity to develop expertise in a topic area and to contribute original and independent observations to a body of knowledge.
Part-time fieldwork experiences are available for students who work full-time.
Evaluative Paper:
For the applied practice experience to fulfill the requirements of ENVH 9289 and ENVH 9389, M.P.H. in Environmental Health students are expected to complete a fieldwork experience. The required deliverable for the M.P.H. fieldwork requirement is a final evaluative paper. Students must demonstrate their proficiency and the application of theory and principles in the paper.