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 5101 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 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 |
| Health Policy and Management Courses | ||
| HPM 8008 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPM 8013 | Research Methods in Health Policy | 3 |
| HPM 8015 | Public Health Policy and Legal Issues | 3 |
| Electives 1 | 9 | |
| Select three from the following: | ||
| Technology for Population Health | ||
| Technology for Healthcare Financial Management | ||
| Principles of Emergency Management | ||
| Leadership and Management in Non-Profit Organizations | ||
| Public Health Advocacy | ||
| Forced Migration and Refugee Health | ||
| Community Outreach in Public Health | ||
| Healthcare Quality and Safety | ||
| Man-Made Disasters: Radiological, Chemical and Biological Terrorism | ||
| Comparative Health Policy | ||
| M.P.H. Fieldwork Experience | ||
| HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 42 | |
| 1 | An alternate elective may be selected with the approval of the Program Director. |
On-Campus Full-Time MPH-HPM
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| EPBI 5002 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | 3 |
| HRPR 5001 | Current and Emerging Issues in Public Health and Health Professions | 0 |
| SBS 5001 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVH 5004 | Environmental Health | 1.5 |
| EPBI 5005 | Applied Analysis of Health | 1.5 |
| EPBI 5101 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| SBS 5002 | Program Planning, Theory, and Practice | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Summer | ||
| HPM 8015 | Public Health Policy and Legal Issues | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HPM 8008 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPM 8013 | Research Methods in Health Policy | 3 |
| HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Spring | ||
| HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Term Credit Hours | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 42 | |
Online Part-Time MPH-HPM
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| SBS 5001 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 3 |
| SBS 5002 | Program Planning, Theory, and Practice | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| EPBI 5101 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPM 5016 | Public Health Advocacy | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HIM 5106 | Technology for Population Health | 3 |
| HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HPM 5014 | Leadership and Management in Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| HPM 8015 | Public Health Policy and Legal Issues | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVH 5004 | Environmental Health | 1.5 |
| EPBI 5002 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| EPBI 5005 | Applied Analysis of Health | 1.5 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HRPR 5001 | Current and Emerging Issues in Public Health and Health Professions | 0 |
| Term Credit Hours | 0 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HPM 8013 | Research Methods in Health Policy | 3 |
| HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| HPM 8008 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 42 | |
Internship: An internship is required as part of a student's M.P.H. fieldwork. Part-time fieldwork experiences are available for full-time employees.
Culminating Events:
Fieldwork Practicum:
M.P.H. fieldwork requires a student 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 culminating event as required by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), the accrediting body of all U.S. schools of public health, for completion of the Master of Public Health degree. In addition, this culminating 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.
For the culminating experience to fulfill the requirements of HPM 9289 and HPM 9389, M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management students are expected to complete a fieldwork experience, which enables them to:
- Apply knowledge and methods in planning, leading, organizing, administering, and evaluating systems, programs, and policies to address health problems that impact populations in the context of the multilevel structures (global, national, state, local, community, agency, organization, group, team, dyad).
- Create and communicate a shared vision for a changing future.
- Champion solutions to organizational and community challenges.
- Energize commitment to goals.
- Demonstrate ethical choices, values, and professional practices implicit in public health decisions.
- Consider the effect of choices on community stewardship, equity, social justice, and accountability.
- Commit to personal and institutional development.
- Recognize system-level properties that result from dynamic interactions among human and social systems and how they affect the relationships among individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and environments.
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of organizations and/or policies that address health problems/issues.
- Use the understanding of the policymaking and policy implementation processes to achieve improvements in the health status of populations.
- Describe the attributes of leadership in public health.
A final paper is the required deliverable for the M.P.H. fieldwork requirement. Students must demonstrate their proficiency and the application of theory and principles in the paper and demonstrate mastery of the required competencies during the oral defense. The evaluation of the M.P.H. fieldwork practicum experience, therefore, is integrated into the culminating experience requirement.