Program Requirements
General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 45
Required Courses:
On-Campus MPH-HPM
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Core Course | ||
| HRPR 5001 | Current and Emerging Issues in Public Health and Health Professions 1 | 0 |
| Public Health Core Courses | ||
| ENVH 5103 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| EPBI 5002 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| EPBI 5101 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | 3 |
| SBS 5001 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 3 |
| SBS 5102 | Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior | 3 |
| Health Policy and Management Courses | ||
| HPM 5016 | Public Health Advocacy | 3 |
| or HPM 8015 | Public Health Policy and Legal Issues | |
| HPM 8008 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPM 8013 | Research Methods in Health Policy | 3 |
| Concentration Courses 2 | 12 | |
| M.P.H. Fieldwork Experience | ||
| HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 45 | |
| 1 | This common College Core course is required of all incoming graduate students in the College of Public Health. It is available completely online and designed such that students can complete the modules at their own pace over the course of their degree program. |
| 2 | Students may elect to complete one of two optional concentrations or, alternately, to complete neither concentration in its totality. In the latter case, the student selects four courses from the course menus for both concentrations. The approved electives are delineated in the grids below: |
Health Leadership Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| Technology for Population Health | ||
| Technology for Healthcare Financial Management | ||
| Leadership and Management in Non-Profit Organizations | ||
| Healthcare Quality and Safety | ||
Elective 1 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
| 1 | An alternate elective may be selected with the approval of the Program Director. |
Health Policy Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| Principles of Emergency Management | ||
| Public Health Advocacy | ||
| Forced Migration and Refugee Health | ||
| Community Outreach in Public Health | ||
| Man-Made Disasters: Radiological, Chemical and Biological Terrorism | ||
| Comparative Health Policy | ||
Elective 1 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
| 1 | An alternate elective may be selected with the approval of the Program Director. |
Online MPH-HPM
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| HPM 5014 | Leadership and Management in Non-Profit Organizations | 3 |
| SBS 5001 | Fundamentals of Public Health | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| EPBI 5101 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HPM 5006 | Political and Economic Aspects of Health | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| EPBI 5002 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| SBS 5102 | Theoretical Foundations of Health Behavior | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVH 5103 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| HIM 5106 | Technology for Population Health | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| HPM 8112 | Public Health Program Evaluation | 3 |
| SBS 8111 | Public Health Program Planning | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HPM 8008 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPM 8015 | Public Health Policy and Legal Issues | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HPM 9289 | MPH Fieldwork I | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Term Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| HPM 9389 | MPH Fieldwork II | 3 |
| Term Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 45 | |
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 also 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.