Program Overview

School of Public Health

The School of Public Health offers various programs, including the Accelerated Bachelor to Master of Public Health (ABM) program.

About the Program

The Accelerated Bachelor to Master of Public Health (ABM) program allows outstanding students to accelerate their path towards a Master of Public Health (MPH) by enrolling in graduate-level courses in public health, epidemiology, social and behavioral science, and biostatistics during their junior and senior years. Students in ABM programs can apply up to twelve (12) credit hours of graduate coursework to both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Graduate courses will not apply toward the undergraduate GPA. For students admitted to the MPH program, graduate courses with a grade of "B" or better in ABM courses will be applied toward the degree.

How to Apply

Undergraduate students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or greater and have completed at least 60 credit hours, half of which should be public health courses relevant to the BSPH degree. To continue in the program following undergraduate graduation, students must apply for full admission to the School of Public Health's MPH program.

Program Requirements

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

• PUBH 7150 Biostatistical Methods I
• PUBH 7160 Social and Behavioral Science Principles
• PUBH 7170 Epidemiology in Public Health I
• PUBH 7180 Foundations of Public Health

Skills

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.