Program Overview

Master of Public Health Program

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program is a course-based curriculum that requires students to complete the following components to graduate:

• MPH week-long Introductory Institute (August)
• Ten core courses
• Two electives
• One 12-16 week practicum course (consisting of 420 hours)
• Capstone course (final Spring term with asynchronous and synchronous course work before and after the one week of on-campus attendance)

Program Structure

The MPH program is designed to be completed within two years for full-time students (three terms per year). Part-time students must complete their degree within four years of initial program entry. All graduate students must maintain continuous registration for each term of the program.

Course Sequence

The course sequence for the MPH program is outlined below:

Part-time Course Sequence

• Year one
  • Pre-Fall (August): HLTH 600 - MPH Introductory Institute
  • Term one (fall): HLTH 602A - Foundations of public health
  • Term two (winter): HLTH 608 - Health and risk communication in public health
  • Term three (spring): Elective one
• Year two
  • Term four (fall): HLTH 605B - Quantitative methods and analysis
  • Term five (winter): HLTH 606B - Principles of epidemiology for public health
  • Term six (spring): HLTH 617 - Population intervention for disease prevention and health promotion
• Year three
  • Term seven (fall): HLTH 618 - Research tools in public health
  • Term eight (winter): HLTH 604 - Public health and the environment
  • Term nine (spring): Elective two
• Year four
  • Term ten (fall): HLTH 603 - Health policy
  • Term eleven (winter): HLTH 640 - Professional experience practicum, HLTH 609 - Management and administration of public health services

Full-time Course Sequence

• Year one
  • Pre-Fall (August): HLTH 600 - MPH Introductory Institute
  • Term one (fall): HLTH 602A - Foundations of public health, HLTH 618 - Research tools for public health, HLTH 605B - Quantitative methods and analysis
  • Term two (winter): HLTH 604 - Public health and the environment, HLTH 608 - Health and risk communication in public health, HLTH 606B - Principles of epidemiology for public health
  • Term three (spring): HLTH 617 - Population intervention for disease prevention and health promotion, Elective one
• Year two
  • Term four (fall): HLTH 603 - Health policy, Elective two
  • Term five (winter): HLTH 640 - Professional experience practicum, HLTH 609 - Management and administration of public health services

Elective Courses

Students must complete two elective courses. The following is a list of possible elective courses offered by the School of Public Health Sciences:

• INDEV 603 - Global health (offered through the Faculty of Environment)
• HLTH 648M - Ethics and Privacy Considerations for Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Health (0.25 unit weight)
• HLTH 649M - Leadership in Digital Health and Transformation (0.25 unit weight)
• HLTH 614 - Evaluation of Public Health Programs (0.5 unit weight)
• HLTH 611 - The health care system
• HLTH 633 - Digital Health (0.5 unit weight)
• HLTH 637 - Public Health Informatics (0.5 unit weight)
• HLTH 631 - Public health surveillance
• HLTH 639 - Experiential learning in evaluation
• HLTH 638 - Selected topics in public health
• HLTH 661 - Graphic information systems and public health
• HLTH 644 - Indigenous Wellbeing