Program Overview

MPH General Program

The MPH-General program requires a minimum of 48 credit hours. The program's coursework is comprised of 32 hours of core coursework and 16 hours of concentration courses, totaling 48 credit hours. The closure requirement for the MPH-General is the MPH Comprehensive Examination, which students must complete; no credit hours are awarded for completion of the exam. Students who do not complete the examination during their final semester of study must enroll in MPH 583 (zero credit hours, one billable credit hour) each regular semester (fall/spring) until they pass the exam. Students may also submit a Student Petition to use PAD 561 as one hour toward the internship requirement. ### Requirements Core Courses include: - MPH 501: Introduction to Public Health (4 credits) - MPH 503: Biostatistics (4 credits) - MPH 506: Research Methods in Public Health (4 credits) - MPH 511: Epidemiology (4 credits) - MPH 521: Introduction to Environmental Health (4 credits) - MPH 531: Public Health Policy (4 credits) - MPH 561: Public Health Education (4 credits) - MPH 581: Internship 1 (4 credits) Concentration Courses include: - Social Determinants of Health (Required) (4 credits) - MPH 541: Social Determinants of Health - Advanced Epidemiology (Select one from the following) (4 credits) - MPH 512: Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases - MPH 513: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases - MPH 514: Analytical Epidemiology - Advanced Public Health Policy (Select one from the following) (4 credits) - MPH 508: Program Evaluation for Public Health - MPH 575: Health Economics - MPH 585: Introduction to Health Services and Administration - Select One More Course from either "Advanced Epidemiology" or "Advanced Public Health Policy" (4 credits) The total hours required for the program is 48 credits.