Master of Public Health: Generalist
The MPH Program accepts students for Fall and Spring semesters. Applicants must apply through SLATE and pay the application fee. All required documentation must be submitted electronically.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Degree
- An earned bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Grade Point Average (GPA)
- Regular admission: GPA > 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) required
- Provisional admission may be offered for applicants with 2.7 < GPA < 3.0 for domestic students. International student cannot be admitted provisionally.
- Foundation Courses (required undergraduate courses)
- All students must have completed courses in college-level mathematics and social sciences
- Official Transcripts
- Official transcripts from all institutions where any undergraduate or other courses, including any graduate degrees.
- Transcripts from international institutions MUST be translated into English and evaluated onto a 4.0 scale using a NACES member (EX: WES World Education Services)
- English Language Proficiency
- An English proficiency score from either TOEFL (80 or higher), IELTS (6.5 or higher) or DUOLINGO (105 or higher) must be submitted
- Scores will not be accepted if they are more than two years old.
- Resume
- A current resume must be uploaded
- Statement of Purpose
- A Statement of Purpose indicating why the applicant wants to pursue the MPH program must be uploaded
- Applicants may also use this statement to explain any discrepancies in their academic record
- Letters of Recommendation
- A minimum of three letters are required, which can be requested within the SOPHAS application – remove this.
- Two of these letters MUST be from someone having a graduate degree
- The credential of the writer must be included in the recommendation letter
All MPH students are required to take the following 9 (24 credit hours) Foundation Courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| PUBH 6000 | Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis in Public Health | 3 |
| PUBH 6010 | Public Health Epidemiology | 3 |
| PUBH 6020 | Management and Leadership in Public Health | 3 |
| PUBH 6050 | Concepts and Issues in Environmental Health | 3 |
| or PUBH 5160 | Environmental Health | |
| PUBH 6080 | Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| PUBH 6090 | Issues in Public Health | 3 |
| PUBH 6900 | Interprofessional Education for Public Health | 1 |
| PUBH 6950 | Integrative Learning Experience | 2 |
| PUBH 6960 | Internship in Public Health | 3 |
| Total Hours | 24 | |
The Public Health Generalist concentration is 100% online. All students in the Public Health Generalist concentration are required to take the following 5 (15 credit hours) concentration specific courses. In addition, all Public Health Generalist concentration students are required to take 2 (6 total credit hours) advised electives.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Major Specific Courses | ||
| PUBH 6030 | Advanced Epidemiology | 3 |
| PUBH 6310 | Public Health Assessment and Planning | 3 |
| PUBH 6620 | Introduction to Health Policy and Health Systems | 3 |
| PUBH 6800 | Evaluation Of Health Programs | 3 |
| HEAL 6900 | Grant Writing In Health Sciences | 3 |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
The plans of study for each concentration are comprised of the Foundational Courses, the concentration specific courses, and two elective courses. The MPH Program has 22 Foundational Competencies that are required and written by the accrediting body (Council on Education for Public Health). These are listed below. There are additional competencies which are specific to each of the four concentrations. These are also established and approved through our external accreditor.
- PLO 1. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice
- PLO 3. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
- PLO 4. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice
- PLO 5. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings
- PLO 6. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels
- PLO 7. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities' health
- PLO 8. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs
- PLO 9. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention
- PLO 10. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management
- PLO 11. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Select methods to evaluate public health programs
- PLO 12. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence
- PLO 13. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Propose strategies to identify relevant communities and individuals and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes
- PLO 14. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
- PLO 15. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity
- PLO 16. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Apply leadership and/or management principles to identify a relevant issue
- PLO 17. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenge
- PLO 18. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors
- PLO 19. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation to a non-academic, non-peer audience with attention to factors such as literacy and health literacy
- PLO 20. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Describe the importance of cultural humility in communicating public health content
- PLO 21. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health
- PLO 22. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Apply systems thinking tools to visually represent a public health issue in a s format other than standard narrative
- PLO 1. PGEN MAJOR COMPETENCIES: Determine if an association is causal using appropriate criteria
- PLO 2. PGEN MAJOR COMPETENCIES: Use established models to assess communities and plan public health interventions
- PLO 3. PGEN MAJOR COMPETENCIES: Use a Health Policy Research Framework to develop the rationale and process to impact a public health topic through policy intervention
- PLO 4. PGEN MAJOR COMPETENCIES: Develop an evaluation plan using a logic model
- PLO 5. PGEN MAJOR COMPETENCIES: Develop a program grant proposal to address a public health problem in a specific community
- PLO 2. FOUNDATIONAL COMPETENCIES: Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.