Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Public Health MPH

You’ll receive the same foundational public health education as other concentrations, while tailoring your program to meet your unique interests through coursework and hands-on practice activities with an individualized MPH (44 credits). Study foundations of public health by obtaining a broad overview of theories and principles that advance population health and well-being. As a practitioner with training in core public health principles, you will be involved with advocacy, planning, programming, implementation or evaluation for disease prevention and health promotion.

Public Health MPH

Required Core (21-22 credits)

EEH 500LEC - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: 3 or
EEH 501LEC - Principles of Epidemiology Credits: 4
CHB 501LEC - Study of Health Behavior Credits: 3
CHB 525LEC - Health Disparities Credits: 3
EEH 530LEC - Intro to Health Care Credits: 3
EEH 550LEC - Environmental Health Credits: 3
EEH 590SEM - Leadership, Collaboration and Negotiation in Public Health Credits: 2
STA 527LEC - Statistical Analysis I Credits: 3
STA 527REC - Statistical Analysis I Credits: 1

Depth Area (9 credits minimum)

Select 9 credits from the following:

CHB 500LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1-3
CHB 502LEC - Health Behavior Change Credits: 3
CHB 505LEC - Applied Statistics for PH Credits: 3
CHB 522SEM - Refugee Health Credits: 3
CHB 523LEC - Introduction to Program Planning and Evaluation Credits: 3
CHB 528LEC - Tobacco Control Credits: 3
CHB 529SEM - Cannabis: A Review of its Pharmacology, Mythology, and Implications for Public Health Credits: 3
EEH 502LEC - Advanced Methodology Credits: 3
EEH 532LEC - Fin Mng for Pub Health Prof Credits: 3
EEH 536LEC - Health Policy in the US Credits: 3
EEH 538LEC - Intro to Health Economics Credits: 3
EEH 551LEC - Advanced Environmental Health Sciences Credits: 3
EEH 573LEC - Epi of Infec Diseases Credits: 3
EEH 575LEC - Epi Appl to Environ Hlth Credits: 3
PMY 626LEC - Toxicology Princ Practice Credits: 3
STA 502LEC - Intro Stat Inference Credits: 3
STA 503LEC - Introduction to Applied Statistics I Credits: 3
STA 504LEC - Introduction to Applied Statistics II Credits: 3
STA 528LR - Statistical Analysis II Credits: 4

Breadth Area (6 credits)

Select from the following of courses:

BMI 504SEM - Research Methods in Biomedical Informatics Credits: 3
BMI 506SEM - Clinical Population Research and Public Health Informatics Credits: 3
CEP 504LEC - Introduction to Addiction and Substance Abuse Credits: 3
CEP 548SEM - Coaching for Wellness & Physiological Integration Credits: 3
CEP 566SEM - Mindfulness Interventions Credits: 3
CHB 500LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1-3
CHB 516LEC - Creating Media for Public Health Credits: 3
CHB 520LEC - Public Health Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Exploration Credits: 3
CHB 522SEM - Refugee Health Credits: 3
CHB 523LEC - Introduction to Program Planning and Evaluation Credits: 3
CHB 524SEM - Sexual Risk Behavior Credits: 3
CHB 525LEC - Health Disparities Credits: 3
CHB 527LEC - Obesity Credits: 3
CHB 528LEC - Tobacco Control Credits: 3
CHB 529SEM - Cannabis: A Review of its Pharmacology, Mythology, and Implications for Public Health Credits: 3
CHB 547LAB - MPH Field Training Credits: 3
CHB 601LEC - Principles of Community Health and Health Behavior Credits: 3
CHB 602LEC - Community Health and Health Behavior Interventions Credits: 3
CHB 605LEC - Res Meth-Com Health & HB Credits: 3
CHB 620LEC - Special Topics Credits: 1 - 3
CIE 563LEC - Air Pollution Credits: 3
CIE 569LEC - Brownfield Restoration Credits: 3
EEH 510LEC - Prin Measurement Pub Hlth Credits: 3
EEH 521LEC - Global Health Credits: 3
EEH 531LEC - Adm Theory & Pract Ph Prac Credits: 3
EEH 537LEC - Public Health: Legal and Ethical Perspectives Credits: 3
EEH 539SEM - Business of Health Care Credits: 3
EEH 547LAB - Master of Public Health Field Training Elective Credits: 3
EEH 555LEC - Exposure Assessment in Environment Health Research Credits: 3
EEH 570LEC - Cancer Epidemiology Credits: 3
EEH 571LEC - Epi of Cardiovascular Dis Credits: 3
EEH 572LEC - Nutritional Epidemiology Credits: 3
EEH 574LEC - Epidemics & Outbreaks Credits: 3
EEH 575LEC - Epi Appl to Environ Hlth Credits: 3
EEH 577LEC - Perinatal Epidemiology Credits: 3
EEH 611LEC - Analysis of Health Data Credits: 4
MGH 642SEM - Innovators in Health Care Credits: 3
MGH 644LEC - Healthcare Delivery Models Credits: 3
MGH 645LEC - Transformative Applications in Health Care Management Credits: 3
MGO 635LEC - Healthcare Operations Management Credits: 3
PHM 730LR - Topics in Pharmacy Law Credits: 1
PHM 736LEC - Economics & Epidemiology Credits: 2
RPG 580LEC - Cancer Control/Prevention Credits: 3
STA 509LEC - Statistical Genetics Credits: 3
STA 511LEC - Advanced Statistical Computing Credits: 3
STA 517LEC - Categorical Data Analysis Credits: 3
STA 521LEC - Intro Theoretical Stat 1 Credits: 3
STA 522LEC - Intro Theoretical Stat 2 Credits: 3
STA 525LEC - Stats for Bioinformatics Credits: 3
STA 526LEC - Design and Analysis of Clinical Experiments Credits: 3
STA 531LEC - Sample Survys Thery-Meths Credits: 3
STA 536LEC - Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments Credits: 3
STA 545LEC - Statistical Data Mining I Credits: 3
STA 546LEC - Data Mining II Credits: 3
STA 561LEC - Longitudinal Data Analysis Credits: 3
STA 571LEC - Spec Top in Statistics Credits: 3
STA 575LEC - Survival Analysis Credits: 3
STA 581LEC - Multivar Data Analysis Credits: 3
SW 503LEC - Power, Privilege, & Oppression Credits: 3
SW 506LEC - Theo of Org Behv & Dev Credits: 3
SW 550LEC - Field Instruction 1 Credits: 3
SW 551LEC - Field Instruction 2 Credits: 4
SW 554LEC - Motivational Interviewing Credits: 3
SW 564LEC - Administ/Managemt Credits: 3
SW 569LEC - Community Social Work Credits: 3
SW 587LEC - Addiction and the Family Credits: 3
URP 508SEM - Race, Class, Gender and the City Credits: 3
URP 604SEM - Food Systems Planning Credits: 3
URP 605SEM - Built Environment and Health Credits: 3

Professional Seminar (2 credits)

CHB 507SEM - Public Health Interprofessional Teams & Practice Credits: 2

Field Training (3 credits)

CHB 544LAB - MPH Field Training Credits: 3

Culminating Experience: Integrative Project (3 credits)

CHB 630LAB - Culminating Project Credits: 3

Total Credit Hours: 44-45

3.0 Degree GPA required