Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

The M.P.H. Degree program provides graduate education for practicing professionals or other applicants with relevant environmental health-related experience. In addition to the five public health core courses, the M.P.H. student completes a core of five environmental health sciences courses, electives, a practice experience, an M.P.H. project or completes three additional courses in place of the project and a culminating experience. The M.P.H. Degree may be completed in three semesters plus the intervening summer. A minimum of 42 credits is required.

Typical Program of Study

Public Health Core Courses (15 credits)

• PUBHLTH 565 Environmental Health Practices
• PUBHLTH 540 Introduction to Biostatistics
• PUBHLTH 630 Principles of Epidemiology
• PUBHLTH 601 Principles of Community Health Education
• PUBHLTH 620 Principles of Public Health Practice

Environmental Health Sciences Core Courses (15 credits)

• PUBHLTH 563 Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
• PUBHLTH 567 Environmental Compliance Regulations
• PUBHLTH 666 Environmental and Occupational Toxicology
• PUBHLTH 671 Risk Assessment and Management
• PUBHLTH 691B Graduate Seminar-Research Methods

Practice Experience Practicum

MPH Practicum Student Guide

• Form I- Practicum Planning Form
• Form II - Practicum Scope of Work Form
• Form III -  Practicum Contact Hour Log
• Form IV- Student One Month Evaluation of the Practicum Form
• Form V - Site Supervisor Evaluation of the Student’s Practicum Performance Form
• Form VI - Student Evaluation of the Practicum Form
• APPENDIX: Concentration Specific Competencies
  
  PUBHLTH 698 (3 credits)
  Required of all M.P.H. students unless a Practice Experience Waiver Form is approved
  
  

Student Travel Form

Gift Policy

• PUBHLTH 698 (3 credits)
  Required of all M.P.H. students unless a Practice Experience Waiver Form is approved

M.P.H. Project and Culminating Experience

• M.P.H. project, PUBHLTH 696D (3 credits)
• Platform presentation based on the project
• Preparation of a poster for a professional society meeting

M.P.H. Non Project Option and Culminating Experience

• 3 additional PUBHLTH courses selected in consultation with one's advisor
• Written comprehensive examination
• Preparation of a poster for a professional society meeting

Elective Courses (6 credits from the following)

• PUBHLTH 562 Air Quality Assessment
• PUBHLTH 590A Contaminant Fate and Transport in Aquatic Systems
• PUBHLTH 592A Seminar - Bioaerosol Exposures (1 credit)
• PUBHLTH 667 Environmental and Occupational Health Toxicology II
• PUBHLTH 690B Environment and Infectious Disease
• PUBHLTH 690X Exposure Assessment in Environmental and Public Health
• PUBHLTH 791L Seminar -Advanced Toxicology

Courses from other departments

• ENTOMOL 585 Toxicology of Insecticides
• ENTOMOL 592 Chemicals and the Environment
• FOOD-SCI 785 Toxicology

Other Courses will be selected in consultation with one's advisor.