4+1 Accelerated MPH in Health Policy and Management
Study at the intersection of health care and activism with our 4+1 BS/MPH degree.
The health care field encompasses far more than health. It’s about policy, finance, law — and it’s constantly changing. Health policy and management professionals tackle critical issues every day, from health care quality to health informatics.
Our 4+1 Accelerated Master of Public Health (MPH) program, which is rigorous and demanding, offers high-achieving eligible undergraduates a quick pathway to a terminal graduate degree. Students will finish the health management degree program with both a BS and an MPH degree.
MPH Health Policy and Management course requirements:
- Five public health core courses (15 credits)
- Five health policy and management courses (15 credits)
- Two health policy and management graduate electives (6 credits)
- Practicum (3 credits)
- Culminating experience (3 credits)
Benefits list
Get Started as an Undergraduate
Our 4+1 Accelerated MPH program allows interested undergraduates to take 12-18 credits of graduate coursework in their senior undergraduate year (i.e., 6 to 9 credits of graduate coursework per semester during their senior year), and then complete their master’s degree with just one additional year of full-time graduate study.
Undergraduate Focus Area
The 4+1 focus area requirement allows you to explore areas of interest and relevance to public health and draw connections between disciplines. The classes you choose will enhance your understanding of the field and better prepare you for a career as a public health professional.
Practicum Experience
Your practicum is an opportunity to represent a meaningful public health experience. Once you complete three of the five required public health core courses, you’ll start the practicum in the semester when the bulk of the work is done and finish it with a project and an oral presentation.
Featured class
Latest approaches in community development and community organizing strategies. Exploratory readings, field assignments; emphasis on leadership development, capacity building, and coordinated community action.
Featured faculty
Jennifer Whitehill
Graduate Program Director, Department of Health Promotion and Policy
Focus on injury prevention; substance use; cannabis policy; social media; mobile technology and health (mHealth).
Airín Denise Martínez
Focus on community-based participatory research; racial and ethnic health disparities; Latinx immigrants; mixed methods; health policy.
David Chin
Focus on health care quality measurement, health policy, health informatics, and high-dimensional data.
Lawrence Pellegrini
Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and Management
Focus on Social Security disability, health economics, mental health
In the spotlight
“In my sophomore year, I took Intro to Public Health with professors Gloria DiFulvio and Laura Vandenberg…and I realized that some of the health issues around the world are not our fault, but the way we treat our environment, our community…and our ability to access good quality health care."
Application information & deadlines
Interested students should apply for the 4+1 program during their junior year and must meet all eligibility requirements.
Application Deadline
Applicants in their junior year should submit the application by February 1.
Health Policy and Management
Providing leadership skills to help solve complex health-related problems.