Course Requirements

Degree Program Details:

Students in the HPAP Track must complete the core requirements of School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the MPH program in Health Services as well as the additional course requirements for the HPAP track itself.

The HPAP Track gives students the choice of completing either a traditional thesis or a Capstone Project to satisfy the thesis requirement.

General Requirements

Students must complete:

63 credits total

of which:

At least 30 credits must be from graduate-level in-classroom courses

which must include:

At least 18 credits from Health Services in-classroom courses.

In addition to:

3 credits of Practicum
9 credits of Capstone Project
(HPAP track also allows students to substitute a traditional Thesis for the Capstone Project.)

SPHCM and Health Services Course Requirements for the MPH Degree

Either:

BIOST 511

Medical Biometry I

BIOST 517

Applied Biostatistics

and One Course from:

ENVH 511

Intro. to Environmental and Occupational Health

ENVH 517

Children's Environmental Health

ENVH 570

Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology

ENVH 577

Risk Assessment for Environmental Health Hazards

ENVH 584

Occupational Health & Safety: Policy and Politics
(preferred option for HPAP students)

and Either:

EPI 511

Introduction to Epidemiology

EPI 512 & 513

Epidemiologic Methods I & II (2 courses)

and:

HSERV 511

Introduction to Health Services and Public Health
(Health Services students registering for HSERV 511 in autumn quarter are required to take the 4 credit option which includes a discussion session)

and:

HSMGMT 560

Management Practice in Health Care and Public Health Organization

and:

HSERV 510

Society and Health

and:

HSERV 595

Practicum

and:

HSERV 599

Capstone Project
(HPAP also students have the option of substituting HSERV 700, Thesis)