MPH Requirements

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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 Thesis

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 700
Thesis

Health and Policy Research Course Requirements
Course Requirements:
HSERV 592
Health and Policy Research Seminar
(each in-residence quarter)

 

Student Practicum
Students in Health Care and Population Health Research have diverse interests, but almost all are required to take a practicum experience to complete the MPH. Students at the University of Washington do their practica in local health departments, non-profit organizations, managed care settings and other workplaces. The objectives of such work in Health Care and Population Health Research are:
  • To provide public health agency experience
  • To give students the opportunity to work as teams with their peers from other disciplines in community organizations and in other non-academic settings
  • To allow students to contribute to existing community and public health partnerships to promote enhanced well-being in the community. Students should consult the Practicum Handbook and their faculty advisers for further information