Curriculum

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:
Medical Biometry I
Applied Biostatistics

and One Course from:
Intro. to Environmental and Occupational Health
Children's Environmental Health
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Risk Assessment for Environmental Health Hazards
Occupational Health & Safety:  Policy and Politics
(preferred option for HPAP students)

and Either:
Introduction to Epidemiology
Epidemiologic Methods I & II  (2 courses)

and:
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:
Management Practice in Health Care and Public Health Organization

and:
Society and Health

and:
HSERV 595
Practicum

and:
HSERV 700
Thesis

Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Requirements

Course Requirements:
Social and Behavioral Sciences Seminar
(each in-residence quarter)
Medical Biometry II

and One Course From:
Communication for Health Promotion: Theory and Application
Society, Chronic Illness and Disability
Strategies of Health Promotion
Theoretical Perspectives on Health Behavior Change
Medical Geography
Community Approaches to Health Promotion
Health Economics

and One Methods Course From:
Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health
Survey Research Methods
Seminar in Advanced Qualitative Methods
Social and Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health Genetics