Masters in Public Health Minor (15 credit hours total):

Because of the recent growth of interest in public health courses from throughout the University, the Masters in Public Health Program has created a public health minor which will provide a basic understanding of the core principles and sciences behind the discipline of public health. Inquiries have come from each of the Departments and Programs listed below providing a potentially substantial student base. Some Departments such as Psychology have created a Health Psychology doctorate with requirement for their students to take more courses than required in the MPH minor. Although some programs are encouraging their students to take dual masters, the limited number of MPH graduate admissions each year may make the availability of a MPH minor attractive to a larger group of students.

Required Core Classes (6 credit hours)

PH 501: Principles of Public Health (Fall)

PH 502: Epidemiology Methods I (Fall)

One Other Course from MPH Core Courses (3 credit hours)

PH 505: Cultural/ Social Theory

PH 504: Rural Health

PH 506: Environmental/ Occupational Health

PH 507: Health Care Systems and Policy

PH 560: Public Health and Health Care Management

Electives (6 credit hours)

Student may choose other MPH courses constituting a minimum of 6 credit hours. It is expected that these courses will further the student's own research or professional project. All courses must be completed with a "B" or better.

Potential MPH Minors

Masters and Doctoral level graduate students enrolled in Departments of Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Communication and Journalism, Sociology, and Psychology; School of Law, Nursing, and Pharmacy; Programs in Community and Regional Planning, Water Resources, Nutrition, Education, Latin American Studies, among others.

Potential MPH Degree

Public health minor classes can transfer into graduate classes if students are admitted into MPH Program.