Program: Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) - Kansas State University

Apr 05, 2025

2017-2018 Graduate Catalog

Degree requirements

A total of 42 semester hours is required to complete this degree offered through the graduate program. The program is a professional degree that requires a core of public health courses (15 credit hours), a field experience or master’s thesis (6 credit hours), and an area of emphasis determined by the student’s program committee (21 credit hours). An area of emphasis may be selected from food safety and biosecurity, infectious diseases/zoonoses, public health human nutrition, or public health physical activity.

Public health core (15 credit hours)

MPH 754 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: 3
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at least 3 hours of equivalent graduate or professional level epidemiology course credit (e.g., MPH 708 – Veterinary Epidemiology Credits: (2) AND MPH 854 – Intermediate Epidemiology Credits: (3))
MPH 802 - Environmental Health Credits: 3
MPH 720 - Administration of Health Care Organizations Credits: 3
MPH 818 - Social and Behavioral Bases of Public Health Credits: 3
MPH 701 - Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics Credits: 3

Area of emphasis (21 credit hours)

Select from one of these four areas. The 21 credit hours required for each emphasis area are listed below.

• Food Safety and Biosecurity
• Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses
• Public Health Nutrition
• Public Health Physical Activity

Food Safety and Biosecurity

Select remaining courses needed (0-7 credit hours) from any of the courses listed above or from the following:

DMP 710 - Introduction to One Health Credits: 2
DMP 806 - Environmental Toxicology Credits: 2
DMP 880 - Problems in Pathobiology (MS) Credits: 1-6
DMP 888 - Globalization, Cooperation, & the Food Trade Credits: 1
FDSCI 601 - Food Microbiology Lab Credits: 2
FDSCI 695 - Quality Assurance of Food Products Credits: 3
FDSCI 751 - Food Laws and the Regulatory Process Credits: 2
FDSCI 820 - Advanced Food Microbiology & Biotechnology Credits: 2
STAT 705 - Regression and Analysis of Variance Credits: 3

Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses

In addition to the core courses (15 credit hours) and field experience (6 hours) or thesis research and field experience (9 hours), students must complete credit hours from the Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses emphasis area as outlined below to fulfill the 42 credit hour requirement for the MPH degree. Substitutions may be approved by the major professor, supervisory committee, and the MPH Program director.

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Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Degree requirements

Public health core (15 credit hours)

Area of emphasis (21 credit hours)

Food Safety and Biosecurity

Required courses (4 credit hours):

Minimum 6 credit hours from the following:

Minimum 2 credit hours from the following:

Minimum 3 credit hours from the following:

Select remaining courses needed (0-7 credit hours) from any of the courses listed above or from the following:

Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses

6-7 credit hours from the following: