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Nov 22, 2024
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Master of Public Health (MPH)
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Degree requirements
A total of 42 semester hours is required to complete this degree offered through the Public Health 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)
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
Required courses (10 credit hours):
Select any remaining credits needed for the degree from the list below:
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.
Required courses (11 or 12 credit hours):
Select any remaining credits needed for the degree from the list below:
Public Health Nutrition
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 Public Health Nutrition 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.
Required courses (10 credit hours):
Select any remaining credits needed for the degree from the list list below:
Public Health Physical Activity
Required courses (9 credit hours):
Select any remaining credits needed for the degree from the list below:
Required “Public Health Practice” (3, 4 or 6 hours)
Field experience (6 hours); OR a combined field experience (4 hours) and master’s report (2 hours); OR a combined master’s thesis (6 hours) and field experience (3 hours)
- MPH 840 – Public Health Field Experience credits (3, 4 or 6 hours)
- DMP, FDSCI, HN or KIN 898 – Master’s Report credits (var.) plus MPH 840 for 4 hrs
- DMP, FDSCI, HN or KIN 899 – Master’s Thesis credits (var.) plus MPH 840 for 3 hrs
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