MSW/MPH Program
Joint Degree Admissions Contacts
Brandon Sieglaff
MPH Admissions Contact
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Cassandra McKay-Jackson
MSW Admissions Contact
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Mandatory Applications
Dual Degree Requirements
Core (Generalist) Social Work Requirements (28 semester hours)
- SocW 410 – Human Behavior and the Social Environment (3 semester hours)
- SocW 411 – Critical Social Work in a Multicultural Society (3 semester hours)
- SocW 420 – Policy I: Social Welfare Policy and Services (3 semester hours)
- SocW 430 – Practice I: Generalist Practice with Individuals and Organizations (3 semester hours)
- SocW 431 – Practice II: Generalist Practice with Families, Groups, and Communities (3 semester hours)
- SocW 460 – Research I: Social Work Research (3 semester hours)
- SocW 570 – Field Instruction I (5 semester hours)
- SocW 571 – Field Instruction II (5 semester hours)
Advanced Social Work Courses (34 semester hours)
Select one specialization:
Organization and Community Practice
- SocW 519 – Practice III: Organization and Community Practice (3 semester hours)
- SocW 520 – Practice IV: Community Health and Urban Development (3 semester hours)
- SocW 531 – Policy II: Community Health and Urban Development (3 semester hours)
- SocW 572 – Field Instruction III (8 semester hours)
- SocW 573 – Field Instruction IV (8 semester hours)
- 6 semester hours of shared MPH electives.
The final 3 semester hours are shared from the following MPH school wide core-requirement. You only need to take this course once:
- IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (6 semester hours)
Child and Family
- SocW 552 – Policy II: Child and Family Policy (3 semester hours)
- SocW 572 – Field Instruction III (8 semester hours)
- SocW 573 – Field Instruction IV (8 semester hours)
- SocW 582 – Practice III: Practice with Children and Families (3 semester hours)
- SocW 583 – Practice IV: Practice with Children and Families (3 semester hours)
- 6 semester hours of shared MPH electives
The final 3 semester hours are shared from the following MPH school wide core-requirement. You only need to take this course once:
- IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (6 semester hours)
Mental Health
- SocW 554 – Policy II: Mental Health Policy (3 semester hours)
- SocW 572 – Field Instruction III (8 semester hours)
- SocW 573 – Field Instruction IV (8 semester hours)
- SocW 586 – Practice III: Mental Health (3 semester hours)
- SocW 587 – Practice IV: Mental Health (3 semester hours)
- 6 semester hours of shared MPH electives
The final 3 semester hours are shared from the following MPH school wide core-requirement. You only need to take this course once:
- IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (6 semester hours)
School Social Work
- SocW 555 – ?
- SocW 565 – Research Seminars: Social Service Issues (3 semester hours)
- SocW 572 – Field Instruction III (8 semester hours)
- SocW 573 – Field Instruction IV (8 semester hours)
- SocW 588 – Practice III: School Social Work (3 semester hours)
- SocW 589 – Practice IV: School Social Work (3 semester hours)
- SPED 410 – Exceptional Learners (3 semester hours)
- 3 semester hours of shared MPH electives
School-Wide Core Requirements (18-20 semester hours)
- PHS 401 – Determinants of Population Health (4 semester hours)
- IPHS 403 – Public Health Systems, Policy and Management (4 semester hours)
- IPHS 650 – Applied Practice Experience in Public Health (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 698 – Integrative Learning Experience (1 semester hours)
- IPHS 650 – Interprofessional Education (0 semester hours)
A total of six semester hours must be completed from the following courses:
- IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (onsite) (6 semester hours)
or
- IPHS 404 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 1 (online) (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 405 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 2 (online) (3 semester hours)
Advanced Public Health Courses by Program
MPH in Community Health Sciences
- CSHC 421 – Community Health 1: Assessing, Promoting and Improving Community Health
- CHSC 422 – Community Health 2: Evidence-Informed Community Health Interventions
- CHSC 423 – Community Health 3: Professional Development in Public Health Practice