Degree Requirements
MPH Student Handbook
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School-Wide Core Requirements (22 semester hours)
- IPHS 450 Foundations and Determinants of Public Health (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 451 Public Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 452 Public Health Planning, Practice, and Evaluation (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 453 Public Health Management and Leadership (2 semester hours)
- IPHS 454 Quantitative Methods and Analysis I (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 455 Quantitative Methods and Analysis II b (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 456 Introduction to Research Design for Public Health (1 semester hour)
- IPHS 650 Applied Practice Experience (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 698 Integrative Learning Experience (1 semester hour)
Required Non-Credit Training
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- IPHS 421 – SPH Success
- Quantitative Baseline Assessment
- SPH & UIC Policies Module
- Human Subjects Research
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
Divisional Core (12 semester hours)
- HPA 431 – Public Health Law and Ethics (3 semester hours)
- HPA 444 – Strategic Planning and Budgeting (3 semester hours)
- HPA 460 – Introduction to the Economics of Health & Healthcare (3 semester hours)
- HPA 567 – Public Health Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
Electives (9 semester hours)
Students are encouraged to use the electives as an opportunity to take coursework from elsewhere within the school; based upon their career interests and their academic and professional preparation at the time of matriculation. Students should work with their faculty advisors in making the selection.