Degree Requirements

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                    School-Wide Core Requirements (22 semester hours)
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	
    

  • IPHS 450 Foundations and Determinants of Public Health (3 semester hours)a
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  • IPHS 451 Public Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy (3 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 452 Public Health Planning, Practice, and Evaluation (3 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 453 Public Health Management and Leadership (2 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 454 Quantitative Methods and Analysis I (3 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 455 Quantitative Methods and Analysis II b (3 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 456 Introduction to Research Design for Public Health (1 semester hour)
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  • IPHS 650 Applied Practice Experience (3 semester hours)
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  • IPHS 698 Integrative Learning Experience (1 semester hour)
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a. Students with a CEPH-accredited undergraduate public health degree should consult with their division academic staff as they may be eligible to waive out of IPHS 450 and take an additional elective in its place.



  



  



    

    
      




  
  

  
    

                  
  

    

      

                    Required Non-Credit Training
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	


  



  



    

    
      




  
  

  
    

                  
  

    

      

                    Divisional Core (12 semester hours)
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	
    

  • HPA 431 – Public Health Law and Ethics (3 semester hours)
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  • HPA 444 – Strategic Planning and Budgeting (3 semester hours)
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  • HPA 460 – Introduction to the Economics of Health & Healthcare (3 semester hours)
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  • HPA 567 – Public Health Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
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                    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.