Degree Requirements
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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)a
- 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)b
- 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)
a. Students enrolled in the Maternal and Child Health concentration and Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology concentration will take CHSC 543 in lieu of IPHS 451 as more specialized training is required. These courses are part of their concentration core curricula, not the overall MPH core curriculum.
b. Students in the Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology concentrations will take EPID 406 during their first semester, concurrent with IPHS 454, in lieu of IPHS 455. Students in other MPH concentrations may waive out of IPHS 455 and take EPID 406 upon approval of the student’s home division, the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the SPH Office of Academic Affairs.
Required Non-Credit Training
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- IPHS 421 – SPH Success
- Quantitative Baseline Assessment
- SPH & UIC Policies Module
- Human Subjects Research (HSR)
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial (AIT)
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Concentration Requirements (38 to 39 semester hours)
Required courses:
- BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 421 – Community Health 1: Assessing, Promoting & Improving Community Health (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 422 – Community Health 2: Evidence-Informed Community Health Interventions (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 510 – MCH Inequities and Responses I (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 511 – MCH Inequities and Responses II (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 512 – Translating Evidence for MCH Practice (3 semester hours)
- CHSC 543 – MCH Policy and Advocacy (3 semester hours)
- EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
- EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
Select one of the following courses:
- EPID 409 – The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (2 semester hours)
- EPID 410 – Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 semester hours)
- EPID 411 – Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 semester hours)
Select one of the following courses:
- CHSC / EPID 518 – Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases (3 semester hours)
- CHSC / EPID 545 – Reproductive and Perinatal Health (3 semester hours)
Electives
Students must complete the number of electives necessary to earn a minimum of 56 SH credits. A list of suggested electives is available at the MCH program website. For more information about the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program please visit the program’s website at: https://maternalchild.uic.edu/.
Professional Development Requirements
MCH Career and Professional Development Activities: MPH students are required to engage in four professional development opportunities, either by participating in career services workshops, attending leadership coaching meetings, or engaging in alternative activities that are approved by the Assistant Director of the Center of Excellence in MCH.
MCH Alumni Mentorship Program: All MCHEPI MPH students will be matched in the second year of their MPH program with an MCH alumni mentor based on long-term career goals and public health interests. MCHEPI students will be required to meet with their MCH alumni mentors on a regular basis and to participate in CoE professional and career development workshops.