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)b
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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 (3 semester hours)c
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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 an 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.


b. 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.


c. 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
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	


  



  



    

    
      




  
  

  
    

                  
  

    

      

                    Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Concentration Requirements (38 to 39 semester hours)
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	
Required courses:


    

  • BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 421 – Community Health 1: Assessing, Promoting & Improving Community Health (4 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 422 – Community Health 2: Evidence-Informed Community Health Interventions (4 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 510 – MCH Inequities and Responses I (4 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 511 – MCH Inequities and Responses II (4 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 512 – Translating Evidence for MCH Practice (3 semester hours)
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  • CHSC 543 – MCH Policy and Advocacy (3 semester hours)a
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  • EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
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  • EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
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Select one of the following epidemiology courses:


    

  • EPID 409 – The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (2 semester hours)
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  • EPID 410 – Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 semester hours)
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  • EPID 411 – Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 semester hours)
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Select one of the following reproductive/perinatal and pediatric epidemiology courses:


    

  • CHSC / EPID 518 – Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases (3 semester hours)b
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  • CHSC / EPID 545 – Reproductive and Perinatal Health (3 semester hours)b
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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. Only one of these courses is offered per year; full-time students will take whichever course is offered in their second year of study



  



  



    

    
      




  
  

  
    

                  
  

    

      

                    Electives
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	
Students must complete the number of MCH electives necessary to earn a minimum of 56 SH. A list of suggested electives is available in the MCH Elective section of the CHS MPH 101 Canvas site



  



  



    

    
      




  
  

  
    

                  
  

    

      

                    Professional Development Requirements
              

    

    

  

          
            



  
	
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 in their final year will have the opportunity to be matched with an MCH alumni mentor based on long-term career goals and public health interests. MCH students who are matched with mentors will be expected to meet with their alumni mentors on a regular basis and to participate in Center of Excellence professional and career development workshops.