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
  • IPHS 451 Public Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy (3 semester hours)b
  • 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 (3 semester hours)c
  • 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 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

Divisional Core Requirements (12 semester hours)

  • CSHC 421 – Community Health 1: Assessing, Promoting and Improving Community Health (4 semester hours)
  • CHSC 422 – Community Health 2: Evidence-Informed Community Health Interventions (4 semester hours)
  • CHSC 423 – Community Health 3: Professional Development in Public Health Practice (4 semester hours)

Maternal and Child Health Concentration Requirements (19-22 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 Maternal and Child Health Practice (3 semester hours)
  • CHSC 543 – Maternal and Child Health Policy and Advocacy (3 semester hours)

Select one of the following Research Methods courses:

  • CHSC 434 – Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health (3 semester hours)
  • CHSC 446 – Research Methods in Community Health (3 semester hours)
  • EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)

Select one of the following Data Analysis courses:

  • BSTT 413 – Introduction to Data Analysis with R (2 semester hours)
  • DHD 546 – Qualitative Methods in Disability Research (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (3 semester hours)
  • EPSY 542 – Advanced Analytic Research Methods (4 semester hours)

Electives

Students must complete MCH electives as needed to earn a minimum of 51 SH.
A list of suggested electives is available in the MCH Elective section of the CHS MPH 101 Canvas site.

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 MCH 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. MCH 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.