Degree Requirements

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School-Wide Core Requirements (18 semester hours) Heading link

    • IPHS 401 – Determinants of Population Health (4 semester hours)
    • IPHS 403 – Public Health Systems, Policy and Management (4 semester hours)
    • IPHS 650 – Applied Practice Experience in Public Health (3 semester hours)
    • IPHS 698 – Integrative Learning Experience (1 semester hours)
    • IPHS 420 – Interprofessional Education (0 semester hours)

    A total of six semester hours must be completed from the following courses:

    • IPHS 402 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health (onsite)  (6 semester hours)

    or

    • IPHS 404 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 1 (online)  (3 semester hours)
    • IPHS 405 – Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Part 2 (online)  (3 semester hours)

Required Non-Credit Training Heading link

Core Requirements (28 semester hours) Heading link

  • HPA 465 – Health Informatics and Decision Support Systems (4 semester hours)
  • HPA 481 – Development of Public Health Surveillance Information Systems (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 436 – GIS Applications for Environmental and PH Professionals (4 semester hours)
  • HPA 483 – Management of Communication Systems for PHI Applications (4 semester hours)
  • HPA 485 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Public Health Informatics (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 488 – PH Information Systems Evaluation and Program Management (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 563 – Web-Based Public Health Information Systems (4 semester hours)
  • HPA 565 – Data-mining Applications in Public Health (3 semester hours)