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Nov 08, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Public Health Leadership (48 Credit Hour), MPH
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The Master of Public Health in Public Health Leadership is a 48-semester credit hour skill-based program designed to transform students into the public health leaders of tomorrow. Whether pursuing public health work in a governmental or non-governmental sector, our graduates are equipped with knowledge and skills that will enable them to emerge as prominent public health leaders. The Public Health Leadership, MPH equips graduates with a set of interdisciplinary skills to navigate the most pressing public health problems and promote health equity. Graduates are prepared to effectively engage communities as partners to strengthen their capacity to change social and environmental conditions.
The Master of Public Health in Public Health Leadership online option is an interdisciplinary degree that provides education and training for part-time or full-time students who wish to begin a career in public health or complete an MPH degree while employed in the public health sector.
Admission Requirements and Application Procedures
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Public Health Leadership (48) Curriculum
Electives
Students will work with their academic advisor to choose four 3 credit hour elective courses from the approved elective list.
MPH Practice Experience
All MPH students are required to complete a Public Health practice experience internship. This requirement is based upon the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation.
This course provides opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience addressing MPH foundation and concentration-specific competencies, as well as achieve multiple accreditation requirements for applied practice and integrative learning experiences. Students commit to a three-semester experience with a qualified site supervisor and practice setting that promotes the synthesis and application of MPH competencies. Students are required to complete two products that utilize MPH competencies and make a meaningful contribution to their internship site. The internship is supervised by an HSC instructor of record as well as an internship site supervisor.
Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing with the university and have completed all required courses during the first year cohort program or have completed at least 21 SCH as an online student. Students must successfully complete tasks in the zero-credit hour Pre-PHED 5297 canvas course prior to enrolling in the three course practice experience sequence.
For more information, please see the Public Health Practice Experience website.
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