Public Health Practice Concentration

The mission of this concentration is to prepare students with a clinical background for positions in public health organizations or to incorporate public health knowledge, skills, and values into their clinical practice. With the exception of students in the combined MPH/ MBA and MPH/ MAPP program, only persons with a clinical degree or studying for a clinical degree such as medicine, nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, or physician assistant can select the Public Health Practice concentration.  

Required Courses (12 credits)

Required for all student in the Public Health Practice Concentration:

HPH 530   History of Public Health & Medicine (2 credits)
HPH 555   Demographic Theory & Methods (3 credits)

Required for all students in the Public Health Practice Concentration- Management Focus (Choose two courses from the following list): 

MBA 501 Managerial Economics (3 credits)
MBA 502 Finance (3 credits)
MBA 505 Marketing (3 credits)
MBA 506 Leadership, Team Effectiveness and Communications (3 credits)
MBA 589 Operations Management (3 credits)
MBA 592 Organizational Behavior (3 credits)

Selectives (3 credits)

Choose one 3-credit course from the list below for either foci (Each course may not be offered every year):

HPH 504   Surveillance & Control of Infectious Diseases (3 credits)
HPH 505   Topics in Population Health (credits vary)
HPH 519   Independent Study (credits vary)
HPH 534   Spatial Analysis: Health Applications (3 credits)
HPH 542   Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)
HPH 546   Introduction to Global Health - II (3 credits) 
HPH 549   Public Health Law (3 credits) 
HPH 550   Theories of Social & Behavior Change (3 credits)
HPH 551   Introduction to Health Communications (3 credits)
HPH 552   Planning & Implementing Community Health Initiatives (3 credits)
HPH 553   Evaluating Community Health Initiatives (3 credits)
HPH 554   Principles of Health Education and Promotion (3 credits) 
HPH 560   Advanced Biostatistics (3 credits)
HPH 564   Qualitative Methods (3 credits)
HPH 575   Public Health Internship (credits vary)

Or, with approval of academic advisor, other courses in the University related to the student's goals may be substituted

For the Public Health Practice (For the Management focus area) Plan of Study, click here.