BS/MPH WITH APPLIED MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS

The Graduate Program in Public Health offers a joint degree of Bachelor of Science (BS) in Applied Mathematics and Statistics with the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree.  The BS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics is an excellent preparation for the MPH degree, particularly the Evaluative Sciences concentration with its quantitative research emphasis.  The current demand for graduates with the MPH degree and a quantitative background is strong, and this joint program will help attract talented quantitative students into the public health field.

Students take all required courses for their Applied Mathematics and Statistics undergraduate major, all required general education courses, and the full 45 credit MPH program.  Students use some MPH courses to fulfill credit requirements for the undergraduate degree: HPH 506 & 507, Biostatistics I & II (5 credits); HPH 555, Demographic Theory and Methods (3 credits); and an additional four credits from the Evaluative Sciences concentration.  These 12 graduate credits are counted as upper-division electives towards the 120 total credits required for the BS degree.  The total number of credits for the combined degree is thus 12 fewer than if the degrees had been obtained separately.  

Students in this combined BS/MPH program can complete both degrees in 10 semesters. For the first three years (first six semesters), students complete undergraduate coursework for DEC/General Education and requirements of the undergraduate major program. During the fourth year (seventh and eighth semesters), students take undergraduate and graduate courses. During the fifth year (ninth and tenth semesters), students complete the remaining graduate requirements for the MPH degree.

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