MPH "Core" Requirements
MPH “Core” requirements (14 credit hours)
Each student in the MPH Program must complete these required public health core courses:
- Biostatistics: MPH 701 Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3 credit hrs)
- Environmental health sciences: MPH 806 Environmental Toxicology (2 credit hrs)
- Epidemiology option: MPH 754 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 credit hrs)*
- Health services administration: MPH 720 Administration of Health Care Organizations (3 credit hrs)
- Social and behavioral sciences: IPH 818 Social and Behavioral Bases of Public Health (3 credit hrs)
*A second option for Epidemiology is a combination of two courses: MPH 708 Veterinary Epidemiology (2 credit hrs) and MPH 854 Intermediate Epidemiology (3 credit hrs) (TOTAL of 5 credit hours) For this option, the core requirement is 16 credit hours of the 42 required for the degree.