The online Generalist concentration is a traditional MPH program that prepares students for the practice of public health in many different settings. Courses provide students with knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform in a range of public health careers, including program and intervention design, implementation and evaluation, health promotion, disease prevention, and other community health roles.
Here’s how we do it:
- 100% online curriculum; work while pursuing your degree
- Competitive in-state tuition for all students
- No GRE or any other graduate or professional school test scores for admission
- Asynchronous learning to accommodate busy lifestyles
- Personalized mentoring from application through graduation
- Complimentary student membership to the American Public Health Association
Foundational and Core Courses
Complete all courses (34 credits):
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH 801 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| PH 802 | Biostatistics for Public Health | 3 |
| PH 803 | Epidemiology for Public Health | 3 |
| PH 804 | Public Health Policy and Administration | 3 |
| PH 805 | Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health | 3 |
| PH 806 | Environmental Factors of Health | 3 |
| PH 827 | Principles of Public Health Leadership | 1 |
| PH 828 | Community Engagement in Public Health Practice | 3 |
| PH 843 | Public Health Research Methods | 3 |
| PH 854 | Health Equity Framework for Public Health Practice | 3 |
| PH 892 | Public Health Applied Practice Experience | 3 |
| PH 893 | Public Health Integrative Learning Experience | 3 |
Generalist Concentration Curriculum
Complete the Generalist Concentration course (3 credits):
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH 853 |
Public Health Program/Intervention Evaluation |
3 |
Complete one of the following elective courses (3 credits):
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH 832 | Global Public Health | 3 |
| PH 833 | Introduction to Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting and Public Health | 3 |
| PH 838 | Cultural Aspects of Public Health Practice | 3 |
| PH 847 | Public Health in Ghana: A One Health Perspective | 3 |
| PH 861 | Introduction to Public Health Nutrition | 3 |
| PH 863 | Parasitic Diseases and Public Health in Developing Countries | 3 |
| PH 865 | Vitamins and Minerals: Risks to Public Health | 3 |
| PH 871 | Vaccine Preventable Diseases of Public Health Importance | 3 |
| PH 873 | Maternal and Child Health: A Global Public Health Perspective | 3 |
| PH 877 | Public Health Nutrition and the Life Stages | 3 |
| PH 882 | Public Health Nutrition: Assessment and Development of Population-Based Interventions | 3 |
Complete one of the following elective courses (3 credits):
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PH 808 | Public Health Surveillance | 3 |
| PH 831 | Communicable Diseases in Public Health | 3 |
| PH 836 | Comparative Global Health Systems | 3 |
| PH 837 | Poverty and Public Health | 3 |
| PH 840 | Public Health Finance | 3 |
| PH 852 | Outbreak Investigations in Public Health | 3 |
| PH 862 | Global Pandemics and Public Health Systems, Law, and Community Impacts | 3 |
| PH 864 | Intersection of Human and Animal Health | 3 |
| PH 876 | Nutrition and Chronic Diseases: Living Longer and Healthier | 3 |
| PH 889 | Applied Epidemiology Methods for Public Health Practitioners | 3 |
Competencies:
- Design a program evaluation to address a public health issue.
- Conceptualize a public health intervention using a health equity framework.
- Propose principles of community engagement and associated methodologies to public health practice.
- Investigate the relationship between environmental agents and adverse health outcomes with consideration of the social determinants of health.
- Analyze the ethical assumptions and implications underlying decisions in public health practice.