Foundation Course (6 cr.)
PUBH 6000  Foundations for Graduate Study in Public Health (6 cr.)

Core Courses (44 cr.)
PUBH 6105  Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health (4 cr.)
PUBH 6110  Principles of Biostatistics (4 cr.)
PUBH 6120  Principles of Epidemiology (4 cr.)
PUBH 6130  Health Care Organization, Policy, and Administration (4 cr.)
PUBH 6140  Fundamentals of Environmental Health and Risk Assessment (4 cr.)
PUBH 6200  Advanced Psychosocial Theories of Health and Health Behavior (4 cr.)
PUBH 6420  Principles of Community Health (4 cr.)
PUBH 6430  Social and Behavioral Research Methods (4 cr.)
PUBH 6440  Public Health Ethics (4 cr.)
PUBH 6450  Program Planning and Evaluation (4 cr.)
PUBH 6460  Health Education and Community Advocacy (4 cr.)

Practicum (6 cr.)
PUBH 6620  Field Practicum in Community Health I (3 cr.)
PUBH 6621  Field Practicum in Community Health II (3 cr.)

The practicum is designed to provide students who have finished their coursework with the opportunity to synthesize knowledge, to develop competence in professional practice in the foundation areas identified by the Council on Education for Public Health, to apply knowledge to the solution of public health problems, and to develop a respect for and a commitment to continued professional knowledge.

The practicum is a student-arranged, 300-hour field training experience at a site in the United States. In certain circumstances, students may receive approval for a non-U.S. training site from the M.P.H. faculty chair; however, that approval must be sought in writing prior to admission to the M.P.H. program. The practicum requires a minimum of 300 agency work hours, of which no fewer than 250 hours are assigned to direct or indirect community health practice activities. The remaining 50 hours are devoted to individual supervision, group supervision, record keeping, observation, and related training activities.

The field practicum takes place in conjunction with registration in the six-credit seminar series PUBH 6620 and PUBH 6621. The 300 hours of agency service may take place only during registration for PUBH 6620/6621. All work hours must occur on or after the official start date of the approved quarter and may not go beyond the end date of the quarter. Students may not log in any practicum hours outside of registration for PUBH 6620/6621. Students who cannot complete the practicum hours in two quarters will be registered for PUBH 6621 for each additional quarter needed.

The practicum is a capstone experience. The student must have completed, or be in his or her final two quarters of coursework to begin the practicum. Additionally, the student must be in good academic standing. Students are advised to begin seeking a practicum placement as early as possible,  no later than two terms before they plan to begin the practicum. Details about the practicum, the required forms, the approval process, and important practicum application deadlines are available through the Personal Start Page (PSP).