Master of Public Health (in Epidemiology)

 Master of Public Health (in Epidemiology)

This program is intended for persons who anticipate careers in public health practice. In addition, students who wish to enter doctoral-level training should consider majoring in epidemiology at the master's level.  Graduates of the MPH in Epidemiology may assume faculty or research positions in academia or management positions in government or industry if they have other professional degrees (e.g., MD, DDS) as well.  Graduates of the program without professional credentials generally assume mid-level positions in academia, industry or government.  The MPH in Epidemiology typically takes 12 to 24 months to complete.

Admission: Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to the School of Public Health and must demonstrate their aptitude for biological sciences and mathematics by virtue of their college transcripts and GRE scores.

Curriculum: The number of credit hours needed to earn the MPH degree in Epidemiology depends upon the background and experience of the student upon entering the program.  Students having advanced (usually doctoral) training in a health-related area, or considerable (usually 5 or more years) public health experience will be required to complete a lesser number of credit hours than will the new student who does not have such degrees and experience.

MPH – Epidemiology (EPI)

Coursework		Credit Hours
MPH Core (including the Integrative Experience)		22
BST 611	Intermediate Statistical Analysis I	3
BST 612	Intermediate Statistical Analysis II	3
ENH 600	Fundamentals of Environmental Health Sciences	3
EPI 610	Principles of Epidemiologic Research	4
EPI 610L	Principles of Epidemiologic Research	0
HB 600	Social and Behavioral Science Core	3
HCO 600	Introduction to Public Health Systems and Population-Based Health Programs	3
MCH 695	The Public Health Integrative Experience	3
Epidemiology Track		8
EPI 611	Issues in Epidemiologic Design and Analysis	4
EPI 625	Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology	3
EPI 626	Data Management with SAS (not required if taking BST 626	1
At least two of the following:*		6
EPI 601	Vaccinology	3
EPI 605	Epidemiology of Infectious Disease	3
EPI 608	Tropical Infectious Diseases	3
EPI 621	AIDS/HIV and STD's	3
At least two of the following:*		4-5
EPI 602	Epidemiology of Chronic Disease	3
EPI 606	Epidemiology of Cardiac Disease	2
EPI 640	Epidemiology of Cancer	2
At least two of ANY of the EPI courses from the following:*		4-6
EPI 603	Injury-Epidemiology Principles	3
EPI 604	Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control	3
EPI 607	Fundamentals of Clinical Research	3
EPI 609	Pharmacoepidemiology	2
EPI 612	Nutritional Epidemiology	3
EPI 616	Environmental Epidemiology	3
EPI 617	Occupational Epidemiology	3
EPI 618	Fieldwork in Public Health	2
EPI 630	Data Analysis Using EPI-Info	3
Biostatistics Electives (at least two of the following):*		6
BST 619	Data Collection and Management	3
BST 625	Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials	3
BST 626	Data Management with SAS	3
BST 655	Categorical Data Analysis	3
BST 665	Survival Analysis	3
Internship		3
EPI 697	Internship	3
	Total Credit Hours  42-55

 * Students having a doctoral degree in a medical field, or at least 5 years of public health experience, may be required to take only once course in these categories with permission of the advisor.