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Degree Programs Offered
MASTERS DEGREES
The following two-year Masters degrees are offered:
M.P.H. - The M.P.H. degree is a
60-unit program that prepares professionals to work in domestic and
international settings. Graduates typically work in areas of health
promotion, research, and planning in health and community settings. All
students are required to fulfill a field internship placement. This
degree program welcomes 60-75 new students each year. Candidates with a
prior doctoral degree or advanced preparation in a related field may complete
an M.P.H. degree in 48 units, but only after formal consideration and approval
by the Department's faculty.
M.S.P.H. - The M.S.P.H. degree is also a 60-unit degree; however, the
orientation is to gain expertise in research. A thesis takes the place
of a field internship placement for the M.S.P.H. degree. A handful of
students select this option.
M.P.H. for Health Professionals - The
M.P.H. for Health
Professionals degree is a 60-unit, two-year program in which students attend
classes one weekend per month. This degree program is geared for the
working professional. In lieu of an internship placement, all students
complete a project paper in their second year. This degree program
welcomes 18-30 new students each year.
A number of combined degree programs include:
- Public Health M.P.H./African Studies M.A.
- Public Health M.P.H./Asian American Studies M.A.
- Public Health M.P.H./Islamic Studies M.A.
- Public Health M.P.H./Latin American Studies M.A.
- Public Health M.P.H./Law J.D.
- Public Health M.P.H./Medicine M.D.
- Public Health M.P.H./Social
Welfare M.S.W.
Admission to these programs is contingent on admission to each participating
school or department. Admission in one school or department does not
guarantee admission in the other.
Students in Masters programs plan their program to fit with their career
objectives in consultation with their advisor. Students may pursue various
interests through clustering of course work in specific areas. These cluster areas are currently defined as:
- health education and promotion
- social and behavioral sciences
- child and family health
- public health nutrition
- population
- aging and the life course
- health policy
- international health
- disasters and public health
- women's health
For more information on public health degree programs, go to the
Student Affairs Office website and
review the School of Public Health "Announcement and Course Bulletin."
The Masters program handbook
has an in depth description of course and degree requirements, policies followed
by the department, information about comprehensive exams and Masters thesis, and
information about internships.
For information on the UCLA Graduate Division, see the
Graduate Division website.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES
 The department offers 2 doctoral programs, the Dr.P.H. and the Ph.D.
The Dr.P.H. is a professional practice doctoral degree in
public health. The Ph.D. is an academically oriented doctorate in public
health. These degree programs comprise an intensive period of study with
formal courses as well as guidance from faculty advisor and doctoral committee.
The typical sequence for the doctoral degree is two years of coursework,
followed by preparation and completion of a written comprehensive exam,
preparation of a research proposal, preliminary oral qualifying exam, completion
of dissertation, and oral dissertation defense. Doctoral students are
advanced to candidacy after they have passed their preliminary oral qualifying
exam. The first two years the student is required to be in residence full
time. Admission is selective and normally 6 to12 new doctoral students are
welcomed into the program every year.
For more information on public health degree programs, go to the
Student Affairs Office website
and review the School of Public Health "Announcement and Course Bulletin."
The Doctoral program handbook has an in depth description of admission
requirements, course requirements, differentiation between DrPH and PhD
programs, advisement, committee formation, qualifying examinations, and the
dissertation proposal.
For information on the UCLA Graduate Division, see the
Graduate Division website.
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