Courses are 4 units each. Students enrolled in the program take 15 graduate courses (60 units) which includes completing a project/report (under faculty supervision) on a topic of special interest to them.

Required Courses fall in three categories:

School of Public Health Core Courses (16 units)

• Introduction to Biostatistics
• Principles of Epidemiology
• Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
• Health Services Organization

Departmental Core Courses (16 units)

• Foundations of Community Health Sciences
• Program Planning, Research and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences (2 course sequence)
• Master's Project Research (aka. Field Studies in Public Health)

MPH/HP Program Courses (28 units)

• Advanced Evaluation & Research
• Capstone Seminar: Current Problems in Health Promotion & Education
• Communication in Health Promotion and Education
• The Politics of Health Policy
• Communications and Media Development
• Master's Project (aka Practicum: Community Health Sciences)
• Leadership Development and Empowerment/Community Organization for Health

Please click here for MPH/HP course descriptions