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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Academic Bulletin
Public Health, Health Promotion and Health Education Concentration, MPH
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The MPH program, Health Promotion and Health Education concentration, prepares students to function as public health educators and health promotion specialists to promote preventive health measures and educate people about conditions that affect their health. They are trained to assess needs, plan, implement, and evaluate health education programs in the community. Graduates can work in health departments, government, non-governmental organizations, school institutions, and healthcare facilities in the United States and throughout the world. This program can be completed in 16 months for full-time students.
Delivery: This program is offered in an interactive online asynchronous format (see Global Campus definitions) and face-to-face format. The interactive online degree does not require any on-campus time. Students are encouraged to come to campus for graduation.
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Electives - 3
Choose 3 elective credits from the following courses:
Admission Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and meet one of the following: a minimum 2.60 overall undergraduate GPA, a 2.75 GPA in your final undergraduate courses, a 3.00 graduate GPA on at least 8 semester credits, or already hold a master’s degree.
- Professional resume
- Two letters of recommendation from professionals such as advisors, major professors, and employers
- Statement of purpose
- Minimum TOEFL score of 80 or 6.5 on the IELTS English Proficiency if language of education was not English
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will be able to:
- Evaluate health promotion/education programs
- Design a system-level intervention to address a public health issue
- Write grant proposals related to health promotion and health education
- Deliver disease prevention training that promotes learning in a variety of contexts
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of current health issues to work as competent health educators
- Develop strategies to promote inclusion and equity within public health programs, policies, and systems
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