The Master of Public Health in Public Health Practice is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students to develop the public health skills needed to work in a variety of governmental and non-governmental settings including the local, county and state departments of health, the Indian Health Service, Medicaid and Medicare programs, hospitals, and community health centers.  Students learn to work effectively as part of multidisciplinary teams to develop, manage and evaluate public health programs that are appropriate for decreasing health disparities between and within diverse populations.

The Public Health Practice concentration is geared toward students who are able to enroll in courses that utilize a combination of distance and in person teaching modalities. An internship that integrates classroom work into a practice setting serves as the culminating experience of the curriculum.  Course work includes subject matter in the core areas of public health: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, public health policy and management, and socio-cultural and behavioral aspects of public health. Students obtain additional skills in the administration and fiscal management of programs that address the health beliefs in a variety of cultures.

Students selecting the public health practice program should possess strong administrative skills, an academic background in a public health related field and/or experience working or volunteering within at least one public health program. 

FACULTY:
Douglas Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPH; Iman Hakim, MBBCh, PhD, MPH; Gail Barker, PhD; Kathryn Coe, PhD; Janet Foote, PhD; Douglas Taren, PhD

Public Health Practice Curriculum

Total Minimum Credit Requirement = 42 units

REQUIRED CORE COURSES (25 units)

CPH 573a          Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)
CPH 574            Public Health Policy and Management (3)
CPH 575            Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
CPH 576a          Biostatistics for Public Health (3)
CPH 577            Sociocultural & Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3) 

CPH 596n          Internship Preparation† (1)

CPH 594(#)       Practicum (6)

CPH 909            Master's Report (3)

REQUIRED PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE COURSES (14 units)

CPH 569           Fundamentals of Health Budgeting and Financial Management (3)

CPH 641           Advanced Health Care Administration (3)

CPH 535           Multi Cultural Health Beliefs (3)

CPH 572           Applied Public Health Practice (3)

CPH 596(#)      Seminar (2)

ELECTIVE COURSES (3 units)

A course in program planning and evaluation that is approved by an advisor