Courses & Degree Requirements
Degree Requirements
To earn a degree, students in the Online MPH program must complete a minimum of 63 credits and a practicum and capstone course. All courses are required. You should work with your student services counselor to add any coursework outside of the prescribed curriculum.
Course Sequence
The program takes six or nine quarters to complete, and you can start in the fall or spring. The course sequence and the quarter sequence detailed below are for the 18-month, full-time track.
Year One
First Quarter
Second Quarter
- HSERV 559: Public Policy & Health
- PHI 513: Analytic Skills for Public Health II
- PHI 514: Determinants of Health
Third Quarter
- HSERV 520: Applied Research Methods in Public Health
- PHI 515: Implementing Public Health Interventions
- PHI 516: Public Health Practice
Year Two
Fourth Quarter
- ENV H 512: Environmental & Occupational Health for Public Health Practitioners
- G H 511: Problems in Global Health
- HSERV 522: Program Planning, Implementation & Evaluation
- HSERV 595: Practicum
Fifth Quarter
Sixth Quarter
- HSERV 567: Public Health Leadership II
- HSERV 507: Health Communication & Marketing for Health Promotion: Theory & Practice
- HSERV 598: Integrative Learning Experience (Capstone Course)
Fall and Spring Start Schedules
On the full-time track, if you begin the program in the fall, you'll graduate at the end of winter quarter of your second year. If you start in spring, you'll graduate after the summer quarter of your second year.
| Year 1 | Fall Start | Spring Start |
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First Quarter |
Autumn |
Spring |
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Second Quarter |
Winter |
Summer |
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Third Quarter |
Spring |
Autumn |
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Fourth Quarter |
Summer |
Winter |
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Fifth Quarter |
Autumn |
Spring |
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Sixth Quarter |
Winter |
Summer |
Practicum & Capstone Course
The practicum lets you apply what you’ve learned to a practical experience at a public health organization or agency. Learn more about the practicum.
The program ends with the capstone course. In this course, you'll work on case studies and projects that help an organization, agency or community address a public health problem or question of practical importance.