Master of Public Health (MPH)

Students are required to complete 42 semester hours of credit and a required practicum for the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. Prospective students must designate one of six departments when applying to the school: Behavioral Sciences and Health Education (BSHE), Biostatistics & Bioinformatics(BIOS), Environmental Health (EH), Epidemiology (EPI), Health Policy and Management (HPM), or Hubert Department of Global Health (GH - formerly International Health). The number of required and elective courses within a specific department varies.

Each department's assistant director of academic programs and/or a designated faculty member serve(s) as the student's adviser(s) throughout the course of study. Requirements for students with specialized academic needs will be reviewed and a plan of action proposed and approved on a case-by-case basis. Students enrolling in the distance-learning-based Career MPH program have slightly different requirements.

Practicum

The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) requires all students to participate in a practicum experience, as required by the Council on Education for Public Health. A practicum is a unique opportunity for graduate students to integrate and apply skills and knowledge gained through coursework and prior experiences in a professional public health work environment. Public health work environments include not-for-profit organizations, hospitals, local health departments, and for-profit firms. A typical practicum experience requires students to work a minimum of 200-400 hours under the supervision of an experienced site administrator and under the guidance of the student's department, the Office of Applied Health, and Career Services.

Details about the Practicum Experience: http://www.sph.emory.edu/cms/current_students/career_services/currentstudents/practicum.html

Log-in to the Practicum web client: http://www.sph.emory.edu/cms/current_students/login_practicum.php

Core Courses

The following courses are required of all MPH and MSPH students. Within each department, there are exceptions to these core courses.

Core Offering Schedule

The following schedule is a guide to assist students in planning their academic program. The following grid indicates the semesters in which the school core courses will be offered. Each core course is offered at least once per year.