Health Sciences to M.P.H. Public Health, Accelerated Graduate Degree

Health Sciences to M.P.H. Public Health, Accelerated Graduate Degree

Accelerated Graduate Degree (AGD) in Public Health

An Accelerated Graduate Degree with the B.S. in Health Sciences will allow Health Sciences students to take a full semester load of M.P.H. courses in their final year. Twelve credit hours of undergraduate electives taken in the senior year of the B.S. in Health Sciences will be replaced with 12 credits from the first year of the M.P.H. program. Specifically, the M.P.H. courses for the senior year of the B.S. will include:

Fall Semester of Senior Year of BS in Health Sciences
PH 601Intro Public Health1
PH 602Public Health Biology2
PH 611Epidemiology3
Spring Semester
PH 686Health Information Technology3
PH 693Law and Ethics3
Total Credit Hours12

Further information may be found in the section on Accelerated Graduate Degree programs in “Academic Regulations and Requirements.”