公共卫生是一个令人兴奋且不断发展的领域，可让您对周围的世界产生真正的影响。公共卫生可以挽救生命，挽救您的生命，您的家人和朋友的生命以及全世界人民的生命。大多数专家都认为，在未来几十年中，改善健康状况的重大进步将不会来自新的医学发现或疗法，而是来自基于人群的预防计划的更广泛的发展和应用。公共卫生硕士（MPH）所需总学分：43
The Master's in Public Health (MPH) degree program in the Department of Public Health Sciences is a 43-credit online/on-campus program accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The MPH program has a long-standing tradition of training a diverse range of public health and health professionals in the skills needed to identify, prevent and solve community health problems.<br>Our MPH program takes advantage of our unique setting within a leading School of Medicine with its clinical research resources and collaborative faculty. Active faculty research programs encompass a range of areas, including behavioral interventions, environmental health, global health, health policy and outcomes, maternal and child health, medical decision making, nutrition, and aging. Our MPH program draws students from a wide mix of disciplines and backgrounds, who learn and grow in an academic environment that nurtures innovative scientific inquiry, intellectual discussion, diversity, and both personal and professional development. Students completing the program will be well prepared for professional careers focused on public health practice and research in the public health and medical fields, as well as careers in private industry, government, and non-profit agencies.<br>This MPH Program has two formats: the MPH Online format and the MPH Online/On-Campus Hybrid format. Both formats can be delivered entirely online and do not require any on-campus presence. Because both MPH program formats can be completed entirely online (i.e., there are no on-campus requirements in either format).<br>The MPH Online Program format is delivered completely online and does not require any on-campus presence. The MPH Online program is ideal for international students, because it can be completed entirely remotely, with no required on-campus component. <br>The MPH Online/On-Campus Hybrid Program format can also be delivered completely online and does not require any on-campus presence. However, students in the MPH Online/On-Campus Hybrid program format will have an additional option for their Integrated Learning Experience (i.e., capstone) paper that includes on-campus (i.e., in-person) requirements, and they may also choose their two program elective courses from among our on-campus (i.e., in-person) elective course options, if they wish.<br>Our Master's in Public Health (MPH) is a 43-credit program accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and has a long-standing tradition of training a diverse range of public health and health professionals in the skills needed to identify, prevent and solve community health problems.