心理健康专业的学生将准备担任领导职位，以计划，实施和评估社区范围的预防计划，以增强心理健康。评估与公共卫生实践有关的心理健康的社会，政治和环境背景。计划精神卫生干预措施和计划。进行与心理健康有关的评估。将流行病学的基本原理与精神和药物滥用疾病相关联。将适当的研究原理和技术应用于心理健康。提倡社区心理健康。
National University's Master of Public Health (MPH) program prepares you for leadership positions in health promotion and disease prevention, community mental health, or public health care administration.<br><br>This program is offered online and can be completed in as few as 18 months. You will choose from three specializations depending on your area of focus, which include: Health Promotion, Community Mental Health, and Healthcare Administration. In the online MPH degree program, you will learn essential, effective ways to share your knowledge of preventive medicine and establish public health initiatives that make a measurable impact on community and global health. You will learn from diverse and doctoral-trained faculty and have access to internship and networking opportunities designed to prepare you for career success.<br><br>The Community Mental Health specialization prepares you for leadership positions in planning, implementing, and evaluating community-wide prevention programs to enhance mental health. To receive an MPH degree, students must complete at least 72 quarter units of graduate work, including the core MPH requirements and one area of specialization. A total of 13.5 quarter units of graduate credit may be granted for equivalent graduate work completed at another institution, as it applies to this degree and provided the units were not used in earning another advanced degree.