PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Public Health is a discipline that monitors and diagnoses the health concerns of entire communities and promotes healthy practices and behaviors to assure that populations stay healthy. Thus, the field of public health plays a pivotal role in preventing illness and promoting the health of our nation. The program’s mission is to educate students in the theoretical, scientific, and practical aspects of public health. Students gain knowledge in each of the five areas basic to public health: biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, health services administration, and the social and behavioral sciences.Students are prepared to assess community health needs, plan effective health education and health intervention programs, implement and evaluate educational experiences, serve as resource people in health education, and conduct public health research. Graduates of this program will enter public health service as practitioners, administrators, researchers, educators, and consultants in a wide variety of public health settings. Most will be employed in local, state, and national public health agencies, volunteer and private agencies, health maintenance organizations, medical facilities, governmental agencies, business and industrial settings, and educational institution.
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
42 credit hours
Required Courses (21 semester hours)
|
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
MTH 645 |
Applied Statistics |
3 |
|
PBH 720 |
Epidemiology |
3 |
|
PBH 745 |
Environmental Health |
3 |
|
PBH 756 |
Introduction to Public Health |
3 |
|
PBH 775 |
Principles and Skills of Public Health Administration |
3 |
|
PSY 614 |
Behavior Management and Change |
3 |
|
PSY 752 or |
Research Methods or Introduction to Educational Research |
3 |
Elective Courses (in consultation w/ advisor, choose 15 semester hours)
|
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
HLH 750 |
Programming Approaches in Wellness/Health Promotion |
3 |
|
HLH 752 |
Health Risk Identification and Management |
3 |
|
MGT 701 |
Health Services Organization |
3 |
|
MTH 647 |
Applied Regression Analysis |
3 |
|
MTH 696 |
Readings – Genetic Epidemiology |
3 |
|
PBH 778 |
Chronic Disease Epidemiology |
3 |
|
PBH 785 |
Seminar in Public Health (can be repeated for credit) |
3 |
|
PBH 790 |
Independent Study in Public Health |
3 |
|
PLS 653 |
Management Techniques and Organizational Behavior |
3 |
|
PBH 772 |
Hazardous/Toxic Materials Management (may not be available) |
3 |
|
PSY 602 |
Learning Theories |
3 |
|
PSY 745 |
Statistics and Research Design |
3 |
|
RIL 637 |
Environmental regulations |
3 |
Field Experience (6 semester hours)
|
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
PBH 798 |
Field Experience in Public Health* |
6 |
* The Field Experience is supervised work in an approved public health setting. It is the culminating experience for the Master of Public Health Program. Students must complete a minimum of 400 approved Field Experience hours. A written Field Experience portfolio must be submitted in the required format at the completion of the field experience.
Comprehensive Examination
A written comprehensive examination must be passed by the candidate before a degree will be granted. Comprehensive examinations will be administered during each semester and each summer session at a time and place to be designated by the Graduate Coordinator. A student may repeat the comprehensive examination upon the recommendation of his advisor and the department chairperson, and with the approval of the Graduate Dean. To be eligible to take the comprehensive examination, a student must have an approved Advisory-approved Program of Study on file in the Graduate College and must have at last a 3.00 GPA. Comprehensive Examination application forms are available in the Graduate College (Carrington Hall, Room 306) or on line at http://graduate.missouristate.edu/forms.htm and should be returned to the Graduate advisor in the department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation