Master of Public Health
What is a Master of Public Health?
Expand your opportunities and enhance your academic credentials in the rapidly growing health care industry with your Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. Unlike individual care doctors, becoming a public health professional prepares you for bettering the health of large populations, as you can create various programs, systems, and policies that will benefit their health needs.
Whether you are a current or aspiring public health professional, this MPH degree provides you with a flexible education that will build upon previous knowledge and work experience to improve the health of the communities where you live and work.
What You'll Learn
- Design and conduct assessments that integrate the concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, analysis, interpretation, and evidence-based reasoning to determine the health status and/or health needs of a diverse population.
- Develop effective communication skills and the ability to interact with both diverse individuals and communities utilizing public health education, community empowerment, and information dissemination.
- Integrate public health theories, models, and concepts across a broad range of disciplines (social, scientific, behavioral, etc.) into public health research and practice to produce or impact an intended public health outcome.
- Apply quantitative and qualitative research findings found in medical, public health, and social science journals to the identification and pursuit of opportunities for promoting health equity and preventing disease across the lifespan, and for enhancing public health preparedness.
- Evaluate how the biological, environmental, socioeconomic, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health influence the global and societal burden of disease and contribute to health disparities and inequities.
- Apply systems thinking concepts to effectively implement and manage public health interventions as members of interdisciplinary teams.
- Evaluate how the legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health systems influence public health policies.
Careers in Public Health
The Master of Public Health degree program will prepare you to create, plan, administer, and evaluate public health programs in diverse settings such as research institutions, health care facilities, community organizations, schools, and governmental agencies. Some of the career opportunities you might choose to pursue include:
- Health Education Specialist
- Community Health Workers
- Medical and Health Services Manager
- Epidemiologist
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
- Environmental Health Specialist
- Social and Community Service Managers