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Within the context of a specific professional public health career, the Master in Public Health graduate will be able to:

1. Investigate, determine, and address socio-ecological factors that affect the health of a community;

a. Apply the study of patterns of death, disease, and disability to the prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of health issues.
b. Apply statistical reasoning and methods to address, analyze, and solve problems in public health.
c. Apply principles of risk assessment, communication, and management in relation to issues of environmental justice and equity.
d. Apply the principles of systems thinking to program planning, implementation, and evaluation in organizational, community, and policy initiatives.
e. Apply principles of evidence-based public health to assessment and prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of public health issues.
f. Integrate into public health practice strategies responsive to diverse cultural values and traditions of priority populations.

2. Apply public health ethical principles;

3. Demonstrate effective written and oral skills for communicating with different stakeholders; and

4. Demonstrate leadership and professionalism in public health practice.

Students are required to track their progress through the competencies by using the COPH Competencies database. This is a /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16576348163.  Once a student logs onto the Competencies Database they will be presented with a list of competencies for the MPH degree and for their concentration. As students traverse their MPH education they should record how each competency has been met through course work, field experience or any other source.