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The Master of Public Health (MPH) is the primary professional degree in public health. The program provides a set of skills and principles essential for students who intend to apply their training in a professional setting, provides leadership in a specific health specialty to improve and protect the health and well-being of populations. All MPH students complete coursework designed to prepare public health professionals to actively and effectively contribute to population-based, culturally appropriate, and innovative approaches concerning current and emerging public health problems.  

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All MPH students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 42 credit hours.

(Also see the USF Graduate Catalog, Public Health section)

 

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title2011-2016 MPH Degree Competencies

The COPH Competencies are a resource and guide for faculty and students. These competencies set a baseline for skills that master students should be competent in upon graduation. Concentration specific competencies are in addition to the following college wide competencies.

 

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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.

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titleTracking Competencies

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.

For a complete list of degree and concentration competencies and the courses associated with each competency see the COPH Competencies listing at http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/faculty.html.

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title2017/18 Degree Program Requirements

Program Core - 12 hours

PHC 6588 History & Systems of Public Health (1 hour)
PHC 6756 Population Assessment: Part 1 (5 hours)
PHC 6757 Population Assessment: Part 2 (3 hours)
PHC 6145 Translation to Practice (3 hours)

Concentration (variable hours, see concentrations below)

Courses in specialty areas (12 credits minimum)
Electives (variable)
Field experience (1-12 credits, see field experience details)

Special project (3 hours, see special project details)

Comprehensive Exam (must be registered for 2 credit hours, see comprehensive/CPH exam details)

 

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