(Also see the USF Graduate Catalog, Public Health section)
All M.P.H. students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 42 credit hours.
Program Core Course - 1 hour
PHC 6600 History & Systems of Public Health
Foundation Courses* - 15 hours (Choose track 1 or track 2)
Track 1 (current foundation courses available to all students)
PHC 6000 Epidemiology (3 hours)
PHC 6050 Biostatistics I (3 hours)
PHC 6102 Principles of Health Policy and Management (3 hours)
PHC 6357 Environmental and Occupational Health (3 hours)
PHC 6410 Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health (3 hours)
Track 2 (alternate foundation courses available to full-time, on-campus students)
PHC 6080 Population Assessment: Part 1 (5 hours)
PHC 6081 Population Assessment: Part 2 (3 hours)
PHC 6140 Translation to Practice (3 hours)
6000-level Electives on a public health topic (4 hours)
Concentration (variable hours, see concentration section for details)
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)
* Students in the Biostatistics concentration who have previously taken introductory statistics courses and have a strong mathematical background must take the more advanced level biostatistics course "PHC 6057: Biostatistical Inference I" instead of "PHC 6050: Biostatistics I". However, if a student does not have this prior training in introductory statistics coursework then she/he can take both PHC 6050 Biostatistics I and PHC 6057 Biostatistical Inference I.