B.S. Public Health - Accelerated Master of Public Health Track
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Public Health Degree Plan (120 hours) | ||
| Core Requirements (42 hours) | ||
| First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| Freshmen Composition I | 3 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | ||
or EN 1313 | Rhetoric and Composition for International Students | |
| Literature | 3 | |
Any EN 23XX literature course | ||
| History | 3 | |
| Any 1000, 2000, or 3000-level HS course | ||
| Social Science | 3 | |
Select two from the following: BA 1310, CJ 1301, EC 2301, EC 2303, ED 2330, HU 3300, HU 3303, PO 1311, PO 1312, PO 1314, PO 2312, PO 2302, PS 1301, PS 2310, PS 2353, PS 2355, PS 2363, PS 2337, 3 hrs. of Communication Studies (CM 1341, CM 2333, CM 2334). May satisfy 3 of the 6 required credit hours with CPH 1301. | ||
| Mathematics | 3 | |
MT 1302 recommended | ||
| Natural or Physical Sciences | 3 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
Select any 3 hrs. of the following: Art (AR), Drama (DM), Music (MU) or MU 1300 | ||
| Foreign Language and International Engagement | 6 | |
This requirement is satisfied through one of four ways: 1) One 3-hour course in any language at the 3000 level or above, with a grade of B or better; 2) Two courses (1311 and 1312) in a language not previously studied; 3) Two courses (2311 and 2312) in a language previously studied at the high school or college level; 4) Qualifying scores on an AP or CLEP exam, or both the ACTFL OPI and WPT exams | ||
| Philosophy - Self | 3 | |
| Intro to Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy - Ethics | 3 | |
| Foundations of Ethics | ||
| Theology - God | 3 | |
| Introduction to Theology | ||
| Intermediate Theology | 3 | |
Any TH 33xx course | ||
| Public Health Required Core (21 hours) 1,2,3 | ||
| CPH 1301 | Introduction to Public Health 4 | 3 |
| or NU 4403 | Community and Global Health | |
| CPH 2301 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| CPH 3301 | Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 3 |
| CPH 4301 | US Healthcare System | 3 |
| Statistics | 3 | |
| Research Methods | 3 | |
| CPH 4390 or NU 3301 ProSem (Capstone & Internship Course) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan (Community-based Service Learning) | 3 | |
| Accelerated MPH Track (16 hours) | 16 | |
| Accelerated MPH Track courses must be taken at UT Health Houston School of Public Health. See Department Chair for details. | ||
PHM11101 Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health | ||
PHM1690L Introduction to Biostatistics in Public Health | ||
PHWM2110L Public Health Ecology and the Human Environment | ||
PHM 2612L Epidemiology I | ||
PHM 3715L Management and Policy Concepts in Public Health | ||
| Electives | ||
| An elective can be any course taken from any discipline. Recommended Electives: CM 3365, AE 4389, SC 3315, or Medical Humanities courses. | 41 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
- 1
All students complete the Public Health Core 21 hours and one concentration. Any student who does not fully complete UT Health Accelerated MPH courses or StMU Health Care Compliance Law courses will enroll in “generalist” track public health courses to fulfill degree completion credit requirements.
- 2
The Public Health core hours (CPH1301, 2301, 3301, 4301, statistics course, and methods course) must be completed before courses for a concentration/track can be begun.
- 3
NU courses (NU4403, NU3201, NU3203, NU 3301) can count in the same way as the required Public Health courses: as part of the core courses (CPH1301, CPH4301, CPH4390), within select tracks for informatics (CPH3357) and generalist courses, and as part of the certificate.
- 4
NU courses are restricted to Nursing students. Only declared or former Nursing majors can apply Nursing courses to the Public Health certificate and/or degree. This includes NU3201, NU 3202, NU3301, NU4403.
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Approved Research Methods courses enable students to conduct research and convey results in written form aligned with CEPH standards including knowledge of concepts and applications of basic statistics and basic concepts, methods, and tools of data collection, use, and analysis. In addition, skills such as efficiently reading and
understanding research articles learned in statistics and research methods courses will be useful in the larger public health curriculum.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours | ||
| FYE 1301 | 3 | Social Science | 3 | ||
| EN 1311 | 3 | History | 3 | ||
| Mathematics (MT 1302 recommended) | 3 | Fine Arts | 3 | ||
| PL 1301 | 3 | Science | 3 | ||
| CPH 1301 | 3 | TH 1301 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours | ||
| Foreign Language I | 3 | Foreign Language II | 3 | ||
| EN 23XX | 3 | TH 3353 | 3 | ||
| PL 2301 | 3 | CPH 3301 | 3 | ||
| CPH 2301 | 3 | CPH 4301 | 3 | ||
| SC 3381 (or other stats course) | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours | Summer | Semester Hours |
| Research Methods course | 3 | Elective | 3 | PHWM 2110L | 3 |
| CPH 4390 | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours | ||
| PHM 1110L | 3 | PHM 1690L | 4 | ||
| PHM 2612L | 3 | PHM 3715L | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 2 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||||
| Total Semester Hours 120 | |||||