The online Generalist concentration is a traditional MPH program that prepares students for the practice of public health in many different settings. Courses provide students with knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform in a range of public health careers, including program and intervention design, implementation and evaluation, health promotion, disease prevention, and other community health roles.
Here’s how we do it:
- 100% online curriculum; work while pursuing your degree
- Competitive in-state tuition for all students
- No GRE or any other graduate or professional school test scores for admission
- Asynchronous learning to accommodate busy lifestyles
- Personalized mentoring from application through graduation
- Complimentary student membership to the American Public Health Association
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Foundational and Core Courses
Complete all courses (34 credits):
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Course Number
|
Course Name
|
Credits
|
|---|
| PH 801 |
Introduction to Public Health |
3 |
| PH 802 |
Biostatistics for Public Health |
3 |
| PH 803 |
Epidemiology for Public Health |
3 |
| PH 804 |
Public Health Policy and Administration |
3 |
| PH 805 |
Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health |
3 |
| PH 806 |
Environmental Factors of Health |
3 |
| PH 827 |
Principles of Public Health Leadership |
1 |
| PH 828 |
Community Engagement in Public Health Practice |
3 |
| PH 843 |
Public Health Research Methods |
3 |
| PH 854 |
Health Equity Framework for Public Health Practice |
3 |
| PH 892 |
Public Health Applied Practice Experience |
3 |
| PH 893 |
Public Health Integrative Learning Experience |
3 |
Generalist Concentration Curriculum
Complete the Generalist Concentration course (3 credits):
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Course Number
|
Course Name
|
Credits
|
|---|
| PH 853 |
Public Health Program/Intervention Evaluation
|
3 |
Complete one of the following elective courses (3 credits):
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Course Number
|
Course Name
|
Credits
|
|---|
| PH 832 |
Global Public Health |
3 |
| PH 833 |
Introduction to Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting and Public Health |
3 |
| PH 838 |
Cultural Aspects of Public Health Practice |
3 |
| PH 847 |
Public Health in Ghana: A One Health Perspective |
3 |
| PH 861 |
Introduction to Public Health Nutrition |
3 |
| PH 863 |
Parasitic Diseases and Public Health in Developing Countries |
3 |
| PH 865 |
Vitamins and Minerals: Risks to Public Health |
3 |
| PH 871 |
Vaccine Preventable Diseases of Public Health Importance |
3 |
| PH 873 |
Maternal and Child Health: A Global Public Health Perspective |
3 |
| PH 877 |
Public Health Nutrition and the Life Stages |
3 |
| PH 882 |
Public Health Nutrition: Assessment and Development of Population-Based Interventions |
3 |
Complete one of the following elective courses (3 credits):
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Course Number
|
Course Name
|
Credits
|
|---|
| PH 808 |
Public Health Surveillance |
3 |
| PH 831 |
Communicable Diseases in Public Health |
3 |
| PH 836 |
Comparative Global Health Systems |
3 |
| PH 837 |
Poverty and Public Health |
3 |
| PH 840 |
Public Health Finance |
3 |
| PH 852 |
Outbreak Investigations in Public Health |
3 |
| PH 862 |
Global Pandemics and Public Health Systems, Law, and Community Impacts |
3 |
| PH 864 |
Intersection of Human and Animal Health |
3 |
| PH 876 |
Nutrition and Chronic Diseases: Living Longer and Healthier |
3 |
| PH 889 |
Applied Epidemiology Methods for Public Health Practitioners |
3 |
MSU Course Descriptions
Competencies:
- Design a program evaluation to address a public health issue.
- Conceptualize a public health intervention using a health equity framework.
- Propose principles of community engagement and associated methodologies to public health practice.
- Investigate the relationship between environmental agents and adverse health outcomes with consideration of the social determinants of health.
- Analyze the ethical assumptions and implications underlying decisions in public health practice.
