Bachelor of Science in Public Health to Master of Public Health
The BSPH-MPH combination degree with a Health Promotion concentration is an accelerated degree plan designed to accommodate undergraduate students who are seeking an advanced-level public health degree. All undergraduate public health courses will be offered in a face-to-face format, and all graduate public health courses will be offered in an online format. Undergraduate coursework will include topics specific to the public health and health promotion fields in foundations of health education and health promotion, community and public health, health behavior theories, personal health, and human disease. Graduate coursework will include advanced topics specific to the public health field in epidemiology, biostatistics, research methods, population health, health behavior theories, program planning and evaluation, health policy, leadership, as well as a capstone and internship in public health during the final semester of coursework. Students will have the option to take a graduate elective course in specific topical areas related to public health and health promotion specialization areas. Students will have the required coursework to sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) examination. Students are required to declare the BSPH-MPH combination degree major with a Health Promotion concentration by the completion of their first year of coursework.
Undergraduate students in the BSPH program can apply for the BSPH-MPH combination degree after the fall semester of their junior year. Applicants must be BSPH majors and have a GPA of 3.2 or higher in the major prior to applying for the program. The applicants must obtain approval of the undergraduate BSPH advisor and the Public Health Program director. Applicants to the BSPH-MPH program are not required to take the GRE for admission into the BSPH-MPH combination degree program. The BSPH degree will be awarded with the MPH upon successful completion of all requirements. Students who decide to withdraw or do not maintain the required GPA will be eligible to complete the remaining BSPH, but will have admission to the graduate MPH degree program cancelled. These students will not be eligible to re-enter the combination degree program at a later date.
150 MINIMUM HOURS
36 UPPER LEVEL HOURS
31 HOURS AT UMHB
Degree Requirements
Academic Core –40 hours
see Bachelor of Science in Public Health Academic Core.
Major Required Courses – 60 hours
12 hours (6 upper level ) at UMHB
12 hours minimum upper level
Grades of "C" or better required in all courses in the Public Health major.
Health Promotion Concentration
General Electives - to reach 150 hours