Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, MPH

The MPH Program is a 45-credit program requiring students to complete the Pitt Public Health core courses, departmental core courses, and electives that pertain to a student’s area of interest.

Students are required to complete a 200-hour practicum in a public health setting and prepare an essay or thesis that addresses an issue of public health significance and that demonstrates the ability to synthesize information from numerous sources. The MPH program is designed to be completed in four semesters of full-time study. An option does exist for finishing in three semesters.

Pitt Public Health Required Courses

BIOST 2011 - PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICAL REASONING
OR
BIOST 2041 - INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS
EOH 2013 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND DISEASE
EPIDEM 2110 - PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
HPM 2001 - HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBHLT 2015 - PUBLIC HEALTH BIOLOGY
PUBHLT 2022 - THE DEAN’S PUBLIC HEALTH GRAND ROUNDS (two terms)
PUBHLT 2033 - FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBHLT 2034 - PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
PUBHLT 2035 - APPLICATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

BCHS MPH Required Courses

BCHS 2503 - PRACTICUM (1-3 credits)
BCHS 2520 - THEORIES OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH EDUCATION
BCHS 2521 - ESSAY (1-3 credits)
BCHS 2525 - INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED RESEARCH
BCHS 2554 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH
BCHS 2990 - SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
BCHS 2992 - SYSTEMS THEORIES AND APPROACHES

Elective Courses

Minimum 6 credits from list below. Additional graduate-level electives must be added, as recommended by academic advisor, to earn total number of credits required for degree program.

BCHS 2504 - OVERVIEW OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION
BCHS 2516 - VIDEO FOR HEALTH PROMOTION
BCHS 2523 - PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING AND PROPOSAL WRITING
BCHS 2524 - OVERVIEW OF HEALTH EQUITY
BCHS 2551 - SOCIAL NETWORKS & HEALTH
BCHS 2558 - HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION
BCHS 2572 - RISK COMMUNICATION
BCHS 2605 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUS GROUPS: PREPARATION, FACILITATION AND APPLICATION
BCHS 2608 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
BCHS 2609 - TRANSLATING RESEARCH FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE
BCHS 2610 - CONCEPT MAPPING: A PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH METHOD
BCHS 2612 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH
BCHS 2660 - HARM REDUCTION APPROACHED IN HEALTH & PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS
BCHS 2991 - MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
BCHS 3002 - HEALTH SURVEY METHODS
BCHS 3003 - SEMINAR IN ADVANCED EVALUATION TECHNIQUES
BCHS 3007 - ETHNOGRAPHIC AND QUALITATIVE METHODS
BCHS 3015 - COMMUNITY MAPPING AND INTRODUCTORY SPATIAL ANALYSIS
BCHS 3021 - SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH II: COMPUTER METHODS
BCHS 3506 - IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBHLT 2501 - HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH: METHODS AND INTERVENTIONS

Total Credits: 45

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