Curriculum Overview
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is nationally accredited by CEPH and offers a Master’s of Public Health (MPH) degree with a concentration in Epidemiology or Health Behavior & Promotion.
Core Courses
All Master of Public Health students take core courses that provide foundational public health knowledge and skills on which other courses build.
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HK 408: Environmental Health
Hours: 4 |
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HK 410: Public Health Practice
Hours: 4 |
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HK 517: Principles of Epidemiology
Hours: 4 |
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HK 527: Biostatistics in Public Health
Hours: 4 |
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HK 530: Health Policy: United States
Hours: 4 |
Concentration Courses
After completion of core courses, all Master of Public Health students complete 15 to 18 credit hours towards their concentration, Epidemiology or Health Behavior & Promotion.
Epidemiology
Students in this concentration focus on developing strong analytical skills to research the distribution and determinants of disease and other health-related events. This concentration is STEM designated.
Health Behavior & Promotion
Students in this concentration focus on developing knowledge and skills that are essential for promotion of health and prevention of disease in culturally diverse populations.
Professional Development Courses
In addition to Core and Concentration courses, all Master of Public Health students take a first-year professionalism seminar, complete an on-the-job Applied Practice Experience (APE), and construct a final Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) project that integrates knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program.
HK 534: Professionalism in Health Practice
The overall goal of this course is to introduce MPH students to concepts of professionalism and public service. These concepts directly prepare students for the MPH Applied Practice Experience (APE) and the MPH culminating experience, also known as the Integrative Learning Experience (ILE).
HK 535: Applied Practice Experience
Provides MPH students with planned, supervised and evaluated field experience in a public health practice setting where students will synthesize knowledge and skills acquired through the course of MPH study.
HK 536: Integrative Learning Experience
Provides MPH students an opportunity to synthesize, integrate, and apply knowledge and skills acquired in MPH coursework, through work on a project relevant to public health practice. Generally offered for MPH students in their last semester of study in the MPH program.
ELECTIVES
We encourage students to investigate the wide variety of courses offered throughout the University that cover topics important for public health. Any course on campus relevant to the area of public health qualifies as an elective course. All approved concentration courses meet the criteria of an elective course. This is not a complete list and courses change annually. Current students must consult with the MPH Assistant Director before selecting a particular elective or seminar course of choice during the registration process.
Examples of Possible Elective Courses
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HK 420: Community Health Assessment and Planning
Hours: 3 |
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FSHN 428: Community Nutrition
Hours: 3 |
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ECON 482: Health Economics
Hours: 4 |
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PHE 498: Public Health Engineering
Hours: 4 |
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ANSC 499: GM - Tropical Epidemiology
Hours: 3 |
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PATH 527: Parasitology/Epidemiology Seminar
Hours: 1 |
