Master of Public Health (MPH)
Purpose:
The Master of Public Health program is a post-baccalaureate program with two pathways - Public Health Leadership and Global Health. The program accepts both full and part-time students and provides students with knowledge essential to the practice of public health on a global scale. Students develop a strong foundation in public health by studying biostatistics, environmental health issues, epidemiology, health policy and management, and social and behavioral determinants of health, as well as study in specialization areas so graduates gain the expertise necessary to address some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Contribute to the public health profession through sound professional public health attitudes, values, concepts and ethical practices.
- Integrate and apply the crosscutting knowledge and skills (competencies) within five core public health areas of knowledge (behavioral sciences, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health science, and public health administration).
- Successfully participate in the professional certification examination processes.
Code: 7933 - Global Health
Student Learning Outcomes - Global Health
- Analyze the relationship between health, poverty, and development.
- Synthesize information from primary and secondary sources to help identify appropriate interventions and actions in global health and development.
- Demonstrate skills in program design, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Demonstrate competence in using one database relevant to global health and development.
- Demonstrate skills in systematic reviews of the evidence-base of current global health and development policies and programs.
Code: 7932 - Public Health Leadership
Student Learning Outcomes - Public Health Leadership
- Integrate research and practice-based evidence to identify, design, implement or evaluate systems, structures, programs, policies and practices that promote well-being and improve health where people live and work in local, national or global settings.
- Develop innovative strategies to facilitate constructive dialogue and collaboration across health professions and with diverse stakeholders to create effective, sustainable and resilient systems that address current and emerging public health challenges.
- Employ adaptive leadership skills and systems thinking to optimize the use and management of public health resources to reduce morbidity and mortality, improve well-being of individuals and communities, and advance health equity.
- Design multidimensional approaches to evaluate the processes, outcomes and impacts of complex public health systems, programs and policies.
- Adopt practices to engender leadership skills in others, recognizing and rewarding those whose work exemplifies the values, principles and practices of public health leadership, professionalism and commitment.
Public Health, M.P.H. - 43 hours
Accelerated B.S. Nutritional Sciences: Allied Health or Nutritional Sciences: Dietetics to M.P.H. Public Health
Note: Please refer to Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program for complete information concerning the Accelerated Degree Program (ADP). Refer to the current Undergraduate Catalog for bachelor’s degree requirements.
IMPORTANT:
- Students admitted to the Accelerated B.S. Nutritional Sciences: Allied Health or Nutritional Sciences: Dietetics to M.P.H. Public Health degree program will complete up to 15 hours of graduate level credit to apply toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- Students who do not follow the approved degree plan may become ineligible to continue in the accelerated degree program.
- Prior to completing the undergraduate degree, if the undergraduate GPA, graduate GPA and/or overall GPA fall below a 3.00, the student becomes ineligible to continue in the ADP.
- Students may withdraw from an approved accelerated degree pathway. Graduate credit hours completed prior to the student withdrawing or becoming ineligible to continue in the ADP apply toward the undergraduate degree only.
ADP Paired Courses (Allied Health Option)
| Guided electives (3 hours) | MPH 5153 Biostatistics I |
| Guided electives (3 hours) | MPH 5003 Introduction to Public Health |
| Guided electives (3 hours) | MPH 5043 Social and Health Behavior Theories |
| Guided electives (3 hours) | MPH 5063 Environmental and Occupational Health |
| Guided electives (3 hours) | MPH 5113 Epidemiology I |
ADP Paired Courses (Dietetics Option)
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BADM 3933 Bus Stats or MATH 3513 Statistical Methods or PSYC 3553 Psychological Stats or SOC 3323 Social Stats |
MPH 5153 Biostatistics I |
| Free electives (3 hours) | MPH 5003 Introduction to Public Health |
| Free electives (3 hours) | MPH 5043 Social and Health Behavior Theories |
| Free electives (3 hours) | MPH 5063 Environmental and Occupational Health |
| Free electives (3 hours) | MPH 5113 Epidemiology I |
Global Health Certificate
Location(s): Online
OSRHE Program Code: 168
CIP Code: 512201
Certificate Code: 7942
Master of Public Health Embedded Certificate
At least 25 percent of the coursework applied to this embedded certificate must be satisfactorily completed at NSU.
Required Courses - 15 hours
Public Health Certificate
Location(s): Online
OSRHE Program Code: 165
CIP Code: 512201
Certificate Code: 7940
Master of Public Health Embedded Certificate
At least 25 percent of the coursework applied to this embedded certificate must be satisfactorily completed at NSU.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Serve as competent entry-level practitioners that obtain the credential “Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.”
- Become public health dietitians who are committed to improving the nutritional health and well-being of diverse, rural, and disadvantaged groups at the individual, community, and population levels.
Required Courses - 18 hours
Public Health Leadership Certificate
Location(s): Online
OSRHE Program Code: 167
CIP Code: 512201
Certificate Code: 7941
Master of Public Health Embedded Certificate
At least 25 percent of the coursework applied to this embedded certificate must be satisfactorily completed at NSU.
Required Courses - 15 hours
Complete the following courses:
Degree Available At
- Online
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Career Services
What Can I Do With A Master's Degree in Public Health?
- Research Associate
- Data Analyst
- Project Manager
- Healthcare Consultant
- Epidemiologist
- Program Coordinator, Non-Profit Organization
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Did You Know?
"MPH degree holders can expect to earn as much as 50-75% more in their lifetime than bachelor’s degree holders." - MPH Today
Program Requirements
- 3.0 GPA
- "C" or better in all prerequisite courses
- MPH program application packet
Application Deadline
- Fall Semester Start: April 15th
- Spring Semester Start: October 15th
*Fees include: facility fee, student activity fee, infrastructure fee, cultural/scholastic lecturer fee, student ID fee, technology services fee and remedial course fee, if applicable. NSU courses taught at off campus locations or online might have additional fees assessed. These totals are tuition and fee estimations per program based on the current catalog year. Books, supplies and some fees may not be included.
Minority Students
$48,195,863
Total Aid Disbursed in 2020-2021
1,471
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