DVM/Masters of Public Health Program Description
Program description
The Master of Public Health (MPH) is the basic professional degree offered by the UIC School of Public Health. The joint degree DVM/MPH program ensures that the graduate has a general understanding of the field of public health and specific competence in areas such as epidemiology, biostatistics and health policy. The graduate is prepared for careers in public health practice at local, state and federal levels, in research in the private or public sectors or a hybrid career of private veterinary medical practice and consultative work at a local health department.
The joint DVM/MPH degree program is a five year program of study consisting of a combination of on-line and on-site courses and concluding with a research based Capstone project. Students in the program must satisfy the required four years of the professional veterinary medicine curriculum as well as the required 42 semester hours of the Master of Public Health Professional Enhancement Program (PEP) (see below).
MPH Requirements |
Epidemiology Concentration |
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Intro to Epidemiology: Principles & Methods |
3 |
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*may substitute PATH 650 Epid & Path6417 Principles & Methods of Epid |
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BSTT 400 |
Biostatistics 1 (on-line) may substitute PATH 691 Biostatistics |
4 |
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HPA 400 |
Principles of Management (on-line) |
3 |
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CHSC 400 |
P H Concepts & Practices (on-line) |
3 |
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EOHS 400 |
Principles of Environmental. Health Sciences (on-line) |
3 |
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CHSC 401 |
Behavioral Sciences (on-line) |
3 |
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EPID 404 |
Intermediate. Epidemiologic Methods |
4 |
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EPID 406 |
Epidemiologic Computing |
3 |
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EPID 410 |
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases |
2 |
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*may substitute PATH 416 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases |
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EPID 591 |
Current Epidemiologic Literature |
2 |
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BSTT 401 |
Biostatistics II |
4 |
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* may substitute PATH 691 Design and Analysis of Biomedical Experiments |
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EPID 411 |
Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases |
3 |
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IPHS 650 |
Field Experience in Public Health |
3-5 |
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IPHS 698 |
MPH Capstone Experience |
1 |
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