Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 42
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Program of Study
The Master of Public Health requires a minimum of 42 semester hours. Students will be required to complete 33 hours of public health core courses and nine hours of leadership-focused electives. Of the 42 semester hours required, at least 28 hours must be completed at SIUE.
In order to remain in good standing, students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher and earn a grade of B or better in all required core courses. Students must successfully complete the capstone courses with a Satisfactory grade.
Required courses (33 hours):
PBHE 500 Core Principles in Public Health & Public Health Leadership (3)
PBHE 520 Public Health Data Analysis (3)
PBHE 530 Epidemiology (3)
PBHE 540 Public Health Policy and Administration (3)
PBHE 550 Research & Evaluation Methods (3)
PBHE 560 Applied Program Planning (3)
PBHE 570 Environmental Health (3)
PBHE 580 Public Health Interventions (3)
PBHE 598 Grantwriting (3)
PBHE 599A Capstone Project (6) OR PBHE 599B Capstone Thesis (6)
Approved Electives
Choose nine hours from the following:
ACCT 524 Accounting for MBAs (3)
ACS 530 Survey of Health Communication Theory & Practice (3)
ACS 540 Survey of Organizational Communication Research (3)
CI 510A Analysis of Instruction (3)
CI 556 Classroom Learning Environment (3)
CI 581 Foundations of Teacher Leadership (3)
CI 583 Leadership in Professional Development (3)
CIED 460 Identity and Bias (3)
CJ 517 Policy Analysis (3)
CJ 529 Human Trafficking (3)
ECON 528 Managerial Economics (3)
ECON 532 Health Economics and Policy (3)
EPFR 521 Analysis of Educational Issues (3)
FIN 544 Health Care Financial Management (3)
HESA 503 Research Methods in Higher Education (3)
HESA 504 Foundations of Higher Education (3)
HESA 506 Assessment and Evaluation in Student Affairs (3)
HESA 514 College Student Learning and Development (3)
HESA 516 Leadership Theory and Practice in Higher Education (3)
HESA 522 Diversity in Higher Education (3)
HESA 524 Legal and Ethical Issues in Student Affairs (3)
HESA 574 Introduction to Student Affairs (3)
IT 435 Producing Instructional Materials (3)
IT 481 Computers in Education: Theory and Practice (3)
IT 550 Emerging Technologies in Education (3)
IT 562 Social Media for Teachers (3)
IT 563 Games and Simulations (3)
MBA 521 Quantitative Analysis (3)
MBA 522 Decision Making in Organizations (3)
MBA 531 External Environment of Business (3)
MBA 533 Leadership Influence & Managerial Influence (3)
MGMT 541 Healthcare Law (3)
MGMT 551 Managing Organizational Change and Innovation (3)
MGMT 595 Seminar in Management (3)
MKTG 525 Marketing Analysis and Applications for Managerial Decision Making (3)
MKTG 545 Health Care Marketing (3)
NURS 510 Healthcare Informatics (3)
NURS 511 Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in the Information Age (3)
NURS 591 Organization and Systems Leadership (3)
PAPA 501 Public Organizations (3)
PAPA 530 Public Budgeting (3)
PAPA 550 Public Policy (3)
PAPA 555 Seminar and Issues (3)
PAPA 566 Health Care Financing (3)
PAPA 567 Topics in Healthcare (3)
PAPA 561 Application of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Principles to Health Care (3)
PAPA 576 Strategic Planning (3)
PAPA 577 Needs Assessment and Strategic Marketing (3)
PAPA 580 Development of Public and Nonprofit Leadership Skills (3)
PAPA 599 Seminar in Public Administration (3)
SOC 431 Employment & Workplace Change (3)
