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:
ACS 530 Survey of Health Communication Theory & Practice (3)
ACS 540 Survey of Organizational Communication Research (3)
SOC 431 Employment & Workplace Change (3)
MBA 533 Leadership Influence & Managerial Influence (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)