Admission to Program
After completing approximately 60 hours of undergraduate coursework, students will apply to take 4 graduate courses prior to formal admission to the M.P.H. program. This application process will add them to the Double Dawgs pathway by the fall of Year 3, to begin the first graduate course in the spring. Students need to have a recommended 3.5 GPA to apply to take graduate courses.
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
EHSC 7010 - Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science (3 credit hours)
EPID 7010 - Introduction to Epidemiology I (3 credit hours)
EHSC 7310 - Public Health Microbiology (3 credit hours)
EHSC Core II - (3 credit hours)
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
The M.P.H. is a non-thesis professional degree. Students are required to fulfill all Environmental Health Sciences M.P.H. program requirements, a six credit hour M.P.H. Internship (PBHL 7560) and three credit hour capstone project (PBHL 7800). Graduate credit hours must total 44 or more.
Admission to Graduate Program
Students will formally apply to the M.P.H. program in the spring of Year 4. They will begin registering as full time M.P.H. students in summer of Year 4.
Students need to have a recommended 3.0 GPA to apply to the M.P.H. program.
Students must take the GRE or MCAT no later than early spring of Year 4 in order to be considered for admissions in the M.P.H. program by the April 15 deadline.
GRE recommended scores are 50th percentile or above in quantitative, qualitative, and analytic portions of the exam.
MCAT recommended minimum scores should mirror the average for the state.
Students must complete all EHSC graduate course and fieldwork before they can obtain the M.P.H.