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Health Education MPH Program

Mission of the MPH Program

The mission of the Master of Public Health Program in Community Health Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is to promote public health through professional preparation of community health educators, ongoing development of practitioners, community service, and research/evaluation related to public health.

The Master of Public Health Program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)

Master of Public Health

Applicants for the Master of Public Health degree must have a 3.00 undergraduate grade point average (A=4.0) to be admitted in good standing.

Only graduate level courses taken after a student's admission to the program will be included automatically in the student's degree program. "Nondeclared" hours or hours from other degree programs must be petitioned into the program. Courses eligible for inclusion in a degree program must be graduate level and cannot have been applied toward another degree.

Master of Public Health Degree Requirements

Required Core Courses:

HED 500-3 Community Organizing
HED 505-3 Introduction to Public Health
HED 512-3 Public Health Program Planning
HED 525-3 Health Behavior and Health Education
HED 526-3 Program Evaluation and Research
HED 532-3 Public Health Administration
HED 583-3 U.S. Health Systems
HED 588-3 Environmental Health
HED 590-6 Practicum
HED 593-3 Epidemiology
HED 598-3 Grant Writing
ESPY 402-3 Basic Statistics

Each student will work with an advisor to select an additional 4 hours from courses within Health Education or related courses.

Sequence of Courses

Fall #1

HED 505: Introduction to Public Health
HED 525: Health Behavior and Health Education
HED 593: Epidemiology

Spring #1

HED 512: Public Health Program Planning
HED 532: Public Health Administration
HED 583: U.S. Health System

Summer #1

HED 588: Environmental Health
(HED 598: Grant Writing) or
(EPSY 402: Basic Statistics)

Fall #2

HED 500: Community Organizing
HED 526: Program Evaluation and Research
(HED 598: Grant Writing) or
(ESPY 402: Basic Statistics)

Spring #2

HED 590: Practicum

Retention

Any master's degree candidate with a grade point average of less than 3.25 after sixteen (16) semester hours of master's degree work will not be allowed to continue in the program or be readmitted at a later date.