MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH - MPH
This 48-semester-hour program emphasizes the management of public health agencies and public sector health services. Full-time students who start in the Fall graduate in December of the following year.
ADMISSIONS:
Apply online through the Association of Schools of Public Health's SOPHAS system. Please also send taylormw@mailbox.sc.edu an e-mail with your contact information.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM:
(subject to change)
| Curriculum Requirements (48 hours) | Recommended Sequence (full-time students) |
| Public Health MPH Core (15 hours) | |
| BIOS 700 - Biostatistics | Fall |
| ENHS 660 - Concepts of Environmental Health Science | Summer I |
| EPID 700 - Epidemiology | Spring |
| HSPM 700 - Approaches and Concepts in Health Administration | Fall |
| HPEB 700 - Public Health Education Concepts | Summer II |
| Management (18 hours) | |
| HSPM 712 - Health Economics | Fall |
| HSPM 713 - Information Systems | Fall, 2nd year |
| HSPM 714 - Perspectives on Community Health Organizations | Fall |
| HSPM 726 - Law for Public Health Students | Fall, 2nd year |
| HSPM 716 - Quantitative Methods in Health Administration | Spring |
| HSPM 730 - Health Care Finance | Spring |
| Planning, Organizational Behavior, or Policy (3 hours) | |
| One of the following courses:
HSPM 707 - Rural Health Policy HSPM 711 - Health Politics HSPM 718 - Health Planning HSPM J772 - International Health |
Spring |
| Community Assessment/Delivery of Health Care Services (3 hours) | |
| HSPM 715 - Community Assessment and Delivery of Health Care Services | Summer I |
| Elective (3 hours) | |
| Minimum 3 credts - graduate level | Summer II |
| Public Health Residency (6 hours) | |
| HSPM 798 - Public Health Residency | Fall, 2nd year |
DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM:
There are also two dual degree programs: the Dual Degree Program in Nursing and Public Health Administration, a 51 or 54 hour program for nursing baccalaureates, conducted jointly with the College of Nursing, which leads to an MN-MPH or MS-MPH degree; and the Dual Degree Program in Social Work and Public Health Administration, an 81 hour program conducted jointly with the College of Social Work, which leads to an MSW-MPH degree.
ACADEMIC STANDARDS:
The University requires that graduate level students maintain academic standards as outlined in the USC Graduate School Bulletin. A graduate student's average on all courses attempted must be at least a B (3.0 on a 4 point system). Students with an accumulation of grades of C+or below on graduate course work are suspended from degree candidacy, pending review by the Department and the Graduate School.
CONTACT:
For further information about this program, please contact Dr. Michael Byrd, phone: (803)777-5320.