DUAL DEGREE IN NURSING & PUBLIC HEALTH
MSN-MPH
Through a cooperative arrangement between the College of Nursing and the School of Public Health, a dual degree is offered leading to the Master of Nursing or Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health in Health Administration. The program requires a combined total of 51 credit hours (54 credit hours with thesis option) from the Nursing and Public Health curriculums.
ADMISSIONS:
Applicants must meet the admission requirements for both the School of Nursing and the Arnold School of Public Health by submitting a USC Graduate School application.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM:
(subject to change)
| Curriculum Requirements (51 - 54 hours) |
| Public Health MPH Core (15 hours) |
| HSPM 700 - Approaches and Concepts for Health Administration |
| ENHS 660 - Concepts of Environmental Health Science |
| HPRE 700 - Public Health Education Concepts |
| EPID 700 - Basic Concepts and Methods of Epidemiology |
| BIOS 700 - Introductory Biostatistics |
| Management (15 hours) |
| HSPM 712 - Health Economics |
| HSPM 716 - Quantitative Methods for Health Administration |
| NURS 738 - Financing of Health Care |
| HSPM 725 - Human Resources Issues in Health Care Sector |
| NURS 717 - Home Health Administration |
| Nursing Core (15 or 18 hours) |
| NURS 700 - Theoretical and Conceptual Foundation for Nursing |
| NURS 708 - Conceptual Basis for Community Health Nursing |
| NURS 770 - Role Development and Professional Issues |
| NURS 790 - Research Methods for Nursing |
| NURS 792 (3 hours) or NURS 799 (6 hours) |
| Practicum (6 hours) |
| NURS 720 (6 hours) |
CONTACT:
For further information about this program, please contact Dr. Michael Byrd, phone: (803)777-5320.