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The following requirements must be fulfilled: 45 credits, including 17 credits in core courses, 20 credits in program-specific courses (including the 2-credit Health Policy Capstone), and 8 credits in elective courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| Core courses | ||
| PUBH 6000 | MPH Applied Practice Experience | |
| PUBH 6002 | Biostatistical Applications for Public Health | |
| PUBH 6003 | Principles and Practices of Epidemiology | |
| PUBH 6007 | Social and Behavioral Approaches to Public Health | |
| PUBH 6009 | Fundamentals of Public Health Program Evaluation | |
| PUBH 6011 | Environmental and Biological Foundations of Public Health | |
| PUBH 6012 | Fundamentals of Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6021 | Essentials of Public Health Practice and Leadership I | |
| PUBH 6022 | Essentials of Public Health Practice and Leadership II | |
| PUBH 6023 | Interprofessional Education Experience | |
| Program-specific courses | ||
| PUBH 6310 | Statistical Analysis in Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6315 | Introduction to Health Policy Analysis | |
| PUBH 6320 | Advanced Health Policy Analysis | |
| PUBH 6325 | Federal Policymaking and Policy Advocacy | |
| PUBH 6330 | Health Services and Law | |
| or PUBH 6335 | Public Health and Law | |
| PUBH 6340 | Health Economics and Finance | |
| PUBH 6350 | Health Policy Capstone | |
| One 2-credit health policy selective course from the following: | ||
| PUBH 6355 | Comparative Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6356 | State Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6361 | Health Workforce Policy | |
| PUBH 6367 | Population Health, Public Health, and Health Reform | |
| PUBH 6370 | Medicare/Medicaid Law and Policy | |
| PUBH 6384 | Health Care Quality and Health Policy | |
| PUBH 6399 | Topics in Health Policy (in topic Value-Based Payment Reform or Maternal and Child Health Policy) | |
| or PUBH 6561 | Maternal and Child Health Policy Analysis | |
| Electives | ||
| 8 credits in any graduate-level PUBH or HSML courses. | ||
SPH MPH graduation requirements
- Graduate credit requirement: 45 graduate credits.
- Course requirements: Successful completion of core and program-specific courses.
- Practicum Requirement: Students are required to fulfill all requirements of the Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) to receive credit for PUBH 6000 MPH Applied Practice Experience.
- Interprofessional Education Experience (IPE): Students are required to enroll and participate in an authorized IPE activity (PUBH 6023 Interprofessional Education Experience).
- Culminating Experience (CE): Students are required to enroll in 2-credits of a culminating experience and produce a high quality written product demonstrating their public health knowledge and skills.
- Minimum grade point requirement: minimum 3.0 (B) program grade point average.
- Time limit requirement: The degree must be completed within five years.
- CITI Training requirement: All students are required to complete training regarding human subject protection regulation and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
- Integrity quiz and plagiarism requirement: All students are required to review the George Washington University Code of Academic Integrity and take the SPH Academic Integrity Quiz within their first semester of study.
- Professional enhancement requirement: Students must participate in eight hours of public health-related lectures, seminars, and symposia, related to their field of study.