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M.P.H. Program in Public Health

Lehman's MPH Program offers two specializations: one in Community-Based Public Health and Health Equity; and a second in Public Health Geographic Information Science. The community-based public health and health equity track focuses on health equity and social justice with emphasis on program planning and evaluation, and research methods. The public health geographic information science track offers courses in spatial analysis, computer-assisted cartography, geostatistics, and exploration and interpretation of geographic data as applied to public health, environmental justice and health equity. Internships and culminating experiences prepare students for careers as practitioners and researchers, or for pursuing doctoral degrees.

Course and Credit Requirements

Core Courses (15 credits)

PHE 600: Biostatistics in Public Health (3 credits)

PHE 606: Public Health Epidemiology (3 credits)

PHE 701: Public Health Policy and Management (3 credits)

PHE 702: Environmental Health (3 credits)

PHE 703: Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health (3 credits)

Specialization: Community-based Public Health and Health Equity ( 15 credits)

PHE 700: History and Philosophy of Public Health (3 credits)

PHE 709: Health Equity and Social Justice (3 credits)

PHE 710: Applications of Research Methods in Public Health (3 credits)

PHE 715: Community-based Public Health Program Planning and Eval. (3credits)

PHE 790: Public Health Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

Specialization: Public Health Geographic Information Science (15 credits)

PHE 704: Environmental Health GIScLab (co-requisite with PHE 702) (1 credit, 1 hour)

PHE 705: Principles of GISc for Public Health (3 credits, 4 hours)

PHE 706: Spatial Analysis and Environmental Modeling for Public Health (4 credits, 6 hours)

PHE 717: The Geography of Urban Health (3credits, 4 hours)

PHE 791: Workshop in GISc Research for Public Health (4 credits, 4 hours)

Electives: (9 credits)

The Program offers skill-based, targeted electives as well as specialized content courses to be selected with the approval of the graduate adviser.

Supervised Internship (3 credits)

PHE 770: Public Health Internship (180 hours) (3 credits)

Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

PHE 792: Public Health Capstone Project (3 credits)

Last modified: 1/23/2013