Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 42
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Program of Study
The Master of Public Health requires a minimum of 42 semester hours. Students will be required to complete 33 hours of public health core courses and nine hours of leadership-focused electives. Of the 42 semester hours required, at least 28 hours must be completed at SIUE.
In order to remain in good standing, students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher and earn a grade of B or better in all required core courses. Students must successfully complete the capstone courses with a Satisfactory grade.
Required courses (33 hours):
PBHE 500 Core Principles in Public Health & Public Health Leadership (3)
PBHE 520 Public Health Data Analysis (3)
PBHE 530 Epidemiology (3)
PBHE 540 Public Health Policy and Administration (3)
PBHE 550 Research & Evaluation Methods (3)
PBHE 560 Applied Program Planning (3)
PBHE 570 Environmental Health (3)
PBHE 580 Public Health Interventions (3)
PBHE 598 Grantwriting (3)
PBHE 599A Capstone Semester 1 (3)
PBHE 599B Capstone Semester 2 (3)
Approved Electives
Choose nine hours from the following:
ACS 530 Survey of Health Communication Theory & Practice (3)
ACS 540 Survey of Organizational Communication Research (3)
SOC 431 Employment & Workplace Change (3)
MBA 533 Leadership Influence & Managerial Influence (3)
NURS 510 Healthcare Informatics (3)
NURS 511 Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in the Information Age (3)
NURS 591 Organization and Systems Leadership (3)
