Quick facts
Program location: CU Anschutz*
Credit hours: 42-45
Est. time to complete: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health
MPH in Epidemiology
In this program, you’ll study diseases in populations and learn how to apply evidence-based information to promote health and prevent illness. In epidemiology, we get to see the applications of our work every day, saving lives in the here and now and in the future. And as a student in our department, you’ll have access to faculty with a wide range of expertise—from food safety, to diabetes, to gene-environment interactions, we do it all. We offer three distinct MPH programs—one at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, one at CSU, and a new fully online program. For information about the CU Anschutz and online program, please see below. For information about the CSU program, please visit the CSU website.
Quick facts, careers, and skills
When you leave this program, you’ll have broad and applied experience in figuring out where diseases are going, how to cut them off, and how to change systems to better promote public health.
Sample careers
Disease intervention specialist
Program evaluator
Infection control officer
& more
Skills you'll gain
Study design and interpretation
Disease outbreak investigation
Disease surveillance implementation
& more
*For information about our CSU-based program, please visit the CSU website.
Curriculum
This 42- to 45-credit hour program offers both in-classroom and applied learning experiences. In addition to the public health core areas, you'll take classes in biostatistics, research methods, and database design. You’ll also choose from a variety of elective courses so that you can hone in on what matters most to you. And if your interests are bigger than one country can contain, we offer the option to add an emphasis in global public health, where you’ll learn how to apply epidemiological principles in the global arena.
Total credits: 42
Competencies
| Identifier | Competencies | Course Where Competency is Addressed/Assessed |
| MPH-EPID 1 | Compare and prioritize public health issues within and across populations, using epidemiologic methods including measures of prevalence, incidence, morbidity, mortality, demographic characteristics and risk factors. | EPID 6631 |
| MPH-EPID 2 | Critically review and evaluate public health and other scientific literature to identify threats to internal validity, strengths and weaknesses of individual studies, and assess for overall strength of evidence. | EPID 6626 |
| MPH-EPID 3 | Formulate an answerable research question, specific aims, and hypotheses to advance knowledge for a public health issue. | EPID 6626 |
| MPH-EPID 4 | Use computer software for data entry, database management and summarizing, analyzing and displaying data. | BIOS 6680 |
| MPH-EPID 5 | Apply and interpret the concepts of effect modification, confounding, and bias in research design and analysis approaches. | BIOS 6602 |
Adding an emphasis in global health
The MPH in Epidemiology + Global Public Health is a 45-credit-hour program that's designed to provide you with a public
health perspective of globalization and global health issues. As a
student in this program, you'll gain the skills you need to apply public
health methods to address global challenges.
Total credits: 45
Colorado School of Public Health
CU Anschutz
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13001 East 17th Place
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Aurora, CO 80045
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