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MPH in Leadership & Public Health Practice

As a student in this online program, you’ll gain the skills needed to take the next step in your career and ground your work in the foundations of public health. We offer all of the required courses online—in both asynchronous and synchronous formats. We don't run on a cohort model so you can adjust your coursework on a semester-by-semester basis to accommodate your work or personal schedule.

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Quick facts, careers, and skills

When you leave this program, you’ll be ready to move up in public-health-driven organizations, taking on new challenges and expanding the scope of your work. 

Quick facts

Program location: Online
Credit hours: 42
Est. time to complete: 2 years

Sample careers

Program director
Hospital administrator
Project manager
& more

Skills you'll gain

Resource management
Public health administration
Leadership
& more

Curriculum


This 42-credit hour program includes practice-based learning experiences. With courses in all five core areas of public health, ranging from biostatistics to health policy, you’ll learn the fundamentals of the discipline. You’ll also gain the management, budgeting, evaluation, and public health administration experience you need to become an effective leader and manager, and you'll tailor your coursework to your passions with nine elective credits. 

Course requirement
 Course ID
 Credits
Applied Biostatistics I​  BIOS 66013
Epidemiology  EPID 66303
Social & Behavioral Factors & HealthCBHS 66103
Occupational & Environmental HealthEHOH 66143
Health Systems Management & PolicyHSMP 66013
Foundations in Public HealthPUBH 6600 2
  17

Course requirement
Course ID
Credits
Leadership in Public Health Practice
CBHS 66403
Leadership in Public Health Practice Part 2HSMP 66403
Methods in Research & Evaluation
CBHS 66123
Management, Budgeting & Public Health AdministrationHSMP 66343
  12

 

Choose 9 credits for your electives from any of the following online classes. You may also have the option to take an in-person course in the ColoradoSPH course book. View the courses & registration page for more information.

Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Contemporary Issues in School Health (UNC)CHBH 52503
​Statistica Computing - SASBIOS 66031
​Introduction to Public Health InformaticsBIOS 66853
Public Health in the Global CommunityCBHS 66193
​Survey Research
CBHS 66202
​Public Health in Caribbean/Latin AmericaCBHS 66323
​Public Health Emergency PreparednessEHOH 66223
​Geographic Perspective on Global HealthEHOH 66231
​Intro to Occupational Safety & Ergonomics
EHOH 6636
3
Health Protection/Promotion in the Workplace
EHOH 66283
​International Travel & HealthEHOH 66331
​Spectrums of Professions Worker HealthEHOH 66341
Communication Skills for Public Health ImpactEHOH 66383
​Occupational Health PsychologyEHOH 66393
​Research Methods: Climate, Disaster & Humanitarian PerspectivesEHOH 66453
​Investigation of Disease OutbreaksEPID 66402
  9



Course requirement

Course ID

Credits

Practicum

PUBH 6606

2

 

 

Course requirement  Course ID
 Credits
Capstone Preparation CBHS 69901
Capstone IntegrationPUBH 69911
  2

 

Total credits: 42

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Competencies


IdentifierCompetencies
MPH-​LPHP​ 1​​Interpret and develop an implementation plan for public health laws, regulations and policies.
MPH-LPHP 2Articulate a personal development plan, including an achievable mission, set of core values and vision and use these to guide personal and professional action.
MPH-LPHP​​ 3Identify issues, internal and external to an organization that may impact delivery of essential public health services.
MPH-LPHP​​ 4Facilitate collaborative decision-making by listening to others in an unbiased manner, respecting points of view of others and promoting the expression of diverse opinions and perspectives.
MPH-LPHP​​ 5Develop mechanisms to monitor and evaluate programs for their effectiveness and quality.
MPH-LPHP​​ 6​Apply the principles of program planning, development, implementation, budgeting, management and evaluation to organizational or community initiatives.
MPH-LPHP​​ 7Create a feasible and theoretically-grounded issue action plan to solve or alleviate a public health concern defined by community stakeholders.

Colorado School of Public Health

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

3rd Floor

Mail Stop B119

Aurora, CO 80045


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