Quick facts
Program location: Online
Credit hours: 42
Est. time to complete: 2 years
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.
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
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 6601 | 3 |
Epidemiology | EPID 6630 | 3 |
Social & Behavioral Factors & Health | CBHS 6610 | 3 |
Occupational & Environmental Health | EHOH 6614 | 3 |
Health Systems Management & Policy | HSMP 6601 | 3 |
Foundations in Public Health | PUBH 6600 | 2 |
17 |
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
Leadership in Public Health Practice | CBHS 6640 | 3 |
Leadership in Public Health Practice Part 2 | HSMP 6640 | 3 |
Methods in Research & Evaluation | CBHS 6612 | 3 |
Management, Budgeting & Public Health Administration | HSMP 6634 | 3 |
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 5250 | 3 |
Statistica Computing - SAS | BIOS 6603 | 1 |
Introduction to Public Health Informatics | BIOS 6685 | 3 |
Public Health in the Global Community | CBHS 6619 | 3 |
Survey Research | CBHS 6620 | 2 |
Public Health in Caribbean/Latin America | CBHS 6632 | 3 |
Public Health Emergency Preparedness | EHOH 6622 | 3 |
Geographic Perspective on Global Health | EHOH 6623 | 1 |
Intro to Occupational Safety & Ergonomics | EHOH 6636 | 3 |
Health Protection/Promotion in the Workplace | EHOH 6628 | 3 |
International Travel & Health | EHOH 6633 | 1 |
Spectrums of Professions Worker Health | EHOH 6634 | 1 |
Communication Skills for Public Health Impact | EHOH 6638 | 3 |
Occupational Health Psychology | EHOH 6639 | 3 |
Research Methods: Climate, Disaster & Humanitarian Perspectives | EHOH 6645 | 3 |
Investigation of Disease Outbreaks | EPID 6640 | 2 |
9 |
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
---|---|---|
Practicum | PUBH 6606 | 2 |
Course requirement | Course ID | Credits |
Capstone Preparation | CBHS 6990 | 1 |
Capstone Integration | PUBH 6991 | 1 |
2 |
Identifier | Competencies | Course Where Competency is Addressed/Assessed |
MPH-LPHP 1 | Use a health equity lens to develop an implementation plan for public health laws, regulations, or policies. | HSMP 6640 |
MPH-LPHP 2 | Create a personal development plan, including an achievable mission, set of core values and vision, and use these to guide personal and professional action. | CBHS 6640 |
MPH-LPHP 3 | Apply a systems thinking framework to evaluate issues internal and external to an organization that may impact the delivery of essential public health services and suggest potential solutions. | CBHS 6640 |
MPH-LPHP 4 | Apply appropriate leadership frameworks and styles to organizational team-building and decision-making. | CBHS 6640 |
MPH-LPHP 5 | Develop a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess the implementation and effectiveness of a public health program or policy. | CBHS 6612 |
MPH-LPHP 6 | Apply principles of strategic planning, management and budgeting to organizational or community settings. | HSMP 6634 |
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