Campus MPH Degree

Overview

Resources for Current Students

The on-campus MPH program is a two-year, 48-credit program. MPH students declare a concentration area when they apply to the program. Upon enrollment, students track through the approved concentration area of their choice. Each concentration has a coordinator who is responsible for overseeing curriculum development and applying program policies in his/her concentration. Each student is assigned a faculty member who serves as their primary faculty advisor to provide individual guidance and advice.

In addition to traditional coursework, students completed an inter-disciplinary learning experience, a practice-based internship (the Applied Practice Experience), and a Capstone Project. The 48-credit curriculum has been designed to encourage the development of competence in key public health skills and to meet current standards in the field of public health, Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation criteria, and the college’s mission, goals, and objectives.

For more information about the Campus MPH program, register for an upcoming MPH program information session or contact askmph@phhp.ufl.edu.

Concentrations

MPH students are admitted into one of six concentration areas, from which the number and type of advanced specialty course credits are determined. Each concentration has unique requirements that have been designed to prepare students to become public health professionals in their chosen area of interest.

Please select a concentration to review credit hours and course requirements:

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Combination Bachelor's/MPH Program Information Session

Are you a current undergraduate student, pursuing a pre-health pathway, and/or looking to complement your future career with essential public health skills and knowledge? Our campus MPH program offers manageable, individualized options to do all of the above! Join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. via Zoom to hear faculty content experts share what each concentration entails, eligibility criteria, career paths, what they look for in competitive applications, and more!

Graduation Requirements

Requirements for graduation from the traditional MPH program are:

  • Public health core courses (19 credits)
    • Foundations of Public Health (3 credits)
    • Public Health Methods 1: Quantitative Foundations (3 credits)
    • Public Health Methods 1 Programming Lab: Statistical Applications (1 credit)
    • Social Determinants of Health (3 credits)
    • Public Health Leadership (2 credits)
    • Public Health Methods 2: Applications for Practice (3 credits)
    • Designing & Implementing Public Health Solutions (3 credits)
    • Professional Series (ProSeries) in Public Health (1 credit)
  • Core courses in an area of concentration (12-18 credits)
  • Elective courses relevant to the chosen concentration and individual career goals (9-12 credits)
  • Applied Practice Experience (3-6 credits)
  • Capstone Project (i.e., Integrated Learning Experience; 2 credits)
  • The Interprofesional Learning in Healthcare (IPLH) course

For more information about our curriculum, check out our FAQs about the new curriculum starting Fall of 2025.

MPH Competencies

All students in the MPH program are expected to master a set of public health competencies during their studies. The core competencies are defined by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH, 2024). The concentration competencies, defined by the faculty of the College of Public Health and Health Professions, were developed with consideration to the specialized concentration area and the 10 Essential Public Health Services.

Our core courses’ learning objectives were adapted, with minor changes, from the competencies that serve as the basis of the public health credentialing examination. In August 2008, The National Board of Public Health Examiners offered the first credentialing exam for graduates of accredited schools of public health. Those who pass the exam will be Certified in Public Health (CPH). Get up-to-date information about the exam.