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Online Master of Public Health (MPH) Curriculum

Curriculum Details

  • 15 Courses
  • 48 Credit Hours
  • 8-Week Terms

Delaware State University’s online MPH program empowers you to drive meaningful change in your community and take your career to the next level. Through hands-on experiences and close faculty mentorship, you’ll develop the expertise needed to champion health equity and improve well-being locally and abroad.

Our MPH curriculum covers health policy, population health, biostatistics and other essential areas of public health practice. You can also shape your education around your goals by choosing one of the required concentrations:

Each course lasts eight weeks, and you can finish this program in as few as 20 months. After graduation, you’ll be ready to sit for the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®) or the Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam.

Epidemiology Courses

Credits

Acquire expertise for investigating the spread of disease while preparing to lead public health interventions for diverse populations.

MPH – Epidemiology Core Courses

  • MPH 500 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
  • MPH 501 Management & Health Policy Science (3 credits)
  • MPH 504 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 505 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
  • MPH 503 Environmental Science Principles (3 credits)
  • MPH 509 Behavioral & Social Sciences (3 credits)
  • MPH 515 MPH Thesis (6 credits)

MPH – Epidemiology Concentration Courses

  • MPH 507 Intermediate Epidemiology Methods (3 credits)
  • MPH 508 Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 512 Clinical Trials (3 credits)
  • MPH 513 Epidemiologic Research Proposal Development & IRB Protocol (3 credits)
  • MPH 514 Meta-Analysis & Quantitative Evidence Synthesis (QES) (3 credits)

Select Three MPH – Epidemiology Elective Courses

  • MPH 524 Basic Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 529 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 525 Basic Biostatistics (3 credits)
  • MPH 530 Social & Behavioral Epidemiology (SBE) (3 credits)
  • MPH 528 Advanced Epidemiologic Methods (3 credits)
  • MPH 531 Field Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 532 Genetic/Genomic Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 533 Epigenomic Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 534 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)

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Global Health Courses

Credits

Explore the top impacts on global health — from global systems to environmental conditions and beyond — with an emphasis on health equity.

MPH – Global Health Core Courses

  • MPH 500 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
  • MPH 501 Management & Health Policy Science (3 credits)
  • MPH 504 Introduction to Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • MPH 505 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)
  • MPH 503 Environmental Science Principles (3 credits)
  • MPH 509 Behavioral & Social Sciences (3 credits)
  • MPH 515 MPH Thesis (6 credits)

MPH – Global Health Concentration Courses

  • MPH 502 Introduction to Global Health (3 credits)
  • MPH 506 International & Comparative Healthcare System (3 credits)
  • MPH 510 Measures of Health Disparities & Global Health Integration (3 credits)

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