MPH Curriculum

The MPH degree at CDU is a five-semester, minimum 45-credit hour, competency-based curriculum Students are admitted to the program in the Fall semester only under a fulltime cohort model. The MPH program accepts up to 25 students per cohort per year. Courses are delivered during the evening hours (6 – 9 p.m.), convenient for working adult students. The 45-hour curriculum is structured as follows:

MPH 502: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

MPH 511: Principles of Epidemiology

MPH 512: Principles of Biostatistics

MPH 513: Program Planning and Evaluation

MPH 521: Environmental Determinants of Health

MPH 522: Social & Behavioral Theories in Public Health

MPH 523: Health Policy & Management

MPH 524: Community Engagement in Public Health

MPH 526: Health Communication and Data Visualization

MPH 527: Race, Cultural Competency and Health

MPH 581: Research Methods

MPH 585: Global Health Disparities

MPH 590 Applied Learning Experience (APE)

MPH 595 Integrative Learning Experience

Electives

MPH 520 Public Health Biology

MPH 530 Conversation on Health and Politics

MPH 582A/B Thesis

MPH 583 Grant Proposal Development

MPH 584 Global Health Studies-The Cuban Health System Model