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