School of Public Health
Programs

MPH GLOBAL HEALTH

COREQUISITE

(may be taken concurrently during the first two quarters of program, in addition to units required for the degree)

  • Microbiology
  • Anatomy and physiology

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Public Health Core Courses (28 units)

  • ENVH 509 Principles of Environmental Health (3)
  • EPDM 509 Principles of Epidemiology I (3)
  • HADM 509 Principles of Health Policy and Management (3)
  • HPRO 509 Principles of Health Behavior (3)
  • REL_ 534 Ethical Issues in Public Health (3)
  • PHCJ 605 Overview of Public Health (1)
  • STAT 509 General Statistics/ Biostatistics (4)
    • HPRO 536 Program Planning and Evaluation (2)
  • GLBH 524 Cultural Competence and Health Disparities (2)
  • NUTR 505 Public Health Biology (2)
  • PHCJ 675 Integrated Public Health Capstone (2)

Global Health Core Courses (24 units)

  • EPDM 568 International Epidemiology (2)
  • *GLBH 545 Integrated Community Development (4)
  • GLBH 564 Primary Health Care Programs I (3)
  • GLBH 565 International Health Programming
  • Pre-req to EPDM 568 (2)
  • GLBH 566 Primary Health Care Programs II (3)
  • GLBH 568 Primary Health Care Programs III (3)
  • GLBH 605 Seminar in Global Health/Development (1)
  • NUTR 585 Topics in International Nutrition (3)
  • STAT 515 Grant- and Contract-Proposal Writing (3)

Approved electives, to be chosen in consultation with the academic adviser (15 units)

  • GLBH 514 Ethnographic Methods in Public Health (3)
  • GLBH 516 HIV/AIDS: Implications for Public Health (3)
  • GLBH 517 Cultural Issues in Health Care (3)
  • GLBH 550 Women in Development (3)
  • GLBH 519 Principles of Disaster Management (3)
  • GLBH 544 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease (3)
  • GLBH 547 Refugee and Migrant Health (3)
  • GLBH 548 Violence Issues: Global Public Health Perspective (3)
  • GLBH 561 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use and Control I (3)
  • GLBH 562 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use and Control II (3)
  • ENVH 522 Principles of GIS (3)
  • ENVH 524 GIS Software Application and Methods (3)
  • HPRO 523 Maternal and Child Health Policy and Programs (3)
  • HPRO 524 Adolescent Health (3)
  • HPRO 567 Reproductive Health (3)
  • HPRO 553 Addiction Theory and Program Development (3)

Culminating activity/field practicum:
(100, 400 clock hours or six-to-twelve-month NGO internship or twenty-seven-month MIP internship)

Field practicum options

  • GLBH 699 Applied Research in Global Health (2, 4 units)
  • GLBH 796 Internship (6-12 months)
  • or
  • GLBH 797 Master's International Peace Corps
    (MIP) Residency (27 months)
  • or
  • GLBH 798 Field Practicum (100, 400 clock hours)

TOTAL UNITS 67

Special fee and course requirements


The required field-based course, GLBH 545 Integrated Community Development (which involves international travel), has a separate laboratory tuition fee that must be paid at least two quarters prior to enrollment in the course (that is, by mid-January) and subject to change if needed. In order to fulfill prerequisite requirements for this course, it is strongly recommended that students enroll for the MPH degree program in the Autumn Quarter.


Contact Information - Department of Global Health

Website: www.llu.edu/llu/sph/glbh
E-mail: globalhealthdept@llu.edu
Phone: (909) 558-4902
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