Master of Public Health Program Requirements for Graduation

Below are the requirements for graduation from the Master of Public Health Program, depending on whether the student registered in the (current) 45-credit-hour program or the (previous) 36-credit-hour program.

45-Credit-Hour Program (Matriculation Fall 2005 or later)

1. 45 credit hours of MPH Program courses, to include:
   a. 24 credit hours of core courses
   • BIOS 543, Statistical Methods I
   • EPID 571, Epidemiology I
   • EPID 600, Introduction to Public Health
   • EPID 602, Public Health Organization and Management
   • EPID 604, Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health
   • EPID 605, Epidemiology of Health Behaviors
   • EPID 691, MPH Program Research Project
   • EPID 693, Public Health Internship (required for students entering Fall 2007 and forward)
     
   b. The requisite number of credit hours of track-required courses (9-12 hours, depending on track) and elective courses (9-12, depending on track)
   
   

   Track	Track-specific credit hours	Credit hours of elective courses
   Epidemiology	12	9
   Generalist	9	12
   Environmental Health*	12	9

   
   *track discontinued as of Fall 2008
   
   
2. 45-Credit-Hour Program (students who matriculated Fall 2005 or later) are required to attend at least 6 public health seminars or other approved public health-related presentations (the Department sponsors 3 seminars per semester in the Fall and Spring semesters).

   Students who matriculated in Fall 2008 and after are required to attend at least 9 public health seminars or other approved public health-related presentations.

36-Credit-Hour Program (matriculation Fall 2004 or earlier)

1. 36-37 credit hours of MPH Program approved courses, outlined in the table below,
   according to track
   

	Track (total credit hours)
Courses (credit hours)	Environmental Health (37)	Epidemiology (36)	Generalist (36)
BIOS 543, Statistical Methods I (3)	●	●	●
EPID 571, Principles of Epidemiology (3)	●	●	●
EPID 602, Public Health Organization and Management (3)	●	●	●
EPID 603, Public Health Policy and Politics (3)	●	●	●
EPID 604, Principles of Environmental and Occupational Health (3)	●	●	●
EPID 605, Epidemiology of Health Behaviors (3)	●	●	●
EPID 606, Epidemiologic Methods II (3)	●	●	●
EPID 691, MPH Program Research Project (3-6)	●	●	●
EPID 600, Introduction to Public Health (3)			●
Three generalist electives (9)			●
BIOS 544, Statistical Methods II (3)		●
Two epidemiology electives, one biostatistics elective (6)		●
EPID 511, Industrial Hygiene: Hazard Identification and Evaluation OR EPID 512, Industrial Hygiene: Methods of Hazard Control (3)	●
PHTX 535, Introduction to Toxicology (4)	●
Two environmental health electives (6)	●

 
2. Community Service Requirement (minimum 20 hours of service in a community public health setting)

Graduation Procedures More information on procedures for filing for graduation, including applying to graduate, is available at the School of Graduates Studies Website: http://www.vcu.edu/graduate/es/graduation.html