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Public Health Administration & Policy MPH - Distance

The Distance Public Health Administration & Policy curriculum emphasizes the skills necessary for population-focused

administration, policy development, and evidence-based public health. Students take a total of 44 credits. Students

choose electives from UMN online offerings, courses at the SPH Public Health Institute (PHI), and other options to suit

their individual learning goals.

Suggested Schedule When

Beginning in Spring Semester

Spring - Year 1

PUBH 6250 Foundations of Public Health (2 cr)

PUBH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 cr)

PUBH 6724 The Health Care System and Public

Health (3 cr)

Summer - Year 1

PUBH 6102 Issues in Environmental &

Occupational Health (2 cr)

PUBH 7796 Applied Practice (2 cr)

Elective possibilities: PHI, PUBH 6420 Intro to SAS

Programming, PubH 6739 Data Dashboards and

Visualization with Tableau, others

Fall - Year 1

PUBH 6414 Biostatistical Literacy (3 cr) or

PUBH 6450 Biostatistics I (4 cr)

PUBH 6741 Ethics in Public Health (1 cr)

PUBH 6751 Management in Health Services

Organizations (2 cr)

Elective possibilities: PubH 6745 Rural Health, PubH

6194 Climate Change and Public Health, PubH 6244

American Indian Health and Wellness Equity, many

others

Spring - Year 2

PUBH 7784 Masters Project/Integrative Learning

Experience Seminar (1 cr)

PUBH 6020 Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral

Health (2 cr)

PUBH 6735 Principles of Health Policy (3 cr)

Elective possibilities: PUBH 6765 Continuous

Quality Improvement, PubH 6107 Excel Skills for Data

Management, PubH 6606 Children’s Health, many others

Summer - Year 2

PUBH 6755 Planning and Budgeting for Public Health (2

cr) offered online in summer semester only

Elective possibilities: PHI courses, others

Fall - Year 2

PUBH 6727 Health Leadership & Effecting Change (2

cr)

PUBH 7784 Masters Project/Integrative Learning

Experience Seminar (1 cr)

PUBH 7794 Master’s Project/ILE (2 cr)

Elective possibilities: PubH 6718 Introduction to Public

Health Informatics, many others

Required MPH + PHAP core courses = 31 credits (with

PubH 6414 Biostatistical Literacy ) or 32 credits (with

PubH 6450 Biostatistics I)

Electives = 12 or 13 credits

Program Coordinator Program Director

Chris Miller, MAEd Rebecca Wurtz, MD, MPH

Email: mill3394@umn.edu Email: rwurtz@umn.edu

Version date: 11/29/22. All content is subject to change. Curriculum of record available for your term of entry at: https://catalogs.umn.edu/