Course variations

Course summary

This program provides rigorous public health training to individuals with a doctoral-level degree in a field related to public health and to medical students who have completed their third year in an accredited medical school in the United States. The program is designed for mature individuals with clear goals in public health. A student can enter the program to gain skills in clinical research methodology or to prepare to be the director of a community health center, a leader in a state or local health department, or a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among other goals. Preventive Medicine Residents and Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellows can enter the program to complete their M.P.H. degree requirement.

Program modules

The modules include Core Requirements: BIS 515c, Accelerated Biostatistics (2 course units), CDE 515c, Accelerated Epidemiology (1 course unit), CDE 505c, Accelerated Social and Behavioral Influences on Health (1 course unit), EPH 515b, Introduction to Research and Professional Ethics, One of the following two: HPA 510a, Health Policy and Health Systems (1 course unit), HPA 560b, Health Care Finance and Delivery (1 course unit), One of the following five: EHS 503a, Introduction to Toxicology (1 course unit), EHS 507a, Environmental Epidemiology (1 course unit), EHS 510a, Contemporary Issues in Environmental Health (1 course unit), EHS 575a, Intro to Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1 course unit), EHS 511b, Applied Risk Assessment I (1 course unit), One of the following two: EPH 500b, Public Health Practicum (1 course unit), EPH 542b, Community Health Program Planning (1 course unit), TRACK REQUIREMENTS: CDE 534b, Approaches to Data Mgmt and Analysis of Epidemiologic Data (1 course unit), CDE 650a, Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Care or BIS 540a, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (1 course unit), Two course units from the following courses: BIS 623a, Applied Regression Analysis (1 course unit), BIS 625a, Categorical Data Analysis (1 course unit), BIS 628b, Longitudinal Data Analysis (1 course unit), BIS 630b, Applied Survival Analysis (0.5 course unit), BIS 632b, Design and Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies (0.5 course unit), One of the following two capstone courses: CDE 574b, Developing a Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Intervention (1 course unit), CDE 617b, Developing a Research Protocol (1 course unit).

Entry requirement for international students

All applicants for admission are required to take the General Test of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Those who have already taken the test must submit transcripts of their scores with their applications. Scores that are six or more years old are not acceptable. Those who have not taken the test should arrange to do so immediately upon forwarding an application for admission to the School.International students are required to take both the General Test and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).Computer-based testing has replaced paper format and can be scheduled year-round. It takes two weeks from the date of administration for the official transcript of GRE scores to reach the School.

Qualification

Masters

Awarding body

Yale University

Department name

Yale School of Public Health