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

Core Curriculum: BIS 515c, Accelerated Biostatistics (2 Course Units), CDE 515c, Accelerated Epidemiology (1 Course Unit), HPA 515c, Accelerated Health Politics and Policy (1 Course Unit), EPH 515b, Seminar on Introduction to Research Ethics, One of the following two: CDE 505a, Social and Behavioral Influences on Health (1 Course Unit), CDE 571b, Psychosocial and Behavioral Epidemiology (1 Course Unit), One of the following five: EHS 510a, Contemporary Issues in Environmental Health (1 Course Unit), EHS 511b, Applied Risk Assessment (1 Course Unit), EHS 503a, Introduction to Toxicology (1 Course Unit), EHS 507a, Environmental Epidemiology (1 Course Unit), EHS 575a, Intro to Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1 Course Unit), One of the following three: CDE 542b, Community Health Program Planning (1 Course Unit), EPH 500b, Public Health Practicum (1 Course Unit), HPA 555b, Health Management Practicum (1 Course Unit), Track Requirements: HPA 510a, Health Policy and Health Systems (1 Course Unit), HPA 529a, Advanced Applications in Policy Analysis (1 Course Unit), HPA 583b, Methods in Health Services Research (1 Course Unit), HPA 586b, Microeconomics for Health Care Professionals (1 Course Unit), One additional Health Policy and Administration course (1 Course Unit), One of the following two capstone courses: HPA 597b, Capstone Course in Health Policy (1 Course Unit), HPA 561b, Capstone Course in Health Management (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