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 505a, Introduction to Statistical Thinking I (1 Course Unit), BIS 505b, Introduction to Statistical Thinking II (1 Course Unit), CDE/EMD 508a, Principles of Epidemiology I (1 Course Unit), EHS 575a, Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Medicine (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 two: HPA 510a, Health Policy and Health Systems (1 Course Unit), HPA 560b, Healthcare Finance and Delivery (1 Course Unit), Track Requirements: CDE 572a, Preventive Interventions: Theory, Methods, and Evaluation (1 Course Unit), CDE 516b, Principles of Epidemiology II (1 Course Unit), CDE 534b, Approaches to Data Mgmt & Analysis of Epidemiologic Data (1 Course Unit), EHS 575b, Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1 Course Unit), Capstone course: CDE 617b, Developing a Research Protocol (1 Course Unit), Required only for residents in the cancer prevention track: CDE 532b, Epidemiology of Cancer (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