Admissions Requirements
All applicants to the dual degree programs must apply and be accepted into each program separately. Applicants are evaluated by each degree program in separate admissions processes. The College of Public Health application requirements include the following:
- Completion of the SOPHAS Express Public Health application and submission of the application fee.
- Official transcripts reflecting an earned bachelor’s degree, with a 3.0 or higher grade point average for the last 60 undergraduate or the last 18 graduate/post-baccalaureate credit hours completed.
- The GRE is optional for all applicants, but it is highly recommended for any applicant with below a 3.0 GPA from their previous coursework.
- Three letters of recommendation from academic or professional references.
- A resume reflecting one or more years of work/volunteer history related to health and/or human services.
- A one page personal statement describing the applicant’s:
- Interest in and potential for contributing to the field of public health
- Career objectives
- Self-assessment of computer, quantitative analysis, and personal skills and general preparation for succeeding in a public health graduate program
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MPH CORE COURSES | ||
| CPH 500 | FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
| CPH 504 | EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 3 |
| CPH 506 | BIOSTATISTICS | 3 |
| CPH 514 | PLANNING AND EVALUATION | 3 |
| CPH 539 | PUBLIC HEALTH: LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY | 3 |
| MBA CORE COURSES | ||
| BSAD 8060 People: Cultivating Skills for Leadership | 2 | |
| BSAD 8000 Business Ethics: Achieving Social Responsibility | 2 | |
| BSAD 8040 Business and Information Technology: Connecting People and Information | 2 | |
| BSAD 8150 Economics: Essential Concepts for Managers | 2 | |
| BSAD 8210 Accounting: Decisions and Consequences | 2 | |
| BSAD 8250 Organizational Behavior: Enhancing Human & Organizational Capabilities | 2 | |
| BSAD 8420 Marketing: Understanding Consumers and Markets | 2 | |
| BSAD 8630 Finance: Understanding Capital and Cash | 2 | |
| BSAD 8700 Business Analytics: Making Sense of Data | 2 | |
| BSAD 8720 Strategic Financial Management | 2 | |
| BSAD 8830 Strategy: Developing Sustainable Competitive Advantage | 2 | |
| MPH CONCENTRATION COURSES | 12 - 15 | |
| MPH & MBA CAPSTONE AND EXPERIENCE COURSES | ||
| BSAD 8800 MBA Project-Focused Capstone | 2 | |
| CPH 528 | APPLIED PRACTICE EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| CPH 529 | CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 57 - 60 | |
The College of Public Health normally requires 42 hours for the MPH degree. Students select an MPH area of concentration that best suits the student’s interest with the knowledge that some prerequisites courses may be required. The MPH requires 12 - 15 hours of concentration courses and 6 hours of service learning/capstone. The concentrations in the MPH program available for the MBA/MPH program are: Public Health Administration and Policy, Emergency Preparedness, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology. The Service Learning (three credit hours) and Capstone Experience (three credit hours) will follow the guidelines of the UNMC MPH Program as described in the College of Public Health Service-Learning/Capstone Experience Handbook. The objectives, components, details of assignment, advisors, timelines, and evaluation of student performance are to be formulated later by the student and his or her Capstone Committee.