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Overview
Discover your potential in the health care industry with the online Master of Public Health degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. With four diverse track options guided by educators with years of industry experience, you can receive the education that best supports your personal and professional goals. Choose between the population health in addiction and recovery, health analytics, health policy or our generalist track options and begin developing your own ideas for eliminating health disparities.
DEVELOP CAREER-ENHANCING COMPETENCIES IN AREAS SUCH AS:
- Social and behavioral determinants of public health
- Epidemiology
- Data analysis
- Biostatistics
- Management principles
- Global public health policies
DEVELOP CAREER-ENHANCING COMPETENCIES IN AREAS SUCH AS:
- Enhance access to health locally and globally
- Recognize the ethical and social responsibility for providing access to health care, with the goal of minimizing or eliminating health disparities
- Understand the role of the public health practitioner as a leader and advocate with both a local and global perspective
Through an interactive, online classroom, you’ll begin your master’s in public health online with a selection of core courses followed by a curriculum specific to the professional track of your choice. You’ll receive flexible schedule options, so you can learn at your own pace and complete your degree on your own time. Throughout each semester, you’ll gain hands-on experience working with public health tools through group interactions involving case studies and integrated care groups that focus on interprofessional education.
Courses and Requirements
Earning your master’s in public health online will provide you with the necessary credentials to continue your education with a doctoral degree or advance in your career. You’ll become proficient in key industry topics, including innovative management, global health issues, epidemiology and more.
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- PUBH 6001 Foundations and Issues of Public Health
- PUBH 6002 Introduction to Biostatistics and Data Analysis
- PUBH 6003 Public Health Management and Policy
- PUBH 6004 Fundamentals of Epidemiology
- PUBH 6005 Principles of Environmental Health
- PUBH 6006 Social and Behavioral Determinants of Public Health
- PUBH XXXX Elective Area #1
- PUBH XXXX Elective Area #2
- PUBH 7501 Public Health Practicum
- PUBH 7901 Public Health Capstone
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Select one of the following tracks:
Generalist (15 credits)
- PUBH 7103 Mental Health Advocacy
- PUBH 7202 Population Health Research Methods
- PUBH 7203 Data Management in Public Health Systems
- PUBH 7301 Politics and Practice of Public Health and Health Policy
- PUBH 7304 Comparative Health Care Systems
Population Health in Addiction and Recovery (15 credits)
- PUBH 7101 Issues of Addiction and Recovery
- PUBH 7102 Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Use: Populations and Issues
- PUBH 7103 Mental Health Advocacy
- PUBH 7104 Issues of Treatment and Recovery
- PUBH 7105 Addiction and Recovery Practice and Leadership
Health Analytics (15 credits)
- PUBH 7201 Advanced Biostatistics, Data Management and Analysis
- PUBH 7202 Population Health Research Methods
- PUBH 7203 Data Management in Public Health Systems
- PUBH 7204 Predictive Analytics and Determinants of Health
- PUBH 7205 Health Analytics Practice and Leadership
Health Policy (15 credits)
- PUBH 7301 Politics and Practice of Public Health and Health Policy
- PUBH 7302 Economic and Social Determinants of Health Policy
- PUBH 7303 Health Disparities and Cultural Issues
- PUBH 7304 Comparative Health Care Systems
- PUBH 7305 Health Policy Practice and Leadership
Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission into this program, please submit the following:
- A completed graduate admissions application
- All official transcripts (must have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 3.0)
- Two letters of recommendation
- A personal statement
- Your resume