| The Johns Hopkins Master of Public Health degree requires students to earn 80 academic units. Students must complete the required courses and additional coursework in the areas of Biostatistics, Management Sciences, Public Health Biology, and Social & Behavioral Sciences. In addition to the required curriculum, students will have ample opportunity to choose course electives. Please see the online course catalog for course descriptions and times. At the beginning of the program, all students, together with their advisor, will develop an individualized curriculum plan as required by completing the MPH Individualized Goals Analysis project. Students must also complete an MPH Capstone Project toward the latter part of their program. The MPH Capstone Project is an opportunity for students to apply the skills and competencies acquired in the program to a public health problem or issue. Required Courses Course Number | Units | Course Title | 180.601 | 5 | Environmental Health [onsite & online] | 340.601
550.694-550.695
| 5 6
|
Principles of Epidemiology [onsite & summer institute]
OR
Fundamentals of Epidemiology [online only]
Must be completed within the first 12 months of matriculation.
| 300.645
550.608 | 5 4 |
Making Change through Policy [onsite]
OR
Problem Solving in Public Health [institutes]
Must be completed within the first 12 months of matriculation.
| | 550.867 | 1 | Introduction to MPH Studies
Full-time students only.
Click here to see Prof. Stan Becker's PowerPoint presentation for his Intro. to MPH Studies lecture on "Population Dynamics in the 21st Century" |
Biostatistics (6-16 credit units)
Choose one of the following options: Course Number | Units | Course Title | | Option 1: Conceptual understanding of statistical ideas and methods; limited calculations | 140.611 | 3 | Statistical Reasoning I [onsite & online & summer institute] | 140.612 | 3 | Statistical Reasoning II [onsite & online & summer institute] | | Option 2: Statistical concepts and calculations for data analysis; statistical computing skills are developed | 140.621 | 4 | Statistical Methods in Public Health I [onsite] | 140.622 | 4 | Statistical Methods in Public Health II[onsite] | 140.623 | 4 | Statistical Methods in Public Health III[onsite] | | Option 3: Statistical methods for advanced students; requires knowledge of calculus/linear algebra | 140.651 | 4 | Methods in Biostatistics I [onsite] | 140.652 | 4 | Methods in Biostatistics II [onsite] | 140.653 | 4 | Methods in Biostatistics III [onsite] | 140.654 | 4 | Methods in Biostatistics IV [onsite] |
Click here for information to help in choosing a Biostatistics course option. Click here for a quick check test to help in selecting the Biostatistics requirement.
Public Health Biology (2-6 credit units)
Choose one of the following options:
Course Number | Units | Course Title | | Option 1: Appropriate for all Students. Provides a broad introduction to public health biology. | 550.630 | 3 | Public Health Biology [onsite & online] | | 260.636 | 3 | Evolution of Infectious Diseases [onsite] | Option 2: For students possessing considerable breadth of biological competence, subject to concurrence of the advisor (choose one of the following courses) | 120.620 | 3 | Fundamentals of Reproductive Biology [onsite] | | 182.640 | 3 | Food- and Water- Borne Diseases [onsite] | | 183.631 | 4 | Fundamentals of Human Physiology [onsite & online] | | 187.610 | 4 | Public Health Toxicology [onsite & online] | 222.641 | 4 | Principles of Human Nutrition [onsite & online] | 223.689 | 3 | Biological Basis of Vaccine Development [onsite] | | 260.631 | 3 | Immunology, Infection, & Disease [onsite] | 260.635 | 6 | Biology of Parasitism [onsite] | | 260.650 | 3 | Vector Biology & Vector-borne Diseases [onsite] | 260.652 | 4 | Principles of Public Health Ecology [onsite] | | 260.656 | 4 | Malariology [onsite & online] | 260.606 | 2 | Major Global Infectious Diseases: Prospects for Control [winter institute] | 340.612 | 2 | Epidemiologic Basis of Tuberculosis Control [onsite & online & summer institute] | 340.646 | 4 | Epidemiology & Public Health: Impact of HIV & AIDS [onsite & online] | 340.654 | 6 | Epidemiology & Natural History of Human Viral Infections [onsite & online] | | 340.744 | 4 | Advanced Topics on Control & Prevention
of HIV/AIDS [onsite & online] | | 380.761 | 4 | STI Prevention: Using Epidemiology to Inform Policy & Program [onsite & online] |
Management Sciences (3-5 credit units)
Choose one of the following options:
Course Number | Units | Course Title | | Option 1: Appropriate for students desiring organizational management skills/tools geared toward a hospital/HMO setting | 551.601 | 4 | Managing Health Service Organizations
[onsite & online] | | Option 2: Similar to above except with an international orientation | 221.706-707 | 5 | Managing Health Systems in Developing Countries I-II [online only] | | Option 3: Appropriate for students desiring management skills with a focus on budgetary and financial issues | 551.603 | 3 | Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management [onsite & online & summer institute] | | Option 4: Appropriate for students desiring management skills with a focus on factors influencing access to, use, management, policies, and financing of pharmaceuticals in developing countries and under-served populations in developed countries. | | 551.607 | 3 | Pharmaceuticals Management for Under-Served Populations [onsite] | Option 5: Appropriate for students desiring management skills with a focus on the governance and management of non-governmental organizations | | 551.608 | 3 | Managing Non-Governmental Organizations in the Health Sector [onsite] | | Option 6: Appropriate for students desiring management skills with a focus on total quality management methods for health systems in developing countries. | | 221.722 | 4 | Quality Assurance Management Methods for Developing Countries [onsite & online] | | Option 7: Appropriate for those pursuing a concentration in occupational health or industrial hygiene | 182.623 | 3 | Occupational Safety and Health Management [onsite] | | Option 8: Appropriate for students desiring a background of public health practice concepts, focusing primarily on the U.S., but with relevance to developing nations | | 305.607 | 4 | Public Health Practice [onsite & online & fall institute] |
Click here for information to help in choosing a Management Sciences course option (note: course choices listed in this presentation exclude Institute offerings that may be of interest to part-time students).
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-4 credit units)
Choose one of the following options:
Course Number | Units | Course Title | | Option 1: Appropriate for students wishing a broad introduction to the social and behavioral sciences | | 410.618 | 4 | Integrating Social & Behavioral Theory into Public Health. Part I: Foundations [onsite] | 410.616 | 4 | Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health [summer institute] | | Option 2: Appropriate for students interested in community, individual, and organizational behaviors in developing countries (choose one of the following courses) | 221.688 | 4 | Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care [online] | 224.689 | 4 | Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, & Community Levels [onsite] | | Option 3: Appropriate for students interested in an overview of studies and theories that describe various ways in which social and psychological factors influence health | 410.613 | 4 | Psychosocial Factors in Health and Illness [onsite & summer institute] | | Option 4: Appropriate for students interested in a psychological approach to understanding behavior change and designing health communications | 410.650 | 4 | Introduction to Persuasive Communication: Theories and Practice [onsite & winter institute] | | Option 5: Appropriate for students interested in design and implementation of health promotion programs (choose one of the following courses) | 410.620 | 3 | Program Planning for Health Behavior Change
[onsite & online] | 410.651 | 3 | Health Literacy: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Communication [onsite] | | Option 6: Appropriate for students wanting to understand which fundamental social processes affect the occurrence of mental and behavioral disorders | 330.661 | 3 | Social & Psychological and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders
[onsite] | | Option 7: Appropriate for students interested in population-based, lifespan approach to health | 380.604 | 4 | Life Course Perspectives on Health
[onsite & online] | | Additional Social & Behavioral Sciences course options for School of Nursing students only: | | NR110.589 | | Human & Family Development Across the Lifespan |
Click here for information to help in choosing a Social & Behavioral Sciences course option (note: course choices listed in this presentation exclude Institute offerings that may be of interest to part-time students). |
