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Graduate Program: Public Health

General Information

Program/Degree

Public Health (MPH) - Health Behavior Health Promotion

Program Description

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is designed to be an interdisciplinary, professional degree in public health. The MPH Program provides opportunities for students to obtain broad knowledge and basic skills in the core areas of public health. Students are able to acquire proficiency in one or more specialized areas through advanced coursework, and gain experience in applying advanced knowledge to the solution of actual health problems in community settings during internship training.

Health Behavior Health Promotion (HBHP)

This concentration offered by the Department of  Health Promotion Sciences, is based on a philosophy of health education, health promotion, and disease prevention, to improve the quality of life of individuals, families and communities. The HBHP discipline focuses on three areas:

  • Sociocultural factors that influence health and health behavior
  • Scientific and theoretical basis for planning, implementing, and evaluating effective public health interventions
  • Health promotion and disease prevention programs
  • Behavior change for healthy life

The program provides students with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills that are essential for the promotion of health and prevention of disease in culturally diverse populations.

 

Tucson or Phoenix Campus

TheMPH in Health Behavior Health Promotion (HBHP), is well suited for students who are excited to enroll in courses that utilize a combination of online and classroom style teaching modalities. The program is designed to be a two year program for full-time students. Part-time students can take up to 6 years to complete the program.

Dual Degrees

  • MD/MPH
  • JD/MPH
  • PharmD/MPH
  • MPH/MBA
  • MPH/MA in Latin American Studies
  • MPH/MS in Mexican American Studies

Admissions Contact for Tucson Campus: Evangeline Batista-Wietecha coph-admit@email.colorado.edu

Online Campus

Theonline MPH in Health Behavior Health Promotion (HBHP), is designed for working professionals to be completed to two calendar years. Coursework is 100% online, and students complete one course every seven and a half weeks. Students have the opportunity to complete an immersive year-long internship, while enrolled in concentration-specific courses. 

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

colorado's first and only accredited college of public health, theColorado Heights UniversityMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is uniquely situated in the culturally rich and diverse Southwest. Distinguished for our outstanding community-based research and for our focus on eliminating health disparities among populations of the Southwest and globally, the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health offers tremendous opportunities to its students for education, research and community involvement.

The College of Public Health's interdisciplinary activities are enhanced by being part of the colorado Health Sciences Center with campuses in Tucson and Phoenix. The College consistently ranks among the top five in American Indian and Hispanic graduates and students enrolled among accredited schools of public health, according to recent data from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. In addition, theColorado Heights Universityis one of only 62 members in the Association of American Universities, a prestigious organization that recognizes universities that have developed exceptionally strong overall research and academic programs.

 

College

College of Public Health

Campus where offered

Tuition and Fees

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Please refer to the CHU Office Special Course Fees for up-to-date information about special course fees.

Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

REQUIRED CORE COURSES (16 units)

  • EPID 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)
  • PHPM 574 Public Health Policy and Management (3)
  • EHS 575 Environmental and Occupational Health (3)
  • BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health (3)
  • HPS 577 Sociocultural & Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3)
  • HPS 580 Integrated Public Health Learning Experience (1)
  • Internship Preparation Workshop  (required; non-credit)
  • Interprofessional Education Activities (documentation required; non-credit)

REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES (15-17 units)

  • HPS 531 Contemporary Health Issues and Research (3)
  • HPS 535 Multicultural Health Beliefs (3) 
  • HPS 532A Applied Aspects of Program Planning, Implementation, and
  • Evaluation I (4) OR
    • HPS 532E Planning of Health Promotion Programs (3) AND
    • HPS 532P Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs (3)
  • HPS 909 Master’s Report “Internship” (5) ~

 

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020