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Master of Public Health

Description

Advance your career as a health professional
 
The Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides a broad understanding of public health and the knowledge, tools and skills for leadership roles in public health settings.
 
The program highlights evidence-informed practice in public health, socio-behavioural health, environmental health and public health informatics.
 
Create a healthier future
  • Gain the skills and knowledge necessary to take a leadership role in public health and tackle complex public health issues. 
  • Learn to evaluate and assess the health status of communities, anticipate and act to prevent health problems, protect populations from health hazards and promote health and well-being.
  • Engage with prominent faculty who share their real-world research, theory and practice experience in the classroom.  
  • Apply the knowledge, tools and skills you learn in a professional public health setting through the experiential practicum.
  • Cater your degree to your needs. The MPH is flexible for the working professional and conducive to a full- or part-time workload.
Offered online:  The Master of Public Health program provides flexibility for the working professional and can be completed in two to four years. On-campus attendance is required at the beginning and end of the program and students also complete a 12-week professional practicum.
 
Accredited:  The Master of Public Health program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health. 
 
Admission requirements

Minimum requirements 
  • Successful completion of a four-year Honours Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with a minimum 75% average. The Bachelor's degree will normally be in a field relevant to public health.
  • Students must submit a personal essay of no more than 500 words explaining the education and work experiences 1) that have brought them to the decision to apply to the MPH program; and 2) how the MPH will help them in their future career.
  • Ideally, students will have prior work experience in a public health setting. Co-operative work terms and/or volunteer experience are acceptable.
  • Students must have a suitable background in statistics to meet prerequisite standards for all graduate level courses, before beginning coursework. An undergraduate course in statistical methods completed within the past five years with a minimum grade of 75% is required. Exceptions to this requirement may be made on occasion by admission committees considering student background and demonstrated analytic abilities.
  • Students will be recruited as recent graduates from 4-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) programs in Health Studies and related disciplines, or alternatively as mature students holding a 4-year degree in a related discipline with relevant work experience in population and public health. Students with advanced professional degrees in recognized health disciplines (e.g. MD, DVM) are also eligible for admission.
Degree requirements
 
Coursework option:
  • Graduate Academic Integrity Module (Graduate AIM)
Courses 

The minimum course requirements are 11 one-term (0.50 unit weight) graduate courses, 2 block courses requiring two-weeks on campus (0.50 unit weight) and a practicum (1.50 unit weight).
 
Students will attend on-campus on two occasions for 2-week block courses. The first, HLTH 602A Foundations of Public Health, will occur at the start of the program and the second, HLTH 602B Capstone Integrative Seminar for Public Health, will bring students back together at the end of the program after completion of all coursework and the practicum:
 
  • The objective of HLTH 602A, the Foundations of Public Health course is to provide students with foundational knowledge of public health, orient the student to the philosophical and practical bases of public health, and to kindle the student's passion for public health as a career and as a societal activity.
  • HTLH 602B, the final MPH capstone course, is a culminating integrated learning experience that provides a context for students to demonstrate their achievement of the foundational knowledge and core competencies of public health. On-campus workshops and preparation and presentation of a capstone project are required for the completion of this course.
Additional required courses are as follows:
  • HLTH 603 Health Policy in Public Health
  • HLTH 604 Public Health and the Environment
  • One of: HLTH 605A Regression Models OR HLTH 605B Quantitative Methods and Analysis
  • One of: HLTH 606A Epidemiological Methods OR HLTH 606B Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
  • HLTH 607 Social, Cultural and Behavioural Aspects of Public Health I
  • HLTH 608 Health and Risk Communication in Public Health
  • HLTH 609 Management and Administration of Public Health Services
  • HLTH 617 Population Intervention for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  • HLTH 618 Research Tools for Public Health Practice
  • HLTH 640 Professional Experience Practicum
  • Two elective HLTH courses.
Note: Graduate courses from other departments/schools may be acceptable if approved by the SPHS Professional Graduate Programs Committee.
 
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
 
 

Overview

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  • Institution: University of Waterloo
  • Program type: Maîtrise
  • Language: English
  • Program Code: MPH
  • Delivery Method: Entièrement en ligne/à distance

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Disclaimer:
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.