GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH

General Public Health is intended for candidates who already have health professional training and at least two years of public health experience. These candidates are generally seeking formal training in methods and issues addressed by several public health disciplines that would allow them broader participation in the field. Career needs of these candidates often require an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the scope of any single Department within the school. Drawing upon the educational resources of two or more Departments, applicants to General Public Health are expected to identify their substantive area(s) of interest and the technical skills (administration, research, program development, etc.) they want to acquire from across the public health curriculum.

The General Public Health track is also available to students in the dual degree programs offered by the School and is occasionally offered to students with other professional degrees (e.g., law, journalism, business) where an individualized, interdisciplinary curriculum is deemed particularly suitable.

Study may be done on a part-time or full-time basis. Students may be admitted for the Fall, Spring, or Summer semesters.

Each student's program is planned individually and includes the School's core curriculum (biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, health policy and management, sociomedical sciences) and other courses drawn from education resources at the School as well as other University units. Emphasis might be given to a substantive interdisciplinary area covered in the School's curriculum by a series of related courses. In addition, each student is expected to develop and demonstrate improved skills in some technical area, such as research design, program evaluation, health education, health program planning, or administration, and to select from the School curriculum, in consultation with an academic advisor, those courses that help meet this objective.