Columbia MPH: Part Time

Department of Health Policy and Management
600 West 168th Street, Sixth Floor New York, NY 10032
tel: (212) 305-0296 fax: (212) 305-3405
e-mail: rs2512@columbia.edu

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 boader 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 avalable to students in the several 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. A practicum designed to provide opportunities to test and apply the academic training received in the proram to the student's work setting is required. The practicum is individually selected and tailored to meet the needs of each student and may take a variety of forms. An individual who already has significant administrative, programmatic, or reserach experience or independent studies may need to fulfill only the prescribed written and oral presentation requirements documenting the practicum experience.

PROGRAM IN GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
600 West 168th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Program Director: Jeanne M. Stellman, Ph.D.