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  • Master's: $2,500
  • Doctoral: $5,000 and $25,000

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Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Walden’s Master of Public Health addresses the growing need for well-prepared public health professionals and provides you with the credentials to serve as an advocate for the development of healthy individuals, organizations, and communities. Strengthen your fundamental knowledge of public health’s core competencies and enhance your skills through a deeper understanding of interdisciplinary competencies, including communications, diversity and leadership.

Walden’s Master of Public Health features

  • A strong foundation in the core disciplines of public health
  • A practice-oriented approach using real-world examples and case studies
  • Access to scholars and practitioners from government, health, and nonprofit sectors
  • A practical fieldwork experience to apply your new knowledge

Completion Requirements

  • 56 quarter credits
  • Foundation courses: (2 cr.)
  • Core courses (46 cr.)
  • Practicum and Capstone (8 cr.)
  • ePortfolio

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.


Curriculum

The program’s courses are delivered in a prescribed sequence.

Course Code Course Title Credits
  Quarter 1  
PUBH6101 Principles of Communication in Public Health     2
PUBH6002 Essentials of Public Health: A Case Study Approach     4
  Quarter 2  
PUBH 6115 Social, Behavioral, and Cultural Factors in Public Health     4
PUBH 6125 Biostatistics     4
  Quarter 3  
PUBH 6145 Epidemiology     4
PUBH 6165 Environmental Health     4
  Quarter 4  
PUBH 6170 Public Health Biology     4
PUBH 6175 Health Policy and Management     4
  Quarter 5  
PUBH 6227 Health Informatics     4
PUBH 6235 Program Design, Planning, and Evaluation     4
  Quarter 6  
PUBH 6135 Leadership, Professionalism, and Ethics in Public Health Practice     4
PUBH 6155 Research in Public Health     4
  Quarter 7  
PUBH 6635 Practicum I: Field Experience in Public Health     4
PUBH 6260 Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Public Health     2
  Quarter 8  
PUBH 6636 Practicum II: Capstone Experience in Public Health     4

Course Descriptions

Consistent with our commitment to continuous quality improvement, Walden University has recently revised the curriculum for the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) program to be in alignment with national standards.

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