Program: Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) - Kansas State University

Degree requirements

A total of 42 semester hours is required to complete this degree offered through the Public Health graduate program. The program is a professional degree that requires a core of public health courses (14 credit hours), a field experience or master’s thesis (6 credit hours), and an area of emphasis determined by the student’s program committee (22 credit hours). An area of emphasis may be selected from food safety and biosecurity, infectious diseases/zoonoses, public health human nutrition, or public health physical activity.

Public health core (14 credit hours)

DMP 754 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: (3)
or at least 3 hours of equivalent graduate or professional level epidemiology course credit
DMP 806 - Environmental Toxicology Credits: (2)
HMD 720 - Administration of Health Care Organizations Credits: (3)
KIN 818 - Social and Behavioral Bases of Public Health Credits: (3)
STAT 702 - Statistical Methods for Social Sciences Credits: (3)
or
STAT 703 - Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists Credits: (3)

Area of emphasis (22 credit hours)

Select from one of these five areas. Contact the MPH Program Director for a list of electives in each area.

• Food safety and biosecurity
• Infectious diseases and zoonoses
• Public health nutrition
• Public health nutrition and physical activity
• Public health physical activity

Proposed capstone or culminating experience (6 credit hours)

Field experience OR master’s thesis OR combined field experience and master’s report:

HN 840 - Public Health Field Experience Credits: (3-6)
HN 898 - Master's Report Credits: (Var.)
or
HN 899 - Master's Thesis Credits: (Var.)