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Current Students: Systems Analysis and Innovation Emphasis

Students will learn to use systems analysis tools to understand and enhance the social and cultural conditions, the institutional and organizational capacity, and the policy and regulatory frameworks necessary to promote community and population health. 

This concentration prepares students to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of all systems necessary to create pathways to health that begin where people live, work, and play. It emphasizes addressing the broader contextual, structural, and environmental conditions that influence and affect health.

Please Note: This emphasis area is only being offered to current students.

Master of Public Health Core Curriculum

Course Number and TitleCredits
MPH 500 Contemporary Foundations of Public Health2
MPH 501 Framing Public Health Problems2
MPH 502 Prevention and Intervention in Public Health Practice3
MPH 503 Public Health Management2
MPH 504 Applied Epidemiology2
MPH 505 Applied Public Health Research and Evaluation2
MPH 506 Applied Statistics in Public Health2
MPH 590 Internship1
Area of Emphasis
Select one from the following three emphases:
Prevention and Intervention Programming, Data-Driven Decision-Making, and Health Management and Leadership. Each area of emphasis has specific requirements listed on this page.
See area for total credits

Systems Analysis and Innovation Emphasis Curriculum

Data-Driven Decision-Making Emphasis
Course Number and TitleCredits
MPH 520 Advanced Systems Analysis and Problem Solving2
MPH 521 Building and Sustaining Systems Capacity2
MPH 522 Organization, Communications, and Advocacy in Systems Change2
MPH 523 Evaluating Systems Change2
MPH 523 Contemporary Issues in Health Systems and Policy2
Electives11-June
Culminating Activity
Capstone Option
MPH 692 Capstone Course (2 cr)

Thesis Option
MPH 593 Thesis (4-6 cr)
MPH 688 Thesis Proposal (1 cr)
7-Feb
Total42

Full Time Plan of Study

FallSpring
Year 11st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks1st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks
MPH 500 (2)MPH 501 (2)MPH 502 (3)
MPH 504 (2)MPH 506 (2)MPH 505 (2)MPH 503 (2)
MPH 520 (2)
MPH 521 (2)MPH 522 (2)MPH 523 (2)
Year 21st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks1st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks
MPH 524 (2)
PUBADM 501 (3)
MPH 590 (1)
MPH 692 (2)
Elective (3)
Elective (2)
Elective (2)
Elective (2)
Elective (2)

Part Time Plan of Study

FallSpring
Year 11st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks1st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks
MPH 500 (2)MPH 501 (2)MPH 502 (3)
MPH 504 (2)MPH 506 (2)MPH 505 (2)MPH 503 (2)
Year 21st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks1st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks
MPH 520 (2)MPH 521 (2)MPH 522 (2)MPH 523 (2)
Elective (2)Elective (2)Elective (2)Elective (2)
Year 31st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks1st 7 Weeks2nd 7 Weeks
MPH 524 (2)MPH 590 (1)
MPH 692 (2)
PUBADM 501 (3)
Elective (3)