Public Health, (Accelerated BSPH/MPH) Bachelor to Masters

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The School of Public Health at the University of Memphis is offering a BSPH/MPH ABM program option to undergraduate students with a public health major (BSPH). This will allow students to accelerate their MPH degree within five years (4 years BSPH + 1 year MPH). This accelerated path is designed for high-achieving and high-quality students with the ability to complete bachelor’s and master’s degrees within five years.

University General Education Program (41 hours)

See University General Education Program for the General Education requirements.

Requirements

Undergraduate students considering an accelerated graduate program must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or greater and have completed at least 60 credit hours, half of which should be public health courses relevant to the BSPH degree.

The student(s) should meet with an academic advisor to discuss program requirements to ascertain if minimum qualifications have been met for entry into the BSPH/MPH ABM program.

Transfer Credit

It is possible for students to transfer credit to the ABM program. Students seeking this option will need to apply for credit transfer through the proper channels, meet with their advisor, and supply the syllabus of their proposed transfer courses for review. The SPH ABM program allows students to earn up to 12 credit hours toward the requirements of both bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Integrated Public Health Core (30 hours)

PUBH 3103 - Fundamentals of Population Health Informatics Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 3120 - Climate and Environmental Health Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3130 - Social Determinants and Health Disparities Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3150 - Health Data Analytics and Informatics Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3160 - Public Health in Action Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 3170 - Health Crises & Milestones in Global Public Health Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 3180 - Population Health Program Design and Intervention Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 4011 - Population Health Program Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 4012 - Public Health Management and Policy Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 4013 - Biological and Behavioral Basis of Disease Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 4151 - Analytic and Research Methods in Public Health Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 3104 - Developing Public Health Messages & Strategies Credit Hours: 3

Field Experience & Capstone (4 hours)

PUBH 4010 - PH Fieldwork Credit Hours: 2
PUBH 4985 - BSPH Capstone Experience Credit Hours: (2)

Senior Capstone Experience (2 hours)

The senior Capstone Experience is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to coalesce the theoretical and applied areas of study into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete research on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. The senior capstone project is completed during a student’s final semester and includes a completed e-portfolio.

MPH Graduate Courses: (12 hours)

The four courses that undergraduate students should take to accelerate their path toward MPH attainment are:

PUBH 7150: Biostatistical Methods I
PUBH 7160: Social and Behavioral Science Principles
PUBH 7170: Epidemiology in Public Health I
PUBH 7180: Foundations of Public Health

Once a student has received a grade of “B” or better in eligible ABM courses and been accepted into the SPH MPH program, credit for these courses will be applied to their transcript and counted toward their MPH.

General Electives: (17 hours)

Electives will be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120 with a minimum of 62 upper-division hours.

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Students must complete at least 62 hours of upper-division credit (3000 or 4000-level).
Students must complete at least 30 of the last 60 hours through the University of Memphis.