BSPH/MPH or MSPH or MPHTM or MHA Accelerated Degree
BSPH/MPH or MSPH or MPHTM or MHA Accelerated Degrees
The accelerated degree program is a path for continuous study from the BSPH degree through a professional master’s degree at the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (WSPH). BSPH majors may combine their undergraduate study with a Master in Public Health (MPH), a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPHTM), or a Master of Health Administration (MHA). The accelerated degree is an opportunity for undergraduate public health majors to begin graduate study during their senior year; students may take up to 12 graduate credits of public health courses as an undergraduate, however, only 6 credit hours can be shared between the BSPH and the MPH, MSPH, MPHTM, or MHA degrees.
Students must graduate from the BSPH program to continue in the MPH, MSPH, MPHTM, or MHA. Once students have been accepted into the accelerated degree program, they should meet with their public health advisor early in their senior year to plan graduate courses into their senior year schedule.
The MPH, MSPH, MPHTM, or MHA may be completed in approximately 1½ - 2 years following graduation from the BSPH. Actual time depends on the number of credits students complete per semester and the time to complete the applied practice experience and integrated learning experience, or the administrative residency.
Students in this accelerated degree program are waived from the SPHL 6020 Foundations in Public Health requirement, as the foundational knowledge learning objectives in this course are obtained in the BSPH core courses. Students must choose an elective course to fill the 3 credit hours. of the waived course.