Graduate Dual Degrees

Graduate/Professional Dual Degrees: 

• School of Medicine: MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or PhD
• School of Social Work: MSW/MPH in Community Health Sciences or Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
• School of Business: MBA/MHA
• School of Law: JD/MHA; JD/MPH in Health Systems Management

Medical (MD degree) students may enroll in a dual degree in WSPH with study in any of the concentrations in the MPH, MSPH or MPHTM degrees.  Up to 12 credits from the medical school may be applied toward the MPH, MSPH or MPHTM degrees. Students complete the same concentration requirements for the public health degrees.  

Law (JD degree) students may enroll in a dual degree in at WSPH with study in the MHA or MPH degree.   Up to 12 credits from the law school may be applied toward the MHA or MPH degree. Students complete the same public health degree requirements for the public health degrees.

Social Work (MSW degree) students may obtain a dual degree in WSPH pursuing the MPH in Community Health Sciences (online) or Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences (residential, although some courses are available online). Up to 12 credits from the social work school may be applied toward the MHA or MPH degree. Students complete the same public health degree requirements for the public health degrees.

Business School (MBA degree) students may obtain a dual degree with the MHA degree at WSPH. Up to 10 specific credits from the business school may be applied toward the MHA degree. Students complete the same MHA degree requirements.

Undergraduate Accelerated Degree

Undergraduate Accelerated Degrees:

• Public Health majors:  BSPH/MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or MHA
• School of Science and Engineering: BS/ MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or MHA
• School of Business:  BSM/MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or MHA

Undergraduate students in the BSPH degree in the School of Public Health, the BS degree in the School of Science and Engineering or the BSM degree in the School of Business may combine the degree with the MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or MHA degrees. Students apply to the program in the second semester of their junior year and, in consultation with their advisor, may begin taking graduate course in their senior year.

The accelerated degree program allows student to apply 12 credits of graduate foundational courses to the bachelors degree and the MPH, MSPH, MPHTM, or MHA degrees. In addition, students in the BSPH program also receive a course waiver for SPHL 6020 Foundations in Public Health. The accelerated degrees are NOT 4+1 programs due to the number of required credit hours for the masters degrees.  Participating in the accelerated program reduces approximately 1 semester of course work toward the MPH, MSPH, MPHTM or MHA degrees.