Program Details

M.P.H. in community health - public health
HEGIS code 1214
NYS SED program code 21578

This program, accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, provides graduate-level training for students interested in pursuing or in advancing careers in public health. Successful applicants to the M.P.H. program include health professionals and recent college graduates. The program offers two concentrations, a general public health track or a more specialized health policy and administration track. The degree offers both classroom and internship experiences and provides the opportunity for students to work closely with a faculty mentor. By offering all classes in the evenings in Brooklyn and Manhattan, the program is geared to the needs of working adults. Graduates of the program are employed as managers, administrators, researchers, and planners in hospitals, not-for-profit agencies, community programs, departments of health, and state and national health organizations.

Program/Department Advisors

Advisor Name Title Phone Location Email Office Hours Eastwood, Betsy Graduate Deputy 718-951-5026 5129 Ingersoll Hall mphinfo brooklyn.cuny.edu Email for appointment

Building codes:    A-Whitehead;   B-Boylan;   J-James;   N-Ingersoll;   NE-Ingersoll Extension;   R-Roosevelt;   RE-Roosevelt Extension;   WEB - West End Building

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Matriculation requirements
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Applicants must offer at least 18 undergraduate credits in acceptable health or related courses, a GPA in the major of at least 3.00, and a minimum 2.85 overall GPA or a minimum 3.00 GPA in health and nutrition sciences courses taken as a nonmatriculated student. Applicants must have experience in a health-related field and must submit a statement of academic interests and goals. Applicants also must submit results of the Graduate Record Examination or equivalent standardized professional admission examination. An interview may be required. Substitutions or a waiver of some requirements may be made in specific circumstances.

General matriculation and admission requirements of the Division of Graduate Studies are in the section "Admission."

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Degree requirements
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Forty-six credits are required for the degree.

Students must complete Health and Nutrition Sciences 740X, 761X, 764.4X, 764.8X, 770X, 771X, 776X, 778.1X, 791.1X.

Students must receive a grade of at least B in each of these nine core courses; courses may be repeated if necessary.

In addition, students must complete one of the following three concentrations of study:

Public health concentration: Students in this concentration must choose their remaining courses from courses numbered Health and Nutrition Sciences 700X and above unless they receive permission from the deputy chairperson to substitute a specific course. With permission of the Graduate Deputy, students may take courses from other Brooklyn College departments or other CUNY Public Health or Graduate Center Programs.

Health care management concentration: All of the following:
Health and Nutrition Sciences 772.2X, 772.3X, 772.5X, 775.1X, and electives from courses numbered Health and Nutrition Sciences 700X and above.

Health care policy and administration concentration (offered in cooperation with the Department of Political Science):
Health and Nutrition Sciences 772.2X and 772.4X.
Students in the health care policy and administration concentration must choose their remaining courses from the following list unless they receive permission from the deputy chairperson to substitute specific courses:
Health and Nutrition Sciences 767X, 772.3X, 772.5X, 773X, 777X, 781X, 782X;
Political Science 715X, 724G, 734X, 747X, 748X, 751X, 755X, 776X, 772X, 776X.

Students with advanced preparation may substitute other courses for required courses with the permission of the department graduate committee.

In addition, students must submit either an acceptable thesis or an acceptable master's paper.

Students electing to submit a thesis must complete Health and Nutrition Sciences 791.2X and 780X. Information about the thesis is in the section "Academic Regulations and Procedures."

Students electing to complete a master's paper must complete Health and Nutrition Sciences 791.3X with a grade of B or better, and then one of the courses numbered 797.1X through 797.9X in which the master's paper will be written.

The student must earn a grade of B or better for a master's paper to be acceptable. The student may not take 791.3X more than twice.

Courses in the Health and Nutrition Sciences Department offered toward the degree must be 700-level courses.