Master of Public Health Degree Program at the UMass Medical School, Worcester

A general Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree is offered at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester as part of the degree program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. The curriculum is designed to enable health care professionals to earn this advanced degree while engaged in professional activities. Classes are scheduled in the early evening to accommodate working students. The courses cover a wide variety of topic areas in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, health policy and management, community health education, research methods, and program planning and evaluation. The requirements for the M.P.H. degree include a total of 42 credits. All students are required to take 15 credits of core courses: PUBHLTH 540, 565, 601, 620, and 630.

Students have the option of taking fourteen (3-credit) courses and a final oral review or twelve (3-credit) courses and a 6-credit supervised M.P.H. project. Courses are offered once a week during fall and spring semesters and two nights per week during two summer sessions that run for six weeks each. A practicum is required.