MPH the Field of Public Health at George Washington University

Programme overview

The generalist MPH in public health is designed to address local, national, and global public health practice. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary teaching, focusing on core competencies and skills by using cases and other materials from the United States and abroad. The pedagogy allows students to tailor their education to local, national, or global levels, emphasizing interdisciplinary public health competencies, including biostatistics and epidemiology; cultural competency; health communication; leadership; professionalism; planning, implementation and evaluation methods; public health biology; and systems thinking.

Faculty: Milken Institute School of Public Health | Department: Public Health | Location: Washington, DC, United States

What you will study

Course requirements: Successful completion of core and program-specific courses. Practicum Requirement: Students are required to fulfill all requirements of the Applied Practice Experience (Practicum) to receive credit for PUBH 6000 MPH Applied Practice Experience. Interprofessional Education Experience (IPE): Students are required to enroll and participate in an authorized IPE activity (PUBH 6023 Interprofessional Education Experience).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are made through the Milken Institute School of Public Health graduate admissions office; programme-specific requirements are published on the college application requirements page.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Offers of admission are valid for the semester stated in the admission letter; most graduate programmes use rolling admissions, and some review applications collectively after the deadline.

Graduate applications are submitted through the Graduate Application Center with a non-refundable $80 application fee; deadlines vary by programme and school. Processing usually takes four to six weeks.

Apply through the official page: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions

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