MS Rural Community Health at University of Alabama

Programme overview

This 30-hour degree program is designed to provide the necessary tools for future rural Alabama physicians and health professionals to become community health leaders. The program teaches principles of rural public health as a basis for community health leadership, characteristics of rural health concerns and approaches to biomedical science study.

Faculty: College of Community Health Sciences | Department: Family Internal Rural Medicine | Duration: 30 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

What you will study

The degree requires 30 credit hours. Courses in the listed curriculum include RCH 500 Rural Envir/Occup Health, POPH 521 Health Policy & Planning, POPH 522 Biostatistics (Fall Semester), POPH 523 Basic Epidemiology (Spring Semester), CHS 540 Rural Community Interaction I (Fall Semester), CHS 541 Rural Community Interaction II (Spring Semester).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Rural Medical Scholars (RMS) - In addition to the minimum Graduate School admission requirements, to be considered for regular admission as an RMS student, an applicant must: Have an MCAT score of 495 or above. Have an undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or higher. Have been a resident of a rural Alabama county for at least eight years or have attended a rural high school. Intend to practice medicine in rural Alabama. Meet UAB Heersink School of Medicine admission requirements. Rural Community Health Scholars (RCHS) - In addition to the minimum Graduate School admission requirements, to be considered for regular admission as an RCHS student, an application must include: An MCAT score of 490 or higher. A DAT score of 16 or higher, OR an equivalent standardized test score Who Should Apply? Applicants who spent their formative years in rural Alabama and are interested in practicing primary care medicine in rural Alabama. Applicants must meet the admission requirements for their concentration of inte

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.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (the admissions page lists Spring, and Summer/Fall priority deadlines).

Graduate application fee is $65 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and $80 for international students (nonrefundable). Deadlines are set per programme in the Academic Programs Portal; some programmes require a standardized test such as GRE or GMAT.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.ua.edu/

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