Affiliated-Degree Programs

M.P.H. degree requirements for dual degree students in podiatry:

• 18 credit hours [6 courses] of core courses
• 12 credit hours [4 courses] of concentration courses
• 6 credit hours [2 courses] fieldwork practicum
• 9 credit hours [3 courses] of elective coursework approved by advisor

Affiliated degree students receive 6 semester hours (2 courses) of credit towards the elective requirement of the M.P.H. based on their podiatric schoolwork. As such, the affiliated degree program is an efficient way for students to complete the two degrees.

Culminating Experience: M.P.H. Fieldwork
Students have the opportunity to select an appropriate fieldwork experience to apply theory and skills in the classroom to public health practice. Fieldwork sites are selected based on individual student interest, competency requirements within the declared M.P.H. program (SBS, EH, EBS or GH), and advisement from the MPH program faculty. Six hours of fieldwork coursework (a two course sequence) during the final year of the program enables students to reinforce guidelines for ethics, professionalism, skills development, and linkages between the domains and cross-cutting competencies of public health to essential service areas in public health practice.
In the fieldwork practicum, students complete an in-depth community-based project in one of a wide range of approved local health agencies in order to gain experience in applying skills acquired in the academic program, including epidemiological assessment of health problems, program development, data management and analysis, and program evaluation.