The Department of Public Administration and the Master of Public Health Program at UIS have established a joint major. The program allows a student to complete a joint major with a total of 68-credit hours, compared to a total of 88 for the two majors separately -- 40 hours for the MPA and 48 hours for the MPH. Students interested in a joint major should contact the MPA and MPH Program Offices. Admission requires separate applications for each program as well as an additional application to the university for graduate studies.
MPA Office: (217) 206-6310
E-mail: mpa@uis.edu
MPH Office: (217) 206-6720
E-mail: mph@uis.edu
PAD 501 – 4 credits
Introduction to the Profession
PAD 502 – 4 credits
Organizational Dynamics
PAD 503 – 4 credits
Analytical Tools
PAD 504 – 4 credits
Budget and Finance
PAD 505 – 4 credits
Human Resource Management
Course offerings by MPH core – 8 credits
MPH 531 – 4 credits
Intro to Public Health Policy and Public Health Administration
MPH 561 – 4 credits
Community Health Education
PAD 571 – 4 credits
Capstone Seminar
MPH 506 – 4 credits
Community Health Research
MPH 511 – 4 credits
Foundations of Epidemiology
MPH 521 – 4 credits
Environmental/Occupational Health
MPH 531 – 4 credits
Intro to Public Health Policy and Public Health Administration
MPH 561 – 4 credits
Community Health Education
MPH 581 – 4 credits
Internship
Course offerings by MPA core - 8 credits
PAD 501 – 4 credits
Introduction to the Profession
PAD 502 – 4 credits
Organizational Dynamics
Course offerings from MPA electives - 4 credits
Comprehensive examination.
Full admission requires GRE. 30 undergraduate hours of natural science, and an upper division undergraduate course in statistics/biostatistics.
Total MPH credit hours: 48
Total MPH joint degree credit hours: 36
Total MPA credit hours: 40
Total MPA joint degree credit hours: 32
Total joint degree hours: 68
