Other MPH Options

With over one-seventh of the United States economy devoted to public health and health care, effective public health service needs collaboration with legislators, government leaders, and community health policy makers. The health policy concentration prepares students for careers as health policy analysts and advocates.

There are pressures on the health sector from both sides. On the one hand, there are pressures to contain or reduce the size of the sector so as to spend resources on other alternatives. On the other hand, there are many factors and trends that place pressure on the sector to expand. These include the threat of bioterrorism, the aging of the population, AIDS, and genomics. Thus, there will be an increasing need for persons who understand the health sector and can analyze, develop, and advocate policies that affect it.

For general information on the MPH degree program, including specific prerequisites, requirements and course descriptions, please see the School of Public Health section of the Graduate School Catalog at http://www.slu.edu/graduate/catalog/p_h.pdf

For information on faculty and research activities in the Division of Professional Studies, please see http://publichealth.slu.edu/hmp_department.htm

Curriculum Plans for Full-time Students
(plans for part-time students will be developed in consultation with academic advisors)

Curriculum plan for students entering in the 2006-07 academic year
Curriculum plan for students entering in the 2007-08 academic year