Global Health MPH

Degree Awarded: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Minimum Required Credits: 42.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2210
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 21.1091

About the Program

The online Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health program prepares students to address complex health challenges in diverse cultural and geographic contexts. Students develop core skills in program planning, research, communication and evaluation. Students learn how to assess, monitor and improve global health programs and policies. Emphasis is placed on ethics, social justice and human rights as central pillars of global health practice. Through applied course work and real-world leaning experiences, students are trained to design evidence-based programs that respond to global health needs.

Graduates are equipped for careers in research, policy, program management, and evaluation across government agencies, academic institutions, global technical agencies, international non-governmental organizations and the private sectors.

Additional Information

For more information about this program, please contact the Dornsife School of Public Health 

Admission Requirements

Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health admissions requirements can be found at: https://drexel.edu/dornsife/admissions/overview/

Degree Requirements

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Foundational Public Health Knowledge: Public Health Foundations is only required for students who do not have a degree from a CEPH accredited school. Students who have a degree from a CEPH accredited school will take an elective in place of Public Health Foundations.  

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Students can take additional 5000-9999 level electives across the university with Program Director approval.

Students may be able to use elective credits to further focus their academic work by coupling a DSPH graduate certificate. Students must have enough applicable elective credits to complete the certificate program without going beyond the required credits for the program. Students can contact their academic advisor for more information.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice  
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context  
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming, and software, as appropriate 
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice
• Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings
• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community and systemic levels  
• Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities’ health  
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design, implementation, or critique of public health policies or programs 
• Design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention  
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management  
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs  
• Discuss the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence  
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes  
• Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations
• Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity 
• Apply leadership and/or management principles to address a relevant issue  
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges  
• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors  
• Communicate audience-appropriate (i.e., non-academic, non-peer audience) public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation 
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content  
• Integrate perspectives from other sectors and/or professions to promote and advance population health  
• Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative  
• Describe the roles of major actors in global public health, their approaches (including interventions, research, and activism) and their challenges.   
• Apply ethical frameworks to analyze public health issues in local and global contexts by identifying ethical challenges, evaluating alternative actions, and justifying ethically sound decisions. 
• Apply monitoring and evaluation techniques to global public health programs, policies, and outcomes 
• Propose sustainable and evidence-based multisectoral interventions, considering the social determinants of health specific to the local area 
• Develop a reflective and systematic approach to ethical decision-making by applying ethical theories and principles, practicing critical self-reflection, and demonstrating cultural humility in analyzing public health challenges.