Global Health MPH
Major: Global Health
Degree Awarded: Master of Public Health (MPH)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 56.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2210
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 21-1091
About the Program
Students in the online Master of Public Health in Global Health program learn how to analyze the influences affecting the health and well-being of diverse populations across different cultures and contexts. Students will develop skills in program planning, research, and communication, learning how to assess, monitor, and evaluate global health programs, policies, and outcomes, and design evidence-based programs paying attention to ethics, social justice, and human rights.
Graduates will be prepared for careers in research, policy, program management, and evaluation. Employers include government agencies, academic institutions, global technical agencies, international non‐governmental organizations, and private sector global health companies.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, please contact:
DSPH Academic Advising Team
Office of Education
dsphadvising@drexel.edu
Additional information can be found on the Drexel University Online website, including admissions criteria and how to apply.
Degree Requirements
| Core Courses | ||
| BST 571 | Introduction to Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| EPI 570 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3.0 |
| HMP 505 | Qualitative Data and Mixed Methods Analysis | 3.0 |
| PBHL 510 | Public Health Foundations and Systems I | 4.0 |
| PBHL 511 | Public Health Foundations and Systems II | 4.0 |
| Major Courses | ||
| CHP 561 | Overview of Issues in Global Health | 3.0 |
| CHP 607 | Public Health Ethics | 3.0 |
| CHP 662 | Case Studies in Global Health | 3.0 |
| CHP 673 | Process Monitoring and Outcomes Evaluation for Community Health Programs | 3.0 |
| HMP 603 | Health Systems Policy Analysis | 3.0 |
| Applied Practical Experience | ||
| PBHL 500 | Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health | 0.0 |
| Integrative Learning Experience | ||
| CHP 752 | Global Health Integrative Learning Experience: Capstone Course I | 1.5 |
| CHP 753 | Global Health Integrative Learning Experience: Capstone Course II | 1.5 |
| Electives * | 21.0 | |
| Total Credits | 56.0 | |
- *
Students choose from any BST, CHP, EOH, EPI, HMP, or PBHL course from the 500-999 level. Students can take additional 500-level or above electives across the university as long as they meet prerequisite and restriction requirements. Students can contact their faculty mentor to discuss elective options.
Students may be able to use elective credits to further focus their academic work by completing a graduate minor or 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.
Sample Plan of Study
12-Month (4 Quarter) Full-Time
| Summer | Credits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BST 571 | 3.0 | ||||||
| EPI 570 | 3.0 | ||||||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | ||||||
| PBHL 511 | 4.0 | ||||||
| 14 | |||||||
| First Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| CHP 561 | 3.0 | CHP 662 | 3.0 | CHP 607 | 3.0 | ||
| HMP 505 | 3.0 | CHP 673 | 3.0 | CHP 753 | 1.5 | ||
| HMP 603 | 3.0 | CHP 752 | 1.5 | Electives | 9.0 | ||
| PBHL 500 | 0.0 | Electives | 6.0 | ||||
| Electives | 6.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 13.5 | 13.5 | |||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
18-Month (5 Quarter) Full-Time
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHP 561 | 3.0 | BST 571 | 3.0 | CHP 607 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 |
| EPI 570 | 3.0 | CHP 662 | 3.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | ||
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | CHP 673 | 3.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||
| Electives | 3.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | ||||
| 13 | 13 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| CHP 752 | 1.5 | CHP 753 | 1.5 | ||||
| HMP 603 | 3.0 | Electives | 9.0 | ||||
| Electives | 6.0 | ||||||
| 10.5 | 10.5 | ||||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
33-Month (9 Quarter) Part-Time
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EPI 570 | 3.0 | BST 571 | 3.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHP 561 | 3.0 | CHP 662 | 3.0 | CHP 607 | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 |
| HMP 603 | 3.0 | CHP 673 | 3.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| Electives | 6.0 | CHP 752 | 1.5 | CHP 753 | 1.5 | ||
| Electives | 6.0 | Electives | 3.0 | ||||
| 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | |||||
| Total Credits 56 | |||||||
Program Level Outcomes
Foundational Competencies
- 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-
- 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 relevant communities and individuals 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
- 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 public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation to a non-academic, non-peer audience with attention to factors such as literacy and health literacy
- Describe the importance of cultural humility 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
Major Competencies
- Analyze the roles, relationships, and resources of the entities influencing global health
- Apply ethical approaches in global health research and practice
- Apply monitoring and evaluation techniques to global health programs, policies, and outcomes
- Propose sustainable and evidence-based multisectoral interventions, considering the social determinants of health specific to the local area
- Design sustainable workforce development strategies for resource-limited settings
- Display critical self-reflection, cultural humility, and ongoing learning in global health