Accelerated Public Health BS/MPH
Major: Public Health
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Public Health (MPH)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 237.0
Co-op Options: One Co-op (Five years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2201
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-9111; 21-1091, 21-1094, 25-1071
About the Program
The Dornsife School of Public Health offers an accelerated degree option with its undergraduate BS in Public Health and Master of Public Health degrees. Participants can earn both a BS degree in Public Health and a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in five years.
In this accelerated degree program, students participate in the undergraduate program for four full years, including one co-operative experience. After two years of undergraduate study, students begin their graduate studies in the Master of Public Health program. The third and fourth years are a mix of undergraduate and graduate courses. After the successful completion of their fourth year, students receive their BS. When students successfully complete the remainder of their graduate studies (typically one additional year/ three graduate quarters), they will receive the MPH degree.
Students must confirm their intent to continue or participate in the program with their advisor by the end of the spring term of year two. All students must also submit a formal application to apply to the graduate Master of Public Health program during their junior year.
Any student who does not meet the entrance requirements of the graduate program will be able to complete the fourth year of the Public Health undergraduate program and receive a BS degree.
Students in the Master of Public Health program complete 56.0 graduate quarter credits to meet the requirements of the master's program.
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 Dornsife School of Public Health website.
Degree Requirements
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| COM 320 [WI] | Science Writing | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| PBHL 101 | Public Health 101 | 3.0 |
| UNIV PH101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Students must select one of the following math sequences: | 12.0 | |
| Introduction to Analysis I and Introduction to Analysis II and Biostatistics I | ||
| Or | ||
| Calculus I and Calculus II and Calculus III | ||
| Physical and Life Sciences Requirements ** | 16.0 | |
| Students must select one of the following biology sequences: | ||
| Cells, Genetics & Physiology and Cells, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory and Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution and Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | ||
| Or | ||
| Cells and Biomolecules and Cells and Biomolecules Lab and Genetics and Evolution and Genetics and Evolution Lab and Physiology and Ecology and Anatomy and Ecology Lab | ||
| Students must select one of the following chemistry sequences: | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II | ||
| Or | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II | ||
| Social Science Requirements | ||
| PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3.0 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
| Social Science Electives | 37.0 | |
| Urban Anthropology | ||
| Anthropology of Immigration | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Economics of Health Care Systems | ||
| Equatorial Guinea: Society & Environment | ||
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Sociology of the Environment | ||
| History of Work & Workers in America | ||
| Principles of Human Resource Administration | ||
| Health-Care Ethics I | ||
| Management Information Systems | ||
| Organizational Behavior | ||
| Women and Children: Health & Society | ||
| Injury Prevention and Control | ||
| Burden of Disease | ||
| Drugs, Society, and Public Health | ||
| Violence and Trauma in Public Health | ||
| Health Inequality | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| International Human Rights | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Abnormal Psychology | ||
| Industrial Psychology | ||
| Psychology - Inequity & Injustice | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Race, Ethnicity and Social Inequality | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Women's Health and Human Rights | ||
| Public Health Core Course Requirements | ||
| PBHL 301 | Epidemiology in Public Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 302 | Introduction to the History of Public Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 303 | Overview of Issues in Global Health | 3.0 |
| PBHL 304 | Introduction to Health & Human Rights | 3.0 |
| PBHL 308 | The U.S. Public Health System | 3.0 |
| PBHL 314 | Environmental and Occupational Health | 3.0 |
| Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirements | ||
| Select one PBHL course from each PH Department below: | 12.0 | |
| Select 12.0 additional PH course credits (PBHL 102-494) | 12.0 | |
| Public Health Capstone Experience | ||
| PBHL 497 | Capstone Experience I | 2.0 |
| PBHL 498 [WI] | Capstone Experience II | 3.0 |
| PBHL 499 [WI] | Capstone Experience III | 3.0 |
| Free Electives | 39.0 | |
| MPH Core Requirements | ||
| 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 |
| Applied Practical Experience | ||
| PBHL 500 | Practical Experience for the Master of Public Health | 0.0 |
| MPH Major Courses, Integrative Learning Experience, and Electives/Graduate Minor *** | 39.0 | |
| Total Credits | 237.0 | |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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Please note that students who take the BIO 131 & BIO 134, BIO 132 & BIO 135, and BIO 133 & BIO 136 sequence will be required to take fewer free electives
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Students will follow the required curriculum of their chosen MPH major.
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4+1, 1 co-op (Accelerated program completed in 5 years)
Students complete undergraduate requirements in four years, then convert to graduate status in the fifth and final year.
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| BIO 107 | 3.0 | BIO 109 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| BIO 108 | 1.0 | BIO 110 | 1.0 | SOC 101 | 3.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | (UG) Social Science Electives | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 101 or 121 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | (UG) Free electives | 6.0 | ||
| PBHL 101 | 3.0 | MATH 102 or 122 | 4.0 | ||||
| UNIV PH101 | 1.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHEM 111 | 4.0 | CHEM 112 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 |
| PBHL 210 or MATH 123 | 4.0 | PBHL 301 | 3.0 | PBHL 314 | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 |
| PBHL 303 | 3.0 | PBHL 302 | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirements | 6.0 |
| PBHL 304 | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirements | 6.0 | (UG) Social Science electives | 6.0 |
| (UG) Free electives | 6.0 | (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirement | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science elective | 3.0 | ||
| 20 | 16 | 18 | 16 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COM 320 | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 6.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| PBHL 308 | 3.0 | (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirement | 3.0 | HMP 505 | 3.0 | ||
| (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirement | 3.0 | (UG) Social Science electives | 6.0 | ||||
| (UG) Social Science electives | 6.0 | BST 571 | 3.0 | ||||
| EPI 570 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| PBHL 497 | 2.0 | PBHL 498 | 3.0 | PBHL 499 | 3.0 | BS Degree Awarded | |
| (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free elective | 3.0 | (UG) Free electives | 6.0 | Student classified as Graduate Student | |
| (UG) Social Science elective | 7.0 | (UG) Social Science electives | 6.0 | (UG) Interdisciplinary Public Health Requirement | 3.0 | PBHL 500 | 0.0 |
| PBHL 510 | 4.0 | PBHL 511 | 4.0 | (GR) MPH Major Courses, Electives / Graduate Minor | 6.0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| (GR) MPH Major Courses, Integrative Learning Experience, and Electives / Graduate Minor | 12.0 | (GR) MPH Major Courses, Integrative Learning Experience, and Electives / Graduate Minor | 12.0 | (GR) MPH Major Courses, Integrative Learning Experience, and Electives / Graduate Minor | 9.0 | ||
| 12 | 12 | 9 | |||||
| Total Credits 237 | |||||||
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.