The curriculum is comprised of core courses, elective courses, workshops, professional site-visits and the writing of a mentored Thesis or Master's Paper.
Core Courses
The required courses which constitute the core of the IMPH studies include:
- Community Oriented Primary Health Care Workshop
- Control of Communicable Diseases
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health Economics
- Health Promotion and Health Behavior
- Interpretation of Epidemiological Data
- Introduction to Public Health
- Monitoring & Evaluation of Public Health Programs Workshop
- Organization of Medical Care
- Principles and Uses of Epidemiology
- Public Health Nutrition
- Public Health Practice, Organization and Evaluation
- Public Health Seminar & Professional Site Visits
- Qualitative Methods in Public Health
- Research Forum
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Statistical Methods for Public Health
- Survey and Research Methods
Elective Courses
Students also choose from a wide range of elective courses such as:
- Aging: Epidemiology and Services
- Community Mental Health
- Disaster and Crisis Medicine
- Economic Evaluation of Public Health and Medical Interventions
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Public Health
- Health Promotion
- History of Public Health Epidemiology
- Public Health Demography
- Maternal and Child Health
- Multidisciplinary Aspects of HIV/AIDS
- Public Health Ethics
- Selected Topics in Epidemiology
- Statistical Methods for Analysis of Rates
Examinations and Grading
Course grades are based on written or oral examinations, papers, or student presentations, depending on the course. Students must obtain a passing grade of 60 in each course to be eligible to receive the MPH degree.
