UE's online 公共卫生硕士 in Health Policy is a great opportunity for those who want further study in public health policy. Students may enroll on either a full-time or part-time basis, with a full-time student taking two years to complete the program. All courses are taught in an online format. Distance learning provides location and day-to-day flexibility in scheduling “class” for students who have work, 家庭, 或者其他职责.

Total credit hours required for the master's degree is 39 and they are divided into three categories:

• 公共卫生核心课程
• 卫生政策核心课程
• 顶点课程和实习

The specific objectives of the health policy program are: (1) to provide its students with a basic foundation of knowledge in public health and health policy, (2)教授概念, 原则, and scientific skills necessary for health services policy development and evaluation. The health policy program, within the 卫生科学学院, aims to have students develop an understanding of the importance of data and research as policy and management tools. Students are taught to anticipate future needs relative to expanding technology, changing patterns of community health, and emerging societal and programmatic needs.

The program provides a unified approach to policy. It is built on the recognition that issues of health policy cannot be divorced from 原则 of sound management, nor can health care management or policy be developed without a fundamental understanding of morbidity, 死亡率, 流行病学方法. 进一步, the program recognizes that leaders cannot make successful decisions about the delivery of health care nor solve the health problems affecting society over the next decades without extensive analytic and decision-making skills. Students need to be able to translate sound scientific evidence into effective health policy. The program emphasizes training in quantitative methods, 经济学, 流行病学, and evaluative methods for policy and management. Social and behavioral sciences are integral parts of many courses throughout the two-year curriculum.

入学要求

• The application deadline for Fall admission is July 15.
• The application deadline for Spring admission is October 15.
• The application deadline for Summer admission is March 15.
• 研究生课程申请.
• 本科GPA 3.0或以上.
• 宗旨声明.
  • Your 宗旨声明 should explain why your background has prepared you for graduate education in public health. It is intended to give you the opportunity to submit a tailored narrative which will describe your education, 经验, and professional career objectives. Your 宗旨声明 should describe your: reasons for interest in public health, 的职业目标, why you need a degree in the specific program, why you are pursuing this degree now, and why at 英国威廉希尔中文网站.
• 英语水平. All international applicants must submit scores from one of the tests listed below:
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 71 IBT.
  • The 国际 English Language Testing System (雅思)，成绩不低于6分.5.

课程

请注意:

• If students have two or more years of public health work 经验, then the internship will be waived.
• A grade of "C", or better, is required in all MPH courses. Courses cannot be repeated more than three times.