The evening 10-week courses are held once a week (generally Mondays) from 6-9 p.m. at the Maywood campus. These evening courses provide interactions with a variety of traditional and non-traditional students who strongly desire to move clinical and public health practice forward and improve health outcomes for all individuals. The evening courses are then combined with online courses that enhance flexibility for the busy student. The Loyola MPH Program in Epidemiology is a mentored program and students will work one-on-one with a practicing researcher to obtain practical training in research methods.
The MPH Program in Epidemiology is multi-disciplinary with coursework taught from a variety of disciplines within the framework of public health. The curriculum consists of 5 core courses (15 credit hours), 7 program specific courses for Epidemiology (21 credit hours), 8 credits of electives, a practicum training experience and a culminating experience (capstone project).
The 5 core courses are:
- Environmental Health (3 credits)
- Public Health Ethics (3 credits)
- Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
- Human Behavior in Social Environment (3 credits)
- Health Policy and Health Systems (3 credits)
The 7 core program specific courses are:
- *Epidemiology I (3 credits)
- *Epidemiology II (3 credits)
- *Biostatistics I (3 credits)
- *Biostatistics II (3 credits)
- *Multivariate Modeling (3 credits)
- Practicum (3 credits) (see end of document for information)
- Capstone Seminar (3 credits) (see end of document for information)
Students must complete 8 credits of electives apart from the required core and program specific courses. Students must choose 3 Research Methods and Epidemiology Electives and 5 general electives. See course electives.
The Practicum portion of the Epidemiology track requires students to complete a research project. Students will be assigned a research mentor and will work directly with the mentor on a research topic. Six credits of program specific courses must be completed before beginning the practicum.
The capstone, or culminating experience project will involve the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to address a public health problem. Completion of the MPH capstone project requires both written and oral components and completion of the project will be done under the direction of the student’s mentor. See practicum and culminating experience.
For additional information, please email us at mph@lumc.edu
