Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (MPHTM)

The MPHTM is a 45-credit on-campus program that prepares public health practitioners to plan and evaluate disease control and prevention programs, physicians to better treat and evaluate tropical diseases, or students to pursue medical school and other medical professions. The curriculum consists of foundational public health courses and specialty courses in the biological, medical, social, and epidemiological aspects of diseases that are more prevalent in tropical regions.

A Glimpse at Your Courses

Foundational Course Requirements:

• Foundations in Public Health
• Biostatistics for Public Health
• Epidemiology for Public Health
• Health Systems Policy and Management
• Design Strategies in Public Health Programs
• Fundamentals of Interprofessional Collaboration & Practice
  

• Medical Helminthology
• Medical Entomology
• Medical Protozoology and Malaria
• Microbial Disease of the Tropics
• Tropical Virology
• Disease Control in Low Resource Settings
  

Program Course Requirements:

• Applied Practice Experience
• Integrative Learning Experience
  

Additional Program Requirements: