5 Year BA/BS and Masters in Public Health

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Introduction

Please click here to see Health and Behavioral Sciences department information.
Please click here to see the overview of the Public Health undergraduate program.
Please click here to see the overview of the Masters in Public Health graduate program.

These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

PBHL Director: Meng Li, Associate Professor
Office: North Classroom 3018
Telephone: 303-315-7150
Fax: 303-556-8501
Email: Meng.Li@ucdenver.edu

CSPH Contact: Chloe Bennion, Student Affairs and Academic Operations Director
Office: Fitzsimons Building, Room E-3301
Telephone: 303-724-4745
Email: Chloe.Bennion@cuanschutz.edu

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

Declaring This Major

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To be eligible, students must be declared PBHL majors (BA or BS).
Ideal candidates will have a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and will have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours toward their undergraduate PBHL degree, including Introduction to Public Health (PBHL 2001), General Biology I with lab (BIOL 2051/2071) and General Biology II with lab (BIOL 2061/2081), each completed with grades of B+ or higher.
Complete an application via SOPHAS EXPRESS(NOTE: GREs are not required). Students should apply by the January preferred deadline in their Sophomore or Junior year.
Upon application, declare a provisional MPH concentration (NOTE: some concentrations may establish additional eligibility criteria).

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the three areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
CU Denver Core Curriculum
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements

Undergraduate degree requirements follow either the BA (here) or BS (here).
Students in this program will be conferred both degrees (BA or BS, and MPH) simultaneously upon completion of all requirements.
Each class must be completed with a grade of C- or higher to count towards the major, and students must maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA in the undergraduate major and MPH courses.
The following are exceptions and/or substitutions that are applicable to the BA/BS requirements for students in the BA/BS - MPH program:

Take the following Core course:
PBHL 2001 - Introduction To Public Health (in lieu of PUBH 6600 requirement for MPH program)
Take two graduate-level classes from the following list, which will count toward both degrees:
PBHL 3001 - Introduction to Epidemiology can be replaced by EPID 6630
PBHL 3020 - Introduction to Environmental Health can be replaced by EHOH 6614
PBHL 3030 - Health Policy can be replaced by HSMP 6601
PBHL 4040 - Social Determinants of Health can be replaced by CBHS 6610
Take the following Quantitative Methods course:
MATH 5830 - Applied Statistics (in lieu of BIOS 6601 requirement for MPH program, counts towards both degrees)
Additional Notes
1. To facilitate timely completion of the program, students are expected to take 6 credits in each of 2 summers.
2. If students apply late to this program, (including having already completed additional PBHL core requirements), they may not be able to benefit from all of the substitution-based time savings, and therefore may not be able to complete the program in 5 years.