MBA/MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH JOINT DEGREE
Admission to the Joint Degree Program
Applicants must apply and be accepted to both the MBA and MPH programs. It is recommended that students interested in this joint degree initiate the application process for the MBA portion of the degree during their first semester of enrollment in the MPH program, but no later than their second semester of enrollment.
Contact Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH, associate dean for Academic Affairs, at the School of Public Health, (312) 996-5381 or e-mail bjn@uic.edu for more information and for specific admission requirements to the public health portion of the joint program. Current students interested in applying to a joint program should contact their academic advisor.
Degree Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 74 hours of appropriate graduate work through a combination of core and elective courses to satisfy the joint degree requirements.
| Required Courses for the MBA portion of the joint degree | Required Courses for the MPH portion of the joint degree |
|---|---|
| ACTG 500 (4) Introduction to Financial Accounting |
BSTT 400 (4) Biostatistics I |
| ECON 520 (4) Microeconomics for Business Decisions |
EPID 400 (3) Principles of Epidemiology |
| FIN 500 (4) Introduction to Corporate Finance |
EOHS 400 (3) Principles of Environmental Health Sciences |
| IDS 532 (4) Introduction to Operations Management |
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| MGMT 541 (4) Organizational Behavior |
CHSC 400 (3) Public Health Concepts and Practices |
| MKTG 500(4) Introduction to Marketing |
IPHS 650 (3) Field Experience in Public Health |
| MBA Electives (12) | IPHS 698 Capstone Exp. (1) MPH Divisional Requirements and Electives (18 sh) ** |
