The UIC College of Medicine and the School of Public Health (SPH) offer a program of study leading to the joint MD/MPH degrees. This is a five-year program of study.

Students must apply to the joint degree program at the outset of their training. In rare circumstances, medical students may apply to the joint program during their first year of medical school.

Students are encouraged to take advantage of the summers before and after the College of Medicine M1 year to complete some of the MPH core course requirements. The fourth year of the five-year program will be dedicated to completing the core requirements and much of the elective course load of the Master of Public Health degree. In the fifth year students must complete all M4 requirements including the medicine sub-internship and the core sub-specialty rotations, the SPH capstone experience, and College of Medicine clinical electives which may be satisfied by approved course work in SPH. Concurrent public health course work during the M1 through M3 years is discouraged.

For further information, contact Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at 312-996-5381.

A combined DDS/MPH degree program is available for students in good standing in the College of Dentistry at UIC.

For further information, contact Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at 312-996-5381.

Students must complete a minimum of 70 semester hours of appropriate graduate work through a combination of core and elective courses to satisfy the joint degree requirements. Most students will complete the joint degree in two and one-half years on a full-time basis or in three and one-half years on a part-time basis.

MBA Core Requirements (24 sh)

ACTG 500 : Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting (4 sh)
ECON 520 : Microeconomics for Business Decisions (4 sh)
FIN 500 : Introduction to Corporate Finance (4 sh)
IDS 532 : Decision Models & Information Systems II (4 sh)
MGMT 541 : Organizational Behavior (4 sh)
MKTG 500 : Introduction to Marketing (4 sh)

MPH Core Requirements (15 sh)

BSTT 400 : Biostatistics I (3 sh)
EPID 400 : Principles of Epidemiology (3 sh)
CHSC 400 : Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 sh)
EOHS 400 : Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 sh)
HPA 401 : Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (2 sh)
IPHS 698 : MPH Capstone Experience (1 sh)

Elective hours must raise the total hours for the joint degree to at least 70:

MBA Electives (12 sh)

Students must take at least three elective courses (twelve semester hours) from courses offered within at least two departments in the College of Business Administration.

MPH Electives (18 to 23 sh)

Students must satisfy requirements of one of the public health disciplines offered by the School of Public Health.

For further information, contact Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at 312-996-5381.

The UIC College of Nursing and the School of Public Health offer a program leading to two degrees: the Master of Science (MS) in Nursing with specialization in public health nursing and the Master of Public Health (MPH) with specialization in community health.

The joint degree program is designed for registered nurses seeking an advanced nursing degree and public health experience to prepare them for high-level administrative, consulting, and leadership positions in the public health field. Nurses who complete the joint degree program will be well prepared to assume leadership positions in a variety of settings and programs that are community based or population focused. The joint degree program helps nurses to integrate clinical knowledge and administrative expertise with public health practice to improve the delivery of health services in a variety of settings. Nurses interested in this option must be admitted to both the School of Public Health through the Community Health Sciences (CHS) Division and the College of Nursing through the Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administration (PMA).

The joint program of 57-66 credits is tailored to accommodate full-time students working to complete both degrees in two academic years. The required coursework also can be completed on a part-time basis in up to four years. Courses designated with an asterisk (*) meet both College of Nursing and School of Public Health degree requirements.

College of Nursing Courses (23-25 sh)

*NUPH 515 : Advanced Nursing Management in Community-focused Health Services (3 sh)
*NUPH 516 : Evaluation of Health Services Outcomes for Nursing (3 sh)
NUPH 517 : Budget and Finance of Health and Nursing Services (3 sh)
NUPH 518 : Field Study in Health and Nursing Management (3 sh)
*NUSC 526 : Nursing Inquiry I (2 sh)
*NUSC 527 : Nursing Inquiry II (2 sh)
NUSC 528 : Health, Environment, and Systems (2 sh)
NUSC 529 : Issues of Advanced Practice in Nursing (2 sh)
NUSC xxx : Choose one of the following: NUSC 597 or NUSC 598 (3-5 sh)

School of Public Health Courses (34-41 sh)

*BSTT 400 : Biostatistics I (3 sh)
*EPID 400 : Principles of Epidemiology (3 sh)
CHSC 400 : Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 sh)
EOHS 400 : Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 sh)
HPA 401 : Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (2 sh)
CHSC 480 : Health Education and Health Promotion (3 sh)
Choose one of the following policy and advocacy courses: CHSC 527, CHSC 543, or HPA 430 (3 sh)
CHS Track Requirements (5-10 sh)
CHS Elective Requirements (5 sh)
IPHS 650 : Field Experience in Public Health (3 or 5 sh)
IPHS 698 : MPH Capstone Experience (1 sh)

Minimum credits required: 57-66 sh

For further information, contact Rebecca Fields, MPH, Academic Coordinator, Community Health Sciences Division, at 312-996-8940.

The School of Public Health and the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law offer a coordinated program leading to both the Juris Doctor and the Master of Public Health degrees. The full program may be completed in three and one-half years (on a full-time basis): one year at SPH and two and one-half years at the law school. Students must apply to both schools through the normal admissions processes. Admission into the program is contingent on admission to both schools. IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law offers almost two dozen classes in every aspect of health and the law: legal and ethical issues in health care; environmental law; elder law; genetics and the law; and many more. The UIC School of Public Health has three lawyers on its full-time faculty, with courses emphasizing the public health aspects of legal and public policymaking institutions and procedures.

For further information, contact Daniel Swartzman, JD, MPH, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, at 312-996-5756, or request a copy of the JD/MPH Brochure from Ms. Gwendolyn Slaughter at 312-996-6628.