DEGREES
DEGREE
OPTIONS • CURRICULUM
• SPECIAL
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Degree Options
The Division of Community Health Sciences
(CHS) awards the following professional
and graduate degrees through the School
of Public Health and the Graduate College:
- Master
of Public Health (MPH)
- Master of Science (MS)
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Enrollment can be on a full- or part-time basis. The MPH program also includes a completely online option for students.MPH students are admitted to the Comprehensive Curriculum or to the Professional Enhancement Program Curriculum for experienced professionals with at least three years of paid public health or community health experience. Either program can be completed entirely through face-to-face or online courses or a combination of these formats.
The MPH curriculum provides students with
a scientific knowledge base, practical public
health experience, and scientific research
and writing experience. The MPH is directed
toward students interested in public health
practice and administrative positions.
The MS and PhD curricula provide an understanding
of a substantive area of public health and
advanced quantitative skills within a public
and community health context. Concentrated
course work is undertaken related to a selected
research project. The MS and PhD programs
are directed to students interested in academic
or research careers.
Note: The DrPH is a school-wide, not a
divisional, degree. For information about
the DrPH program visit: http://www.uic.edu/sph/academics_drphdegree.html.
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Curriculum
CHS offers courses basic to Community Public Health Practice as well as additional courses in a variety of topics including:
- Behavioral sciences and health promotion
- Gerontology
- Community Based Research Methods, and
- Maternal
and child health (including MCH epidemiology);
or students may develop an individualized program that includes courses in other CHS topic areas such as developmental disabilities, international health, public health practice, public health nutrition, and women’s health studies. Behavioral science aspects of public health are an integral part of all these topic areas. Students complete courses in a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods for assessing the health of populations as well as for program planning and evaluation and policy development. Individual programs of study are developed for each student based on professional needs, career goals, and orientation to public health practice, and can be completed on a full- or part-time basis.
Visit the Community Health Sciences section
in the Student Handbook for more
detailed information on:
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Special Programs of Study
CHS offers the following specialized programs:
Joint Degrees
The Division of Community Health Sciences
participates actively in the School of Public
Health’s
joint degree programs with the UIC College
of Nursing leading to the Master of Science
in Nursing and the Master of Public Health
(MPH/MSN), the College of Medicine (MPH/MD),
the College of Dentistry (MPH/DDS),the Anthropology Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (MPH/MA) and
the College of Business Administration (MPH/MBA).
All of these combined degree programs allow
students to complete the MPH portion with
reduced curriculum requirements.
The Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
Program at UIC is a collaborative effort
of the Maternal and Child Health Program/Community
Health Sciences Division and the Epidemiology
and Biostatistics Division. Students in
the program are required to follow a course
of study that combines the assessment, planning,
analytic methods, and MCH courses of the
Community Health Sciences Division with
the epidemiology requirements of the Epidemiology
and Biostatistics Division. Because the
focus of the program is on the application
of epidemiologic and other analytic methods
to the resolution of current MCH problems,
students are required to work with state
or local health agencies for their field
practicum (MPH) or dissertation (PhD). Graduates
of this program will have the analytic skills
to enable them to perform many of the activities
of the MCH planning cycle at a very high
level: surveillance, assessment, planning,
implementation, monitoring, evaluation,
and policy development. Special funding
is available for qualified first-year and
continuing doctoral students in the MCH
Epidemiology Program.
For further information, contact Katerina Barcal, Graduate Education Coordinator, Maternal and Child Health Program, at 312-413-5625 or kbarcal@uic.edu, or the Academic Coordinator, Community Health Sciences Division, at 312-996-8940.
Global Health Concentration
The Global Health Concentration is designed to attract students at the masters level who are interested in preparing for international careers in government, with international NGOs and health care agencies, industry, and academic institutions. Foreign students who undertake the concentration will be prepared to return to their home countries to work in the country’s ministry of health, with international governmental agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other health care organizations.
Graduate Concentration in Survey Research
Methodology
The Graduate Concentration in Survey Research
Methodology (GCSRM) provides state-of-the-art
knowledge and skills in scientifically grounded
survey research methodology. Using a multidisciplinary
strategy that draws on survey research resources
across the UIC campus, the GCSRM provides
a unique opportunity for systematic, integrated
study of the conduct of professional survey
research. This is the only program of its
kind serving Chicago and the Illinois region.
For further information, contact:
Timothy P. Johnson PhD, Co-Director, 629
CUPPA Hall, M/C 336, 312-996-5310, tjohnson@srl.uic.edu,
or Frederick J. Kviz, PhD, Co-Director,
645 SPHPI, M/C 923, 312-996-4889, fkviz@uic.edu.
Graduate Concentration in Women's Health
The Graduate Concentration in Women's Health, sponsored by the College of Nursing, the School of Public Health, and the Gender and Women's Studies program, is an elective concentration for graduate students consisting of courses across several academic units. Courses provide foundational knowledge and address concepts essential to an understanding of the field of Women's Health, including gender issues, culture, social issues, holistic approaches, multidisciplinarity, and they reflect the ethical foundations of the field. Students within any of the existing Concentration programs within either the School of Public Health or the College of Nursing are eligible to participate in the Concentration. concentration is compatible with and does not preclude other selected tracks of study.
For additional information, contact Mary Kleinman Center for Research Women and Gender (312-413-7817, kleinman@uic.edu) or Concentration Director Carrie Klima, Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing (cklima@uic.edu).
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