UIC School of Public Health Student Handbook 2008-2009

Joint Degree Program – MBA / MPH

Length of Program

2.5 – 3 years (attending on a full-time basis)

Final Degrees Awarded

MBA/MPH

Admission Requirements

·    Must apply and be accepted to both the College  of Business Administration and School of Public Health

·    Apply for joint degree program on admission application

Program Requirements

All students must satisfy the requirements for both the MBA and MPH program

TOTAL Credit Hours = 70 semester hours

College of Business Administration

School of Public Health

·      See Masters of Business Administration website for further admission requirements:

http://www.uic.edu/cba/lgradbiz/

·    Students may choose to receive their MPH in one of the following divisions:

1.   Community Health Sciences (CHSC) http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mphchs.htm

2.   Health Policy and Administration (HPA) http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mphhpa.htm/

3.   Environmental and Occupational health Sciences (EOHS)http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mpheohs.htm

4.   Epidemiology  (EPID)http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mphepi.htm

5.    Biostatistics (BSTT)http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mph_biostats.htm

Program of Study

The 70 credit hour program is tailored to accommodate students on either a full-time or part-time basis.  Tuition and fees charged by the two programs differ.  Students will be charged the tuition and fees associated with the program into which they are first accepted, and will be charged the tuition and fees associated with the other program once the semester hours of the first program have been reached.  Students will be assigned joint advisors, one faculty member from Business Administration and one faculty member from the School of Public Health.   

Joint Degree Requirements (70 semester credit hours):

1.   Business Administration core (24  SH)

2.   School of Public Health core (17 SH)

3.   MBA Electives (12 SH)

4.   MPH Divisional Requirements, Concentrations, Electives (variable)  [A minimum of 42 semester hours of course-work must be taken within the MPH program,  inclusive of shared credit hours]

MBA Core (24 semester credit hours): 

·   ACTG 500 Intro to Financial & Management  Accounting (4 SH)

·   ECON 520 Microeconomics  for Business Decisions (4 SH)

·   FIN 500 Intro to Corporate Finance (4 SH)

·   IDS 532 Decision Models & Info. Systems II (4 SH)

·   MGMT 541 Organ Behavior (4 SH)

·   MKTG 500 Intro. to Marketing (4 SH)

SPH Core (17 semester credit hours):

·   CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practices (3 SH)

·   BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)

·   EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology  (3 SH)  OR  EPID 403  Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles/Methods (3 SH)  (depending on Division)

·   EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)

·   IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3 SH)

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/
education/initial.shtml)

·   HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit)

·   Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

Electives

MBA Electives (12 semester credit hours)

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. Students also have the option to complete a concentration if desired.

MPH Electives

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

MPH course electives must at a minimum bring the total MPH program hours to 42 semester hours, inclusive of shared credit hours.  For some divisions more than the minimum number of credit hours must be completed.

Shared

·   No more than 25% of total credit hours required may be shared between the programs.

·   Contact Associate Dean Neuberger to identify shared courses.

Contact Information

School of Public Health:

Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health

(312) 996-5381

bjn@uic.edu

Liautaud Graduate School of Business:

Michele Sexton Dorvil
Assistant Dean and Director

(312) 996-4573
Email: mdorvil@uic.edu    

Joint Degree Program – MS Nursing / MPH

Length of Program

2 years

Final Degrees Awarded

MS Nursing / MPH

Admission Requirements

·    Must apply and be accepted to both the College of Nursing through the Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administration and the School of Public Health

Program Requirements

All students must satisfy the requirements for both the MS Nursing and MPH program

TOTAL Credit Hours = 56-59 semester hours

College of Nursing

School of Public Health

·    Students must satisfy 29-31 semester hours in College of Nursing inclusive of shared credit hours.

·    Students must satisfy requirements of MPH Professional Enhancement Program (PEP) in Community Health Sciences (min 42 semester hours) http://www.uic.edu/sph/shandbook
_mphchs.htm

Program of Study

The following 57-59 credit program 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 up to four years.

School of Public Health Core Courses (17 semester credit hours):

·      BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)* or NUSC 525 Intermediate Statistics  (3 SH)* 

·      CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 SH)

·      EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·      EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology (3 SH)  [ EPID 403 (3 SH) is strongly encouraged]

·      CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3 SH)

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/
education/initial.shtml)

·      HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit) 

·      Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

Culminating Experience:

·      IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3-5 SH)**

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)***

CHS Core Courses (17 semester credit hours):

·      CHSC 431 Community Assessment in Public Health (3 SH)*

·      CHSC 433 Program Planning and Evaluation (3 SH)*

·      CHSC 480 Health Education and Health Promotion (3 SH)

Select one of the following:

·      CHSC 527 Critical Issues in Long-Term Care Policy (3 SH)

·      CHSC 543 MCH Policy and Advocacy (3 SH)

·      HPA 430 Introduction to Public Health Policy Analysis (3 SH)

College of Nursing Courses (23-25 semester credit hours):

·      NUPH 505 Nursing Systems Operation Management (3 SH)*

·      NUPH 507 Advanced Community Health Nursing: Introductions & Interventions (4 SH)

·      NUPH 512 Healthcare Human Resource Management (3 SH)

·      NUPH 517 Budget and Finance of Health and Nursing Services (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 (1 SH)

·      NUSC xxx Choose one of the following: NUSC 597 Project Research (3 SH) OR NUSC 598 Thesis Research (5 SH)

Shared

·      CHSC 431 Community Assessment in Public Health (3 SH)

·      CHSC 433 Program Planning and Evaluation (3 SH)

·      NUPH 505 Nursing Systems Operation Management (3 SH)

·      NUPH 517 Budget and Finance of Health and Nursing Services (3 SH)

·      NUSC 526 Nursing Inquiry I (2 SH)

·      NUSC 527 Nursing Inquiry II (2 SH)

Contact Information

School of Public Health:

Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs,  School of Public Health

(312) 996-5381

bjn@uic.edu

College of Nursing:

Martha Dewey Bergren, DNS, RN, NCSN, ILCSN, FNASN

Clinical Assistant Professor

(312) 996-1321

bergren@uic.edu

Coordinated Degree Program – JD  / MPH

Length of Program

3.5  years (attending on a full-time basis)

Final Degrees Awarded

JD / MPH

Admission Requirements

·      Must apply and be accepted to both the Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT and UIC School of Public Health

·      Indicate application to the coordinated degree program on admission application

·      LSAT scores may be substituted for GRE scores as part of the application to the School of Public Health

Program Requirements

All students must satisfy the requirements for both the JD and MPH program

Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT

UIC School of Public Health

·    See Chicago- Kent College of Law website for further admission requirements:http://www.kentlaw.edu
/academics/multidegree/jd_mph.html#admi

·    Students must satisfy requirements of MPH Professional Enhancement Program (PEP) in Health Policy and Administration (HPA) (min 42 semester hours): http://www.uic.edu/sph/
shandbook_mphhpa.htm)

Program of Study

The coordinated program is tailored to accommodate students on either a full-time or part-time basis.  Each institution will assess its own tuition and fees.  While a student is attending one school, he or she will be considered on official leave of absence at the other school. Thus, the student will pay tuition and be eligible for scholarship support at only one school at a time. Students will be assigned joint advisors, one faculty member from Chicago-Kent College of Law and one faculty member from the School of Public Health.   

Joint Degree Requirements (129 semester credit hours):

1. Law School core (40 SH)
2. School of Public Health core (20 SH)
3. JD  Electives (47 SH, inclusive of shared courses)
4. MPH Electives (22 SH)

JD  Core  (40 semester credit hours): 

·    Law 258 Civil Procedure (5 SH)

·    Law 275 Constitutional Law (4 SH)

·    Law 251 Contracts (5 SH)

·    Law 257 Criminal Law  (3 SH)

·    Law 206 Legislative Process  (3 SH)

·    Law 415 Professional Responsibility (2 SH)

·    Law 261 Property (4 SH) 

·    Law 253 Torts (5 SH)

·    Law 259 Legal Writing 1 (3 SH)

·    Law 260 Legal Writing 2 (2 SH)

·    Law 431 Legal Writing 3 (1 SH)

·    Law 432 Legal Writing 4 (3 SH)

SPH core (20 semester credit hours):

·   CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practices (3 SH)

·   HPA 400 Principles of Management in Public Health (3 SH)

·   BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)

·   EPID 400 Principles of Epidemiology  (3 SH)  OR  EPID 403  Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles/Methods (3 SH)  (depending on Division)

·   EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·   IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)

·   IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3 SH)

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/
education/initial.shtml)

·   HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit)

·   Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

Electives

JD Electives (47 SH; inclusive of shared courses)

Through elective courses students may pursue a deeper understanding of a particular substantive, health-related area, including disability law, elder law, environmental and energy law, family law, food and drug law, genetics and law, health law, medical malpractice, and reproductive technologies law.

MPH Electives (22 SH)

Students must satisfy requirements of the Health Policy and Administration ‘s  MPH Professional Enhancement Program (add hyperlink).    MPH course electives must at a minimum bring the total MPH program hours to 42 semester hours.

Shared

Twelve hours of course-work (roughly one semester's worth of credit) taken at the School of Public Health will count toward elective credit at Chicago-Kent, enabling students to complete both degrees in 3 ½ years. With proper planning, participation in clinical experiences and/or externships at Chicago-Kent also may satisfy the School of Public Health's field practicum requirement and provide a foundation for the MPH Capstone project.

Contact Information

School of Public Health:

Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health

(312) 996-5381

bjn@uic.edu

IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law:

Harold J. Krent, JD

Dean, Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT

(312)  906- 5010

Hkrent@kentlaw.edu   

Joint Degree Program – DVM / MPH

Length of Program

5 years

Final Degrees Awarded

DVM / MPH

Admission Requirements

·      Must apply and be accepted to both the UIUC College of Veterinary Medicine DVM program and School of Public Health

·      DVM students must have earned a baccalaureate degree to qualify for admission to the joint degree program.

Program Requirements

All students must satisfy the requirements for both the DVM and MPH program

TOTAL Credit Hours = 148-151 semester hours

College of Veterinary Medicine - UIUC

School of Public Health

·      Students must satisfy four years of the required Veterinary Medicine Degree program of study

·    Students must satisfy requirements of MPH Professional Enhancement Program (PEP) in Epidemiology (min 42 semester hours) http://www.uic.edu/
sph/shandbook_mphepi.htm

Program of Study

Program of Study

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Veterinary Medicine students are encouraged to complete 1 or more Public Health courses in the Summers preceding and following their DVM1 Year. Veterinary Medicine students will ordinarily complete Years 1 through 3 of their veterinary medicine training at UIUC, while taking some public health courses online and/or completing courses deemed equivalent to required SPH courses within the graduate program of Veterinary Pathology.   DVM students will spend a minimum of two semesters (fall and spring) in residence at the UIC School of Public Health following their third year of veterinary medicine training. Students are encouraged to spend a summer in Chicago to complete their field experience and capstone project in a public health- related setting. Students will return to UIUC to complete their fourth year clinical rotations.

An example of progression through the joint degree DVM / MPH program follows:

YEAR 1 (23.5 semester credit hours)

Summer preceding DVM1 Year:

·      CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in PH (3 SH)

Fall:

·      VB 600 Gross Anatomy I (5 SH)

·      VB 601 Veterinary Histology (5 SH)

·      VB 610 Neurobiology (3 SH)

·      VB 615 Physiology I (4 SH)

·      VCM 628 Veterinary Clinical Orientation I (1 SH)

Spring:

·      ANSCI 325 Principles of Animal Nutrition ( 3 SH)

·      VB 602 Gross Anatomy II (4 SH)

·      VB 616 Physiology II (4.5 SH)

·      VCM 629 Veterinary Clinical Orientation II (1 SH)

·      PATH 632  Veterinary Immunology (3 SH)

Summer:

·      HPA 400 Principles of Management in PH (3 SH)

Year 2 (39.5 semester credit hours)

Fall:

·      VB 618 Pharmacology I (2.5 SH)

·      VCM 672 Veterinary Jurisprudence (1 SH)

·      PATH 631 Bacteriology and Mycology (4 SH)

·      PATH 633 Veterinary Parasitology (4 SH)

·      PATH 634 General Pathology (4 SH)

·      PATH 650 Epidemiology (2 SH) (may substitute EPID 403 Intro to Epidemiology: Principles & Methods)*

Spring:

·      VB 619 Pharmacology II (3 SH)

·      VCM 630 Companion Animal Medicine I (2 SH)

·      VCM 631 Companion Animal Medicine II (3 SH)

·      VCM 658 Clinical Proc. & Problem Solving I (1 SH)

·      PATH 635 Special Pathology (4 SH)

·      PATH 637 Virology (3 SH)*

·      PATH 638 Veterinary Clinical Pathology (4 SH)

·      PATH 641 Food Hygiene and Public Health (2 SH)*

Year 3 (35-38 semester credit hours)

Fall:

·      VB 620 Toxicology (2 SH)*

·      VCM 632 Companion Animal Medicine III (3 SH)

·      VCM 633 Companion Animal Medicine IV (2 SH)

·      VCM 659 Clinical Proc & Pro. Solving III (1 SH)

·      VCM 651 Introduction to Surgery (1 SH)

·      VCM 652 General Small Animal Surgery (1.5 SH)

·      VCM 653 General Large Animal Surgery (1.5 SH)

·      VCM 675 Theriogenology (4 SH)

·      VCM 676 Anesthesiology and Fluid Therapy (2 SH)

Spring:

·     VB 624 Food Animal Nutrition ( 2 SH)

·     VB 626 Companion Animal Nutrition (1 SH)

·     VCM 636 Cardiology and Critical Care (2 SH)

·     VCM 654 Special Small Animal Surgery (2.5 SH)

·     VCM 655 Special Large Animal Surgery (2.5 SH)

·     VCM 667 Radiology and Radiobiology (3 SH)

·     PATH 643 Diseases of Poultry (1 SH)

Year 4 MPH Requirements, Epidemiology Concentration (35 – 43 semester credit hours)

·      EPID 403 Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 SH)

·      BSTT 400 Biostatistics I (4 SH)

·      HPA 400 Principles of Management in Public Health (3 SH) (if not taken previously)

·      CHSC 400 Public Health Concepts and Practice (3 SH)

·      EOHS 400 Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·      CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3 SH) (if not taken previously)

·      EPID 404 Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 SH)

·      EPID 406 Epidemiologic Computing (3 SH)

·      EPID 410 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 SH) (may substitute PATH 516 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases)**

·      EPID 411 Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (3 SH)

·      EPID 591 Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 SH)

·      BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4 SH) (may substitute PATH 591 Design and Analysis of Biomedical Experiments)**

·      IPHS 650 Field Experience in Public Health (3-5 SH)

·      IPHS 698 MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)

Electives for MPH: Students must take the number of electives as necessary to bring the total number of semester hours for the master of public health program to 42 semester credit hours.

Year 5 4th year DVM Clinical Rotations

* Shared coursework taken in the DVM program may count to satisfy MPH elective requirements.

** Substitutions are subject to the approval of School of Public Health faculty.

Shared

·     Credit for the following courses may be counted toward meeting requirements of both the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health programs: PATH641 - Food Hygiene and Public Health (2 SH), VB 620 - Toxicology (2 SH), and PATH 637 - Virology (3 SH).

·     Between 3-5 semester hours of credit for field practicum and capstone experience (1 hour) may apply to the DVM degree.

·     No more than 25% of total credit hours required may be shared between the programs.

Contact Information

School of Public Health:

Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UIC School of Public Health

(312) 996-5381

bjn@uic.edu

College of Veterinary Medicine - UIUC:

Jack Herrmann, DVM, MPH

Director, DVM/MPH Program

(217) 265-6586

jah1110@uic.edu

Joint Degree Program – MA Anthropology / MPH

Length of Program

3 years

Final Degrees Awarded

MA Anthropology / MPH

Admission Requirements

·      Must apply and be accepted to both the Department of Anthropology and School of Public Health

·      Apply for joint degree program on admission application

Program Requirements

All students must satisfy the requirements for both the MA and MPH program

TOTAL Credit Hours = 71 – 76 semester hours

Department of Anthropology

School of Public Health

·   See Department of Anthropology website for further admission requirements: 

http://www.uic.edu/depts/anth/
gradprog.html

·   Students may choose to receive their MPH in one of the following divisions:

1. Community Health Sciences (CHSC)

2.  Epidemiology  (EPID)

Program of Study

The 71-76 credit program is tailored to accommodate full-time students working to complete both degrees within three academic years. Tuition and fees charged by the two programs differ.  Students will be charged the tuition and fees associated with the program into which they are first accepted, usually Anthropology, and will be charged the tuition and fees associated with the other program once the semester hours of the first program have been reached.  Students will be assigned joint advisors, one faculty member from Anthropology and one faculty member from the School of Public Health, in addition to the Anthropology departmental graduate advisor.  Students must obtain an A, B, or satisfactory grade for all courses in the joint degree program.

Joint Degree Requirements (71-76 total semester credit hours):

1.    Anthropology and Global Health core (AGH) (12 SH)

2.    Anthropology core (18 SH)

3.    School of Public Health core (20 SH)

4.    Community Health Science core (15 SH)  OR  Epidemiology core (18 SH)

5.    2 Electives (6-8 SH)

AGH core (12 semester credit hours):

·   ANTH/IPHS 415 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health I (4 SH)

·   ANTH/IPHS 416 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health II (4 SH)

·   ANTH/IPHS 516 AGH Integrative Seminar (4 SH)

Anthropology core (18 semester credit hours):

·   ANTH 500  Social and Cultural Theory I (4 SH)

·   ANTH 501  Social and Cultural Theory II (4 SH)

·   ANTH 502  Theory and Method in Archaeology (4 SH)

·   ANTH 503  Hominid, Phylogeny and Adaptations (5 SH)

·   ANTH 595  Graduate Seminar in Anthropology (1 SH)

SPH core (20 semester credit hours):

·   CHSC 400  Public Health Concepts and Practices (3 SH)

·   BSTT 400   Biostatistics I (may also be met by ANTH 455 for CHSC Track only) (4 SH)

·   HPA 400     Principles of Management in Public Health (3 SH)

·   EPID 403    Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles/Methods (3 SH)

·   EOHS 400  Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (3 SH)

·   IPHS 698    MPH Capstone Experience (1 SH)

·   IPHS 650    Field Experience in Public Health (3 SH)

Required Non-Credit Training:
(http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/protocolreview/irb/
education/initial.shtml)

·   HIPAA Research 101 (non-credit)

·   Investigator Training 101 (non-credit)

CHSC core (15 semester credit hours):

·   CHSC 431  Community Assessment in Public Health (3 SH) 

·   CHSC 433  Public Health Planning and Evaluation (3 SH)

·   CHSC 446  Research Methods in Community Health (3 SH)

·   CHSC 480  Health Education and Health Promotion (3 SH)

Select one of the following:

·   CHSC 527  Critical Issues in Long-term Care Policy (3 SH)

·   CHSC 543  MCH Policy and Advocacy (3 SH)

·   HPA 430  Introduction to Public Health Policy Analysis (3 SH)

EPID core (18 semester credit hours):

·   EPID 406  Epidemiological Computing (3 SH)

·   EPID 404  Intermediate Epidemiological Methods (4 SH)

·   EPID 410  Epidemiology of Infectious Disease (2 SH)

·   EPID 411  Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (3 SH)

·   EPID 591  Current Epidemiologic Literature (2 SH)

·   BSTT 401 Biostatistics II (4 SH)

Electives: 6-8 semester credit hours chosen in consultation with graduate advisors

Shared

·   No more than 25% of total credit hours required may be shared between the programs.

·   Credit for the following courses may be counted toward meeting requirements of both the MA in Anthropology and Master of Public Health programs:  ANTH/IPHS 415 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health I (4); ANTH/IPHS 416 Foundations in Anthropology and Global Health II (4); ANTH/IPHS 516 AGH integrative seminar (4) [Note, CHSC 401 Behavioral Sciences in Public Health (3) is not required for the joint program.]

·   ANTH 455 Quantitative Methods (4) may be used to fulfill BSTT 400 Biostatistics requirement for CHSC track only,  with permission of advisors

·   2 electives (6-8 hours)

Contact Information

School of Public Health:

Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Health

(312) 996-5381

bjn@uic.edu

College of Arts and Sciences:

Laura Junkers, PhD

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology

(312) 996-3116

ljunker@uic.edu