UNH Graduate School - Public Health

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Application Deadlines

Fall:
March 1st for financial assistance
July 1st

Spring:
December 1st

Summer:
Not open for admissions

Application Requirements

Test Scores: No

Special Instructions: Applicants for part-time study at the Center for Graduate & Professional Studies at Manchester should indicate this in the program and degree section (II) of the application.

All applicants are also required, by the department, to submit a resume with their application.

Personal Essay: the UNH Master’s in Public Health (M.P.H.) Program and Public Health Certificate Program requires each applicant to submit a typed, well-written personal statement answering 5 essay questions. You can find the questions here.

New England Regional:
No

Public Health

Department of Health Management & Policy
Rosemary M. Caron, Ph.D., M.P.H.
M.P.H. Program Director and Associate Professor
College of Health & Human Services
337 Hewitt Hall - 4 Library Way
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824-3563
Tel: 603.862.2733
Fax: 603.862.3461
Email:
Web Address: http://www.unh.edu/hmp/

Degree Offered (M.P.H., Public Health Certificate):

The College of Health and Human Services offers an interdisciplinary curriculum leading to the Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) or a Public Health Certificate. The program is designed to provide students with an integrated, generalist M.P.H. degree. The M.P.H. program is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

The Master of Public Health and Public Health Certificate seek to enhance the capacity of working public health professionals to perform the 10 essential services of public health (use this link for more information). The program is only offered at the University of New Hampshire Manchester campus through the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies. Academic classes are offered in semester units and each course is eight weeks in length and offered one evening per week for four hours. Working professionals can complete the M.P.H. program on a part-time basis over two years but have up to six years to complete the degree requirements.

Admission Requirements

(Please note that since these are part-time programs, international applicants are not eligible to apply)

Admissions are done through the UNH Graduate School for both fall and spring semesters. The program encourages applications from persons who hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Students are expected to have experience in public health. The Admission Committee uses previous academic records, current public health experience, responses to five essay questions regarding your interest in pursuing graduate education in public health, and recommendations from three individuals as indicators of success. While we do not require GRE scores, we do encourage those who have taken the GRE to submit their scores. Interviews with the Program Director are encouraged.

To apply for the M.P.H. degree, applicants must submit:

1. A completed UNH Graduate School Application Form
2. Responses to five essay questions regarding your public health interests,
goals, and beliefs (you can find the questions here).
3. Official transcripts from previous undergraduate and graduate education
4. Current résumé
5. Three letters of recommendation

Degree Requirements

M.P.H. Degree Requirements
The M.P.H. program is a 48-credit curriculum. In addition to the five core courses found in every public health program (public health systems, epidemiology, environmental health, biostatistics, and social and behavioral health), the program requires four additional courses for all students (administration, finance and budgeting, policy, and ethics). Students must also complete five elective courses. Elective courses in public health policy and management and public health ecology are offered. The M.P.H. curriculum includes a field experience in which the student is expected to apply theory and practice of public health to a particular area of student interest in a professional setting. The final course in the curriculum is an integrating seminar in which the students work in teams, bringing both their individual and joint perspectives and expertise, to address a particular public health problem for a New Hampshire-based public health entity.

Grades below the “B-” level in a graded course are considered failing grades for the purposes of determining academic standing. Repeating a course does not remove the original failing grade from the record. Students receiving failing grades in six or more credits either in two courses or in one course taken twice will be recommended by the M.P.H. Program Director to the Graduate School for dismissal from the M.P.H. or the Public Health Certificate program. Students must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 (B-), or higher, in order to graduate. Students admitted on a conditional or provisional basis must meet the conditions or provisions as stated in the letter of admission in order to remain in the Graduate School.

Public Health Certificate

The Masters of Public Health Program has recently started a continuing education program. Continuing education program offerings include an annual series of public health grand round lectures (launched in Fall 2005) and a Public Health Certificate (launched in Fall 2006).

The Public Health Certificate Program provides a vehicle for individuals working in public or community health positions, with no formal academic background in public health, the opportunity to earn a graduate degree in public health. To enter the Certificate Program, an applicant must have a baccalaureate degree.

Similar to the M.P.H. program, the Certificate Program is only offered at UNH Manchester campus through the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies. Classes are offered on weekday evenings.

Public Health Certificate Admissions Requirements
Admissions are done through the UNH Graduate School for both fall and spring semesters. Certificate program applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Students are expected to have experience in public health.

To apply for the certificate of public health, applicants must submit:

1. A completed UNH Graduate Certificate Program
    Application
2. Responses to five essay questions regarding your public
    health interests, goals, and beliefs (you can find the questions here).
3. Official transcripts from previous undergraduate and
    graduate education
4. Current résumé
5. Three letters of recommendation

Public Health Certificate Requirements
The Public Health Certificate is a 12-credit program that can be completed on a part-time basis over one calendar year. All courses (with the exception of workshops taken as part of PHP 996) must be taken at UNH. Students completing the Public Health Certificate program can apply to enter the M.P.H. program. If accepted, certificate credits can be applied to the M.P.H. program.