The 45-credit curriculum for the Master of Public Health in Epidemiology in-person degree has full-time and part-time options to meet your needs. You can enroll from anywhere and make connections with professionals around the nation and world.
To complete this degree, you will take a combination of public health core courses, epidemiology concentration courses, public health electives and a practical experience course.
For students who started Fall 2018 or later, please follow the courses below
Take all four courses for a total of 12 credits
PBHL P510 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL P511 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
For students who started before Fall 2018, please follow the courses below
Take all five courses for a total of 15 credits
PBHL-S 500 Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health (3 credits)
PBHL-B 551 Biostatistics for Public Health I (3 credits)
PBHL-E 517 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3 credits)
PBHL-H 501 U.S. Health Care Systems and Health Policy (3 credits)
PBHL-A 519 Environmental Science in Public Health (3 credits)
Take all six courses for a total of 18 credits
B552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
B562 Biostatistics for Public Health II (3 credits)
E601 Advanced Epidemiology (3 credits)
E635 Foundations in Public Health Informatics (3 credits)
E711 Applied Epidemiological Methods I (3 credits)
E712 Applied Epidemiological Methods II (3 credits)
For students who started fall 2018 or later, select four courses for a total of twelve credits.
For students who started before fall 2018, select three courses for a total of nine credits.
E562 Epidemiology of Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus (3 credits)
E606 Grant Writing in Epidemiology (3 credits)
E609 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
E610 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
E618 Cancer Epidemiology (3 credits)
E629 Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology (3 credits)
E645 Information Exchange for Population Health (3 credits)
E647 Introduction to Population Health Analysis (3 credits)
E651 Public Health Surveillance (3 credits)
E653 Meta-Analysis (3 credits)
E655 Historical Evolution of Epidemiology (3 credits)
E675 Fundamentals of Injury Epidemiology (3 credits)
E765 Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credits)
E715 Design & Implementation of Observational Studies (3 credits)
E795 Cardiovascular Epidemiology (3 credits)
Take one course for a total of 3 credits
E602 Public Health Internship (3 credits) – 240 total hours required; 200 of these hours must be completed prior to gaining course authorization for the Final Concentration Project or Capstone Course
MPH students entering the program fall 2021 and beyond are required to pass the CPH exam prior to graduation. More information on this requirement can be found at https://fsph.iupui.edu/academics/certifications.html
For students interested in additional coursework in quantitative methods, a track within the epidemiology concentration is available by fulfilling electives with biostatistics courses.
Sample Schedule
Below are sample schedules for completing the MPH in Epidemiology.
For incoming students who started after Fall 2018
Fall Year 1
Core P510 Introduction to Public Health (3 credits)
Core P511 Comprehensive Methods and Applications in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3 credits)
Concentration B552 Fundamentals of Data Management (3 credits)
