Master of Public Health

Benedictine enedictine University’s Master of Public Health planners, evaluators or practitioners in community or workplace (M.P.H.) program is built on a base of core courses that health promotion programs; and epidemiologists working on teach the foundations of public health concepts and cancer surveillance or in the pharmaceutical industry. Current B processes. Each course has a conceptual, factual and and future health professionals in medicine, nursing, dentistry skill base. Students are taught by acknowledged experts in the or pharmacy find the M.P.H. degree provides them with a field and learn by acquiring the knowledge and competencies to broader perspective and additional skills which complement perform professional functions. their primary discipline. The M.P.H. program prepares students to be public health The M.P.H. degree requires 66 quarter credit hours practitioners who draw on knowledge and skills from a variety which includes 48 quarter credit hours of foundation (core) of disciplines. The foundation coursework in biostatistics, courses, 12 quarter credit hours of elective courses, and an epidemiology, management, policy, behavioral and social internship/capstone experience of 6 quarter credit hours (240 aspects of public health, environmental health and biology contact hours). provides a scientific and practical base for public health practice. Elective courses may be taken in a variety of areas such as health The academic calendar is organized into four quarters. Students education, business, research and grant writing. may be admitted any time prior to the start of any of these quarters and may follow either a full- or part-time program. The M.P.H. degree can be applied in a variety of settings Classes are taught during evenings, weekends and online. and positions including: administration of private health organizations, social service or public health agencies at The Benedictine M.P.H. program is fully accredited by the the local, state, national and international levels; managers, Council on Education for Public Health.

Program Overview • • •

M.P.H. • • • Certificates Before teaching at Benedictine, Georgeen Polyak, Ph.D., Certificates are offered to helped to enact one of the first ’s those who are interested Master of Public Health smoking bans in . She in acquiring a specialized (M.P.H.) program combines was instrumental in developing set of skills and may or may the foundation disciplines a community health center not choose to continue in a of public health with a high in Joliet and now serves as a degree program. degree of responsiveness site reviewer for the national to local needs and changing Certificates, which are board which accredits health circumstances. Throughout offered in Emergency departments. She believes its offerings, the M.P.H. Preparedness, Epidemiology, that policy change is the most program seeks to produce Health Education and impactful way to improve Promotion, and Health graduates who will population health. Polyak Management and Policy, contribute to meeting the does more than talk. She gets appeal to mid-career public health and health professionals and to involved. Just ask her students. care needs of tomorrow. To students new to the field that end, we support the Read the rest of her story of public health. qualifications of our students at ben.edu/OurStories. academically, professionally NOTE: Electives used to fulfill a and personally. certificate may only count once and may not be used for another certificate. Dual Degree Options

Combining an M.P.H. degree with • The M.P.H./M.S. in Management • The M.P.H./M.S. in Nutrition and a Master of Business Administration Information Systems option is Wellness dual degree integrates (M.B.A.), Master of Science (M.S.) in designed for professionals who will be an applied foundation in nutrition responsible for managing information and health risk assessment, Management Information Systems, resources and providing decision motivation and intervention with M.S. in Management and Organizational support in health organizations. community health processes. Behavior or an M.S. in Nutrition and Wellness prepares students to take on • The M.P.H./M.S. in Management Dual degree programs generally and Organizational Behavior dual leadership roles and pursue a myriad require 96 quarter credit hours, degree program enhances the M.P.H. of career opportunities. separate application and admission curriculum with coursework focusing to each degree program and the on organizational management and • The M.P.H./M.B.A. dual degree adds completion of all requirements for human resource skills. a comprehensive business core to the both degrees. M.P.H. program.

Dual Degrees • • • • • • Curriculum

Master of Public Health Program Competencies: The required core courses in the M.P.H. program are designed to provide students with a broad range of competencies. What the graduate of the M.P.H. program knows and can do:

The overall approach: Assessments, plans, programs • Apply a public health systems approach and policies: to solve population health problems. • Develop and evaluate public health interventions based on knowledge of social and behavioral theory. The scientific method: • Develop, analyze and evaluate policies • Apply basic statistical methods to as a tool to improve population health. address, analyze and solve problems in public health. • Analyze and address community health problems through a structured • Analyze patterns of disease and injury approach, incorporating core public in populations to prevent and control health competencies. health problems. • Apply systematic methods to • Apply fundamental research assess, prevent and control principles and methods to improve environmental hazards. population health.

Integrating and synthesizing knowledge Concepts, skills and values: and skills: • Apply biological principles to disease • Demonstrate mastery of public health management, prevention and control. competencies and course learning in a • Apply management skills to public professional setting. health practice. • Apply culturally competent approaches and ethical principles to public health practice, research, policy development and health disparities. Master of Public Health • • • M.P.H. Benedictine University •5700CollegeRd. Lisle,Benedictine University IL60532 email [email protected] orvisitben.edu. For moreinformation, calltheEnrollment Center at(630)829-6300, areavailable atben.edu/police. Safety Report andAnnualFire The AnnualSecurityReport and 20graduateprograms. Illinois, andMesa, .Founded in1887, asaCatholicuniversity Benedictineenrolls10,058studentsin56undergraduate Benedictine University B.A., University ofIowa M.A., University of Toronto M.P.H., University ofIllinois atChicago Ph.D., University ofIowa Professor, Public Health Ala B.A., San Diego State University M.P.H., University ofCalifornia,San Diego/ San Diego State University Ph.D., University ofCalifornia,San Diego/ Professor,Assistant Chair, Department Public Health W. Susan Cheng,Ph.D. University Illinois Northern B.S., University M.P.H., Illinois Northern Public Health Clinical Professional Faculty Instructor, Elizabet Full-Time Faculty Faculty A.A.S., Ivy Tech CommunityCollege B.A., Northern Illinois University M.S., Indiana State University M.P.H., WaldenUniversity Ph.D., WaldenUniversity Professor,Assistant Public Health David Milen, Ph.D. n Gorr, Ph h Borm .D. • ann, M.P.H., CHES

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