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MS in Global and Migrant Health Policy
The MS in Global and Migrant Health Policy is designed to provide students with the content expertise and research methods required to formulate and evaluate global and migrant health policies and programs. The program’s core curriculum content is rooted in public health competencies while its context is framed within global and national health policy affecting migrant populations.
Students will leave the program with the skills and networks necessary to formulate and evaluate evidence-based policies and programs, returning to their host (or new) organization well-placed to increase their institutions’ implementation science capacity through multidisciplinary approaches.
While we cannot issue I-20 forms for a fully online degree program, our online offerings provide a chance for international students to earn an affordable, quality degree from the City University of New York while residing in their home country.
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Is this degree right for you?
This program is designed for working professionals who want to explore how evidence-based global and migrant policies and programs are formulated. Course content is designed for public health professionals who aspire to improve public health through evidence-based and data-driven decision-making.
What will you learn?
This program’s curriculum covers core public health competencies with an emphasis on global health policy development and national, state/provincial and municipal policies affecting migrant populations in urban areas. Learn to develop intersectional policies, engage ethically with vulnerable populations and manage effective programs.
Where to after graduation?
Graduates work as policy analysts, advocacy advisors, program officers and research managers in governmental agencies, educational institutions and in global public health advocacy groups. Faculty mentors provide students with connections to multilateral and migrant-serving healthcare and community organizations.
Admissions Information
Admissions Requirements
- Completed SOPHAS application
- Undergraduate degree from an accredited university with GPA (overall and major) of at least 3.0.
- Personal statement/statement of purpose (recommended length is 500 words)
- Resume
- 2 letters of recommendation
- TOEFL scores are required if language of instruction for prior degrees was not English
- Paper-based test: 550
- Computer administered test: 233
- Internet-based test: 60 (reading score, writing score, and listening score)
- Transcript evaluation from WES or ECE for foreign transcripts.
Application Deadline
We are not currently accepting applications for the MS in Global and Migrant Health Policy program. Please check back for updates.
Curriculum
The MS in Global and Migrant Health Policy requires a total of 33 credits over a minimum of three semesters. Of these, 18 credits are required courses specific to this program, with an emphasis on policy formulation and practice. These courses are complemented by select courses from other MPH departments and programs on public health and policy.
| Foundational Knowledge (0 credits) | PUBH 601 Foundations of Public Health Knowledge* |
| Core Coursework (6 credits) | PUBH 613 Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research |
| PUBH 614 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research | |
| Required Coursework (18 credits) | HPAM 621 Health Economics |
| HPAM 623 Comparative Analysis of Urban Health Care Systems | |
| HPAM 626 International and Migrant Health Organizations | |
| HPAM 627 Migration and Health | |
| HPAM 628 Global Health Policy and Politics | |
| HPAM 629 Global Health Law: Human Rights, Regulation, Migration, and Trade | |
| Elective Coursework (6 credits) | Two (2) electives chosen in consultation with faculty advisor |
| Culminating Experience (3 credits) | PUBH 698 Capstone Project |
| Total Credits Required | 33 |
*Students who have a CEPH-accredited undergraduate or graduate degree in public health can be waived from PUBH 601 by submitting a Course Waiver Request.
Recommended Course Sequence
These sequences are recommended for full-time students.
Part-time students are encouraged to meet with a staff advisor to map out an appropriate plan of study.
For students beginning their program during the fall semester:
| Semester | Course | Credits |
| Year 1 Fall | PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge* | 0 |
| PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research | 3 | |
| HPAM 627: Migration and Health | 3 | |
| HPAM 626: International and Migrant Health Organizations | 3 | |
| Elective I | 3 | |
| Year 1 Spring | PUBH 614: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research | 3 |
| HPAM 621: Health Economics | 3 | |
| HPAM 623: Comparative Analyses of Urban Health Care Systems | 3 | |
| HPAM 628: Global Health Policy and Politics | 3 | |
| Year 2 Fall | PUBH 698: Capstone Project | 3 |
| HPAM 629: Global Health Law: Human Rights, Regulation, Migration, and Trade | 3 | |
| Elective II | 3 |
For students beginning their program during the spring semester:
| Semester | Course | Credits |
| Year 1 Spring | PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge* | 0 |
| PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research | 3 | |
| HPAM 623: Comparative Analyses of Urban Health Care Systems | 3 | |
| HPAM 628: Global Health Policy and Politics | 3 | |
| Elective I | 3 | |
| Year 1 Fall | PUBH 614: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research | 3 |
| HPAM 627: Migration and Health | 3 | |
| HPAM 626: International and Migrant Health Organizations | 3 | |
| HPAM 629: Global Health Law: Human Rights, Regulation, Migration, and Trade | 3 | |
| Year 2 Spring | PUBH 698: Capstone Project | 3 |
| HPAM 621: Health Economics | 3 | |
| Elective II | 3 |
*PUBH 601 should be completed during a student’s first semester. Students who have a CEPH-accredited undergraduate or graduate degree in public health can be waived from this requirement by submitting a Course Waiver Request.
Competencies
Core Competencies
Evidence-based Approaches to Public Health
- Apply epidemiological methods to settings and situations in public health practice
- Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context
- Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate
- Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice
Systems Thinking
- Apply a systems thinking tool to visually represent a public health issue in a format other than standard narrative (Systems thinking tools depict or map complex relationships, demonstrating, for example, how component parts of a system interact with and influence one another. Examples include causal loop diagrams, systems archetypes, network analyses and concept maps. Logic models and evidence tables are not sufficient to address this competency.)
Environmental Sciences
- Apply concepts from relevant scientific disciplines, such as toxicology and physiology, to anticipate effects of environmental, occupational and nutritional exposures on both human health and overall planetary health
Concentration Competencies
- Apply strategic analysis and systems thinking to a range of complex and interrelated factors shaping global and migrant health trends to inform policy formulation at the local, national and international levels
- Apply health equity, social justice and legal frameworks for analysis of strategies to address the health implications of migration and displacement across the geo-political border
- Apply ethical and analytic reasoning in diverse economic, political and cultural contexts to strategies and policies intended to improve global and migrant health
- Collaborate and partner with a diverse range of stakeholders to build capacity to advance evidence-based policy, practice and research goals addressing global and migrant health issues
- Develop and strengthen socio-cultural and political awareness affecting health within diverse cultural settings and across local, regional, national and international political landscapes