The MPH in Community Health focuses on the social and behavioral sciences in public health. Students are provided with the competencies they will need to promote health in urban communities—competencies in assessment, community engagement, program development, grant writing, research, and evaluation. The program prepares students to plan, manage, and evaluate health programs aimed at reducing social and behavioral threats to community health. The curriculum addresses the social determinants of disease and health inequalities with a corresponding emphasis on structural theories of change, informed by social justice principles. Graduates work in a variety of organizations across public and nonprofit sectors in New York and globally, including service, advocacy and health care organizations.
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MPH in Community Health in collaboration with UAH
| Admissions Requirements |
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| Deadline to apply | For Fall 2024: August 15, 2024 |
| Course Requirements | Credits (equivalent credits at UAH) |
Site of Offering |
| Foundational Knowledge (0 credits) | ||
| PUBH 601 Foundations of Public Health Knowledge* | 0 | |
| 5 Core Courses (15 credits) | ||
| PUBH 610 Public Health Leadership and Management | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| PUBH 611 Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| PUBH 612 Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| PUBH 613 Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| PUBH 614 Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| 4 Concentration Courses (12 credits) | ||
| CHSS 622 Community Organizing to Advance Health and Social Justice | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| CHSS 623 Applied Mixed Methods in Community Health Research 4 Community Health Program Planning, Evaluation, and Sustainability | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| CHSS 624 Community Health Program Planning, Evaluation, and Sustainability | 3 (4) | UAH |
| CHSS 625 Advanced Seminar on Intersectoral Partnerships | 3 (4) | UAH |
| 3 Elective Courses (9 credits) | ||
| Elective 1 | 3 | CUNY SPH |
| Elective 2 | 3 (4) | UAH |
| Elective 3 | 3 (4) | UAH |
| Practice & Culminating Experience (6 credits) | ||
| CHSS 696 Community Health Practice Collaborative I | 3 (4) | UAH |
| CHSS 698 Community Health Practice Collaborative II | 3 (4) | UAH |
*PUBH 601 should be completed during a student’s first semester. Students who have a CEPH-accredited undergraduate or graduate degree in public health are waived from this requirement.
| For students beginning their program during the fall semester: |
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| Semester | Course | CUNY SPH Credits |
| Year 1 – courses to be taken at CUNY SPH | ||
| Year 1 Fall | PUBH 601: Foundations of Public Health Knowledge* | 0 |
| PUBH 613: Designs, Concepts, and Methods in Public Health Research | 3 | |
| PUBH 612: Designing and Evaluating Public Health Interventions | 3 | |
| PUBH 611: Health Equity, Communication, and Advocacy | 3 | |
| Elective I | 3 | |
| Year 1 Spring | PUBH 614: Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis Methods in Public Health Research | 3 |
| CHSS 622 Community Organizing to Advance Health and Social Justice | 3 | |
| CHSS 623 Applied Mixed Methods in Community Health Research | 3 | |
| PUBH 610: Public Health Leadership and Management | 3 | |
| Year 2 – courses to be taken at Alcalá University | ||
| Year 2 Fall |
Students should apply for a one-semester Leave of Absence from CUNY SPH.
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| CHSS 624 Community Health Program Planning, Evaluation, and Sustainability | 3 | |
| CHSS 625 Advanced Seminar on Intersectoral Partnerships | 3 | |
| CHSS 696 Community Health Practice Collaborative I | 3 | |
| Year 2 Spring |
Students should apply for maintenance of matriculation at CUNY SPH, apply for graduation, and pay the matriculation fee.
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| CHSS 698 Community Health Practice Collaborative II | 3 | |
| Elective II | 3 | |
| Elective III | 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 are waived from this requirement.
Students will be required to meet with the coordinator/advisor from each institution upon entering the program to confirm degree requirements, course sequencing, and research plans, and then at least once per semester thereafter.