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Program Requirements for Executive M.P.H. Program
Applicable only to students admitted during the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive M.P.H. Program
Health and non-health managers and executives, who are working professionals, may choose to pursue an executive M.P.H. degree by completing course work in extended weekend sessions during the academic year and complete an intensive summer field project. Courses are taught by leading practitioners and researchers in the field of public health, healthcare management and health policy.
Advising
An adviser is appointed for each new master’s student by the head of the respective department. The EMPH Program Director will be the adviser for all students in the Executive MPH program. The EMPH program is a lock-step program with required classes and electives built into the pre-set curriculum. Any alterations to the curriculum must be approved by both the adviser and the Associate Dean of Student Affairs. Students are expected to meet with their advisers each quarter. A departmental guidance committee is established when the student has completed approximately half of the program for the master’s degree. Members of the departmental guidance committee are nominated by the department chair after consultation with the student and the student’s adviser.
An adviser is responsible for the student’s academic progress. Progress is evaluated on an ongoing basis. At the end of each quarter, the Associate Dean of Student Affairs reviews academic listings of students and notifies them and the advisers when the cumulative grade-point average is below 3.0. Advisers review each case with their advisees and make recommendations to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for continuance or dismissal. Students who wish to change advisers must file a petition which must be approved by the new adviser, the department chair, and the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
Areas of Study
The Executive M.P.H. degree is offered in the Department of Health Policy and Management with a concentration in Healthcare Management.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
Health Policy and Management
The EMPH degree program is an executive-style program for people with at least three years of experience in the health care or managerial fields. It is a two-year program requiring 22 full courses (84 units) and a major written research or consulting report based on a summer field project. Required courses include Health Policy and Management 200A, 200B, 215A, 232, 234, M236, 285, 400, M422, 433, 436, and 445. Required School of Public Health core classes include Biostatistics 100A, Community Health Sciences 100, Environmental Health Sciences 100 and Epidemiology 100.
Only courses in which a grade of C- or better is received may be applied toward the requirements for a master’s degree. Courses taken for S/U grading may not be applied toward the degree requirements. Students must maintain an average of no less than 3.0 (B) in all courses required or elected during graduate residence at the University of California.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Field Experience
Not required.
Capstone Plan
Students must complete a summer field project and write a research or consulting report.
Thesis Plan
None.
Time-to-Degree
From graduate admission to award of the degree, normal progress is two years of extended weekend sessions and an applied field project during the summer.
| DEGREE | NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters) | NORMATIVE TTD |
MAXIMUM TTD |
| M.P.H. | 6 | 7 | 16 |
Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination
University Policy
A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree as determined by the dissertation committee, and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.