Applicable only to students admitted during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Public Health Schoolwide Programs

School of Public Health

Graduate Degrees

The Fielding School of Public Health offers a school-wide Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree with specializations in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management; and a school-wide Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) degree with a specialization in Biostatistics. In addition, the FSPH offers eight concurrent degree programs: the J.D./M.P.H., the M.B.A./M.P.H., the M.S.W./M.P.H., the M.A./M.P.H. with African Studies, and with Asian American Studies, the M.P.P./M.P.H., and the M.U.R.P./M.P.H. with Community Health Sciences and Environmental Health Sciences; and two articulated degree programs: the M.D./M.P.H. and the M.A./M.P.H. with Latin American Studies.

For information on the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, applicants should see the listings for those departments. For information on the interdepartmental Ph.D. degree program housed in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, applicants should see the listing for Molecular Toxicology.

Admissions Requirements

Master’s Degree

Advising

Upon entering the program, students are assigned an academic adviser whose responsibility is to counsel them concerning their program of study and progress toward the fulfillment of the degree requirements. Students may request a change in advisers at any time during the course of study by submitting a request directly to the department. Students are expected to meet with their advisers each quarter.

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 for Academic Programs 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 for Academic Programs for continuance or academic disqualification.

Areas of Study

Biostatistics, Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and Health Policy & Management.

Course Requirements

Students must complete at least one year of graduate residence at the University of California and a minimum of 9 full courses (44 units), at least six of which must be graduate courses and at least two of which must be 400-series courses. Only one 596 course (four units) may be applied toward the six graduate courses; 597 and 598 courses may not be applied toward the degree. Courses taken for S/U grading may not be applied toward the degree requirements.

Required school-wide core courses are Public Health 200A and Public Health 200B (8 units each).

In addition to the two required school-wide core courses, students must complete the course requirements for their specialization (see below). Also, at least three courses (two or four units each) outside the student’s area of specialization are strongly recommended.

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.

Biostatistics

62 quarter units are required for the M.P.H degree in Biostatistics. MPH students are required to take three core methods courses in year 1: Biostatistics 200A; 100B or 200B; 406 or 200C. Biostatistics 200B can be taken in place of 100B only if students have already completed 200A. Biostatistics 200C can be taken in place of 406 only if students have already completed 200B.

In addition, students must complete Biostatistics 201A, 201B, 203A, 400 (field training comprised of approved internship), 402A, and 595 (required as part of the culminating experience, which includes an oral presentation and a written report). Students must also complete 12 units of elective courses selected from Biostatistics 200B, 200C, M210 through M238, or 410 through 419. Additional elective courses are recommended and should be selected in public health, biomathematics, or mathematics.

Community Health Sciences

60 units of graduate and upper division course work are required for the M.P.H. degree in Community Health Sciences. Normally two years or six quarters are needed to complete the 60 units of course work required. At least 32 units must be taken in the department of Community Health Sciences. A maximum of 12 elective units from outside the department may count towards the 60 units. It is possible, but not routine, for candidates with a prior doctoral degree or advanced preparation in a related field to waive certain requirements for the M.P.H. Students who are approved to waive a course must complete additional elective units, as approved by their adviser, to meet the 60 quarter units required for the degree.

All students are required to complete Community Health Sciences 210, 211A-211B, and four units of 400 (400 hours of field work).

Students are required to select one course from each of the three curricular areas of a) Public Health Practice, b) Populations, and c) Individual and Structural Influences (12 units). The courses for these three areas are listed below. New CHS department courses will be added to these areas as appropriate. Students are required to take at least one additional course (4 units) within CHS. An additional course in research methods or program planning, similar to CHS 211 A&B, is strongly recommended for students in the second year of the program.

Students have the option to focus their studies in areas such as social and behavioral sciences, health education/promotion, international health, child and family health, public health nutrition, health policy, disaster planning and relief, aging and life course, women’s health, and population health.

Students focusing in health education/promotion may select course work to meet the requirements for the Society for Public Health Education, and students with appropriate prerequisites may select course work to meet the requirements set by the Association of Graduate Faculties in Public Health Nutrition.

Public Health Practice	Populations	Individual and Structural Influences
212: Advanced Social Research Methods in Health	200: Global Health Problems	220: Racism and Public Health: Social Epidemiologic Approaches
213: Research in Community and Patient Health Education	205: Immigrant Health	224: Social Determinants of Nutrition and Health
M216: Qualitative Research Methodology	M208: Introduction to Demographic methods	227: Conceptualizing and Measuring Structural Racism
M218: Questionnaire Design and Administration	M209: Population Models and Dynamics	229: Policy and Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention
M228: Introduction to Mixed Methods Research	226: Women’s Health and Well-Being	235: Influence of Social and Physical Environment on Racial Health Disparities
238: Evolving Paradigms of Prevention: Interventions in Adolescence	231: Maternal and Child Nutrition	247: Population Change and Public Policy
258: Cooperative Interagency Management in Disasters	M239: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture as Concepts in Practice and Research	M250: HIV/AIDS and Culture in Latin America
271: Health-Related Behavior Change	246: Women’s Roles and Family Health	M272: Social Epidemiology
276: Complementary and Alternative Medicine	248: Women’s Mental Health	273: Social Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
282: Social Marketing for Health Promotion and Communication	M260: Health and Culture in Americas	284: Sociocultural Aspects of Mental Health
283: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Programs for Older Adults	M264: Latin America: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Folk Illness	291: Health Policy and Aged
288: Health Communication in Popular Media	290: Race, Class, Culture, and Aging	293: Social and Behavioral Research in AIDS: A Roundtable Discussion
292: Information Technology for Health Promotion and Communication	M294: Social and Behavioral Factors of HIV/AIDS: Global Perspective	M430: Building Advocacy Skills: Reproductive Health Focus
295: Overview of Emergency Public Health	427: Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa	440: Public Health and National Security at U.S.-Mexico Border
441: Planning and Evaluation of Global Health Programs	431: Foundations of Reproductive Health	448: Nutrition Policies and Programs: Domestic and International Perspectives
444: Anthropometric and Dietary Aspects of Nutritional Assessment	432: Perinatal Healthcare: Principles, Programs, and Policies	449: Nutrition and Chronic Disease
451: Post-Disaster Community Health	434A: Maternal and Child Health in Developing Areas	CM470: Improving Worker Health: Social Movements, Policy Debates, and Public Health
484: Risk Communications	447: Health and Social Context in Middle East
485: Resource Development for Community Health Programs	477: Health Disparities, Health Equity, and Sexual Minority Populations
487: Community Organization for Health

Environmental Health Sciences

62 quarter units are required for the M.P.H degree in Environmental Health Sciences. Required department courses include Biostatistics 100B; Environmental Health Sciences C200B, C200C, 200D,  C240, C257, 400, and 411 (to be taken once a year for two years). At least 16 units of upper division or graduate level elective courses are required and are selected by students in consultation with the faculty adviser. Student must submit a blue petition each quarter for the electives that they want to use to satisfy degree requirements. M.P.H. students who already have met these requirements as part of their area of focus, e.g. Industrial Hygiene, are exempt. Any departmental required course may be waived by instructor consent if the student either has taken a similar course or can pass a waiver examination. Students who are approved to waive a course must complete additional elective units inside or outside of Public Health, as approved by their adviser, to meet the 62 quarter units required for the degree. Students who do not have the prerequisites at the time of application may take equivalent courses at UCLA in their first year.

MPH students may not count EHS 101, 296, 597, 598, or 599 towards the elective requirement.

Students may choose to focus on Industrial Hygiene: http://ehs.ph.ucla.edu/pages/industrial_hygiene Students in the M.P.H. program in Environmental Health Sciences may also choose to pursue a curriculum that has been approved by the California Registered Environmental Health Specialist program.

Epidemiology

Students are required to complete 68 units of graduate or upper division course work for the M.P.H. degree in Epidemiology. Students who hold a clinical doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution, or are currently enrolled in a US medical school, are required to complete 56 rather than 68 units. Students completing the 68-unit program are required to complete Public Health 200A-B; Biostatistics 100B or 200A-B; Epidemiology 200A-B, 220, 400, 413; an approved course in chronic disease epidemiology; and an approved course in management of health data. Remaining course work will be selected from the Department’s eligible courses. At least four units must be taken from the 400 level series. With the consent of the adviser and by petition, up to eight units of the remaining course work can be graduate-level courses (200 or 400 series) outside of Epidemiology. All courses applied toward the degree must be taken for a letter grade.

Students with a prior U.S. clinical doctorate degree or currently enrolled in a U.S. medical school are required to complete 56 units of graduate and upper division course work for the M.P.H. degree. These students are required to complete Public Health 200A-B; Biostatistics 100B; Epidemiology 200A-B, 400, 410, and 413.  Remaining course work will be selected from the Department’s eligible courses. At least four units must be taken from the 400 level series. With the consent of the adviser and by petition, up to eight units of the remaining course work can be graduate-level courses (200 or 400 series) outside of Epidemiology. All courses applied toward the degree must be taken for a letter grade.

All Epidemiology-M.P.H. students must submit a report demonstrating competence in epidemiologic methodology. The report may not be submitted prior to the completion of Epidemiology 400. Students may enroll in Epidemiology 400 after successful completion of PH 200A-B.

Health Policy and Management

Health Policy and Management specialization programs include (1) Health Care Management, (2) Health Policy, (3) Executive, (4) Health Services Organization, (5) a concurrent M.P.H./M.B.A., (6) a concurrent M.P.H./M.P.P., (7) J.D./M.P.H., and (8) M.D./M.P.H. All specialization programs in Health Policy and Management require the following five courses: Health Policy and Management 200B, 400, 439 and a summer internship in a health care organization, as well as School of Public Health core courses: Public Health 200A-B. HLT POL 439 may be waived via blue petition if the student passes the waiver examination. These units do not need to be replaced by elective units.

Health Policy and Management, Health Care Management. The Health Care Management specialization is a two-year program requiring 17 courses (74 units) and a major written report based on the summer internship at a health care organization. In addition to the five required courses listed above for all students in Health Policy and Management, required courses include Health Policy and Management 234, M236, 403, M422, 433, 436, and 441. In addition, students select at least five elective courses from Health Policy and Management or other academic schools/departments approved via blue petition.

Health Policy and Management, Health Policy. The Health Policy specialization is a two-year program requiring 17 courses (72 units), and a major written report based on the summer internship in a health care organization. In addition to the five required courses listed above for all students in Health Policy and Management, required courses include Health Policy and Management M233, M236, 286, M287, M422, and 441. In addition, students select at least six elective courses from Health Policy and Management or other academic schools/departments approved via blue petition.

Health Policy and Management, Executive. The Executive program is for people with at least three years of significant work experience post bachelor’s degree. It is a two-year program requiring 24 courses (90 units), which includes 1 professional development seminar (HPM 232), and 1 field project course (HPM 400). The executive program is considered full-time, and due to the cohort nature, all classes are required. The 24 required courses are: BIOS 100A (4 units), HPM 597 (2 units), HPM 200 (4 units), HPM 236 (4 units), BIOS 100B (4 units), EPI 100 (4 units), HPM 280 (4 units), HPM 234 (4 units), CHS 100 (4 units), HPM 215A (4 units), HPM 422 (4 units), HPM 403 (4 units), HPM 436 (4 units), HPM 400 (4 units), HPM 249 (4 units), EHS 100 (4 units), HPM 205 (4 units), HPM 450 (2 units), HPM 433 (4 units), HPM 445 (4 units), HPM 437 (2 units), HPM 442 (4 units), HPM 232 (4 units), HPM 240 (4 units). Students in the executive program are not required to take Public Health 200A or 200B; the coursework that they are required to take meet the CEPH foundational knowledge areas and competencies.

Health Policy and Management, Health Services Organization. The Health Services Organization specialization is a one-year program requiring 12 courses (54 units). Admission is limited to students with prior doctoral-level degrees completed in the U.S. (M.D., Ph.D., J.D., D.D.S., or equivalent). In addition to the five required courses listed above for all students in Health Policy and Management, required courses include Health Policy and Management M236 and 403. In addition, students select one of the four courses as an elective: HLT POL M422 or 423, HLT POL 215A, HLT POL M233, or HLT POL 441. Students select at least four elective courses from the Department of Health Policy and Management or other academic schools/departments approved via blue petition.

J.D./M.P.H. Programs

J.D./M.P.H., Biostatistics

62 quarter units are required for the M.P.H degree. M.P.H. students are required to take three core methods courses in year 1: Biostatistics 200A; 100B or 200B; and 406 or 200C. Biostatistics 200B can be taken in place of 100B only if students have previously taken 200A. Biostatistics 200C can be taken in place of 406 only if students have previously taken 200B. They are also required to take Biostatistics 201A, 201B, 203A, 400 (field training comprised of approved internship), 402A; and 12 units of elective courses from Biostatistics 200B, 200C, M210 through M238, or 410 through 419. Additional elective courses are recommended and should be selected in public health, biomathematics, or mathematics. Biostatistics 595 is required as part of the culminating experience, which includes an oral presentation and a written report. A maximum of eight elective quarter units from Law courses are allowed for concurrent credit toward the M.P.H. degree.

Biostatistics Summer Internship
400 hours of fieldwork (students receive course credit through Biostatistics 400, listed in the required courses chart)	See Biostat 400 above

Biostatistics 595 (listed in the required courses chart above) is required as part of the culminating experience, which includes an oral presentation and a written report.

See the School of Law for a list of the J.D. course requirements.

J.D./M.P.H, Community Health Sciences

The J.D./M.P.H. program with a specialization in Community Health Sciences requires 60 quarter units in the M.P.H. program, taken for a letter grade. All students must take at least six graduate courses. At least eight units must be 400-series courses. At least 32 units must be taken in Community Health Sciences.

The remaining 8 quarter units of the regular 60 quarter unit requirement for the M.P.H. degree are fulfilled through courses taken for the J.D. degree. The J.D./M.P.H. program allows students to use a maximum of 8 quarter units of Law course work to be applied toward both the J.D. degree and the M.P.H. degree through a pro forma petition to the Graduate Division upon application for advancement to candidacy.

See the School of Law for a list of the J.D. course requirements.

J.D./M.P.H., Environmental Health Sciences

The J.D./M.P.H. program with a specialization in Environmental Health Sciences requires 64 quarter units in the School of Public Health. Required courses include Public Health 200A-B; Biostatistics 100B; Environmental Health Sciences C200B, C200C, 200D, C240, C257, 400, and 411 (to be taken once a year for two years). At least 16 units of upper division or graduate level elective courses are required and are selected by students in consultation with the faculty adviser. A maximum of eight elective quarter units from Law courses are allowed for concurrent credit toward the M.P.H. degree.

Environmental Health Sciences Required Courses
Public Health 200A	8 Units
Public Health 200B	8 Units
Biostatistics 100B	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences C200B	2 Units
Environmental Health Sciences C200C	6 Units
Environmental Health Sciences 200D	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences 207	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences 208	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences C240	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences C257	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences 400	4 Units
Environmental Health Sciences 411 (2 unit course taken twice)	4 Units
Urban Planning Required Courses
Urban Planning 207	4 Units
Urban Planning 211	4 Units
Urban Planning 222A	4 Units
Urban Planning M250	4 Units
Urban Planning 281	4 Units
Urban Planning Capstone Courses specific to the chosen capstone project UP 205A & UP 205B (Client Project) UP 208C & 598 (Thesis)	8 Units
REQUIRED COURSE UNITS	84 Units

Concurrent degree program students are required to separately satisfy the capstone requirements for each program (EHS 400 for the M.P.H. in Public Health AND one of two comprehensive examination options for the M.U.R.P. in Urban Planning).

Additional requirements to meet a total of 120 units:

Environmental Health Sciences
Environmental Health Sciences Electives	8 Units
Urban Planning
Urban Planning Area of Concentration (AOC) courses. Students must choose 5 electives from the courses listed in the two areas of concentration below, with at least one elective in each AOC. Design and Development Concentration Urban Planning M206B Urban Planning 219 Urban Planning M256 Urban Planning 261 Urban Planning 273 Urban Planning 274 Urban Planning 279 Urban Planning 282 Urban Planning M291 Environmental Analysis and Policy Concentration Urban Planning M258 Urban Planning 262 Urban Planning 264A Urban Planning M265 Urban Planning C266 Urban Planning M267 Urban Planning 269 Urban Planning 289	20 Units
Urban Planning Electives (at least one from inside the department)	8 Units
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED UNITS	36 Units

16 units from the above chart can be used towards both degree requirements: EHS 208 (4 units towards the M.U.R.P.), EHS 400 (4 units towards the M.U.R.P.) and any Environmental Health Sciences Elective (8 units towards the M.U.R.P.).

M.B.A./M.P.H. program

Management, M.B.A./Public Health, M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management.

This three-year concurrent degree program requires 12 courses (54 units) in the Fielding School of Public Health and a summer field training experience.

Students are required to complete 54 quarter units of required courses towards the M.P.H. and 84 quarter units toward the M.B.A.:

Health Policy and Management Required Courses
PUB HLT 200A	8 units
PUB HLT 200B	8 units
Health Policy and Management 200B	4 units
Health Policy and Management M236	4 units
Health Policy and Management 400	4 units
Health Policy and Management M422	4 units
Health Policy and Management 439 (may be waived with no requirement to replace units if the student passes the waiver exam)	2 units
Elective Courses (5 courses)	20 units
MINIMUM REQUIRED COURSE UNITS	54 units

Additional requirements include:

Health Policy and Management
400 hours of internship related to Public Health (students receive course credit through HLT POL 400, listed in the required courses chart)	See HPM 400 above

Concurrent degree program students are required to separately satisfy the capstone requirements for each program.

See the Anderson School of Management for a list of the M.B.A. course requirements.

M.P.P./M.P.H. program

Public Policy, M.P.P./Public Health, M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management.

This three-year concurrent degree program requires 12 courses (54 units) in the Fielding School of Public Health and a summer field training experience. Required courses include HLT POL M287 and M422. A total of 20 elective units are required.

Students are required to complete 54 quarter units of required courses towards the M.P.H. and 68 quarter units toward the M.P.P.:

Health Policy and Management Required Courses
PUB HLT 200A	8 units
PUB HLT 200B	8 units
Health Policy and Management 200B	4 units
Health Policy and Management M287	4 units
Health Policy and Management 400	4 units
Health Policy and Management M422	4 units
Health Policy and Management 439 (can be waived with no requirement to replace units if the student passes the waiver exam)	2 units
Elective Courses (5 courses)	20 units
REQUIRED COURSE UNITS	54 units

Additional requirements include:

Health Policy and Management Internship
400 hours of internship related to Public Health (students receive course credit through HLT POL 400, listed in the required courses chart)	See HPM 400 above

Concurrent degree program students are required to separately satisfy the capstone requirements for each program.

See the Luskin School of Public Affairs – Department of Public Policy for a list of the M.P.P. course requirements.

M.D./M.P.H. program

The M.D./M.P.H. program with a specialization in Community Health Sciences requires 60 quarter units in the M.P.H. program, taken for a letter grade. All students must take at least six graduate courses. At least eight units must be 400-series courses. At least 32 units must be taken in Community Health Sciences.

M.P.H. Community Health Sciences Requirements for the Concurrent M.D./M.P.H.
REQUIRED COURSES
Public Health 200A	8 units
Public Health 200B	8 units
Community Health Sciences 210	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211A	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211B	4 units
Community Health Sciences 400 400 hours of fieldwork	4 units
Community Health Sciences Public Health Practice Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Populations Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Individual and Structural Influences Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Elective (from within the department)	4 units
Additional Elective(s) May not be used towards the M.D. degree.	12 units
REQUIRED UNIT TOTAL IN THE M.P.H. PROGRAM	60 units
CAPSTONE Master’s Comprehensive Exam, taken in the fall or spring quarter

Medicine, M.D./Public Health, M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management. This five-year concurrent degree program requires 12 courses (54 units) in the Fielding School of Public Health completed in between a student’s third and fourth years in medical school. There is also a required field training experience completed throughout the year. Required courses include HLT POL 403. A total of 20 elective units are required.

Students are required to complete 54 quarter units of required courses towards the M.P.H.:

Health Policy and Management Required Courses
PUB HLT 200A	8 units
PUB HLT 200B	8 units
Health Policy and Management 200B	4 units
Health Policy and Management M236	4 units
Health Policy and Management 400	4 units
Health Policy and Management 403	4 units
Health Policy and Management 439 (can be waived with no requirement to replace units if the student passes the waiver exam)	2 units
FSPH Electives (5 courses)	20 units
REQUIRED COURSE UNITS	54 units

The elective courses can follow one of five suggested tracks: management, policy, clinical research, health informatics, or quality.

Additional requirements include:

Health Policy and Management Internship
400 hours of internship related to Public Health (students receive course credit through HLT POL 400, listed in the required courses chart)	See HPM 400 above

M.A./M.P.H. programs

M.A. in African Studies/M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences

The M.A. in African Studies/M.P.H. program with a specialization in Community Health Sciences requires 60 quarter units in the M.P.H. program, taken for a letter grade. All students must take at least six graduate courses. At least eight units must be 400-series courses. At least 32 units must be taken in Community Health Sciences.

M.P.H. Community Health Sciences Requirements for the Concurrent M.A. African Studies/M.P.H.
REQUIRED COURSES
Public Health 200A	8 units
Public Health 200B	8 units
Community Health Sciences 210	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211A	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211B	4 units
Community Health Sciences 400 400 hours of fieldwork	4 units
Community Health Sciences Public Health Practice Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Populations Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Individual and Structural Influences Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Elective (from within the department)	4 units
Additional Elective(s) May not be used towards the M.A. in African Studies degree. See note below.	4 units
REQUIRED UNIT TOTAL IN THE M.P.H. PROGRAM	52 units
CAPSTONE Master’s Comprehensive Exam, taken in the fall or spring quarter

The remaining 8 units of the regular 60-unit requirement for the M.P.H. degree are fulfilled through courses taken for the M.A. degree. The M.A. in African Studies/M.P.H. program allows students to use a maximum of 8 quarter units of African Studies course work to be applied toward both the M.A. degree in African Studies and the M.P.H. degree through a pro forma petition to the Graduate Division upon application for advancement to candidacy.

M.A. in Asian American Studies/M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences

The M.A. in Asian American Studies/M.P.H. program with a specialization in Community Health Sciences requires 60 quarter units in the M.P.H. program, taken for a letter grade. All students must take at least six graduate courses. At least eight units must be 400-series courses. At least 32 units must be taken in Community Health Sciences.

M.P.H. Community Health Sciences Requirements for the Concurrent M.A. Asian American Studies/M.P.H.
REQUIRED COURSES
Public Health 200A	8 units
Public Health 200B	8 units
Community Health Sciences 210	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211A	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211B	4 units
Community Health Sciences 400 400 hours of fieldwork	4 units
Community Health Sciences Public Health Practice Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Populations Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Individual and Structural Influences Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Elective (from within the department)	4 units
REQUIRED UNIT TOTAL IN THE M.P.H. PROGRAM	48 units
CAPSTONE Master’s Comprehensive Exam, taken in the fall or spring quarter

The remaining 12 units of the regular 60-unit requirement for the M.P.H. degree are fulfilled through courses taken for the M.A. degree. The M.A. in Asian American Studies/M.P.H. program allows students to use a maximum of 12 quarter units of Asian American Studies course work to be applied toward both the M.A. degree in Asian American Studies and the M.P.H. degree through a pro forma petition to the Graduate Division upon application for advancement to candidacy.

M.A. in Latin American Studies/M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences

The M.A. in Latin American Studies/M.P.H. program with a specialization in Community Health Sciences requires 60 quarter units in the M.P.H. program, taken for a letter grade. All students must take at least six graduate courses. At least eight units must be 400-series courses. At least 32 units must be taken in Community Health Sciences.

M.P.H. Community Health Sciences Requirements for the Articulated M.A. Latin American Studies/M.P.H.
REQUIRED COURSES
Public Health 200A	8 units
Public Health 200B	8 units
Community Health Sciences 210	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211A	4 units
Community Health Sciences 211B	4 units
Community Health Sciences 400 400 hours of fieldwork	4 units
Community Health Sciences Public Health Practice Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Populations Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Individual and Structural Influences Course (chosen from an approved list, see “Community Health Sciences” above)	4 units
Community Health Sciences Elective (from within the department)	4 units
Additional Elective(s) May not be used towards the M.A. in Latin American Studies.	12 units
REQUIRED UNIT TOTAL IN THE M.P.H. PROGRAM	60 units
CAPSTONE Master’s Comprehensive Exam, taken in the fall or spring quarter

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Field training in an approved public health program is required of candidates who have not had prior relevant field experience. A minimum of four units of 400, but no more than eight units, is required. Students must be in good academic standing, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better, before beginning the field experience.

Capstone Plan

Students must fulfill the capstone requirement in their department which may consist of one or more of the following: written exam, oral exam, fieldwork completion, or written paper. The aim of the capstone, as a culminating experience, is to assess the student’s ability to select theories, methods, and techniques from across the content matter of a field, integrate and synthesize knowledge, and apply it to the solution of public health problems. Students must be in good academic standing, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better, before taking the capstone.

Biostatistics: The MPH culminating experience in Biostatistics has written and oral components. MPH students in Biostatistics are required to complete an approved public health internship program of at least ten weeks (400 hours) as a Field Training Experience to provide practical experience applying biostatistics. Typically this would be done during the summer between the first and second year of the program. Following the internship, during fall quarter of the student’s second year, the student enrolls for 4 units of Biostatistics 400 (“Field Studies in Biostatistics”) with their academic adviser or MPH Field Training Experience faculty adviser. In the spring term of their second year, the student must enroll in Biostatistics 595 with the faculty adviser supervising their project and must complete the MPH Culminating Experience written and oral components. The MPH Culminating Experience promotes the ability of students to select relevant design and analysis techniques, synthesize knowledge, and apply insights to address public health problems. The MPH Culminating Experience Written Report should demonstrate application of material in the curriculum to a public health problem. The report is typically motivated by the Field Training Experience. The written report needs to be approved by the faculty member supervising the report. During the MPH Culminating Experience Oral Presentation, the student presents the MPH Culminating Experience Written Report to a faculty committee (consisting of a minimum of three members of the Biostatistics faculty, including the written report adviser) and answers related questions. The student must receive a pass from the faculty committee. The Oral Presentation and Written Report may be repeated only once.

Community Health Sciences: The Masters Comprehensive Examination is given twice a year, during the Fall and Spring quarters. The date and time (take-home exam, beginning on a Friday to Monday, halfway through the quarter) are announced in an Official Information Memo distributed during the first week of the Fall and Spring quarters. To sign up for the exam, students must follow the instructions in the Official Information Memo. In order to take the exam, students must meet eligibility requirements, which differs by which program they are in (MPH or MS program). The exam draws on knowledge from all required courses and tests the student’s ability to fulfill each of the departmental competencies. The exam has two parts. The first part requires the student to critically assess the research literature. Several research articles are provided; the student chooses one to write an article critique. The second part asks the student to create a health program. This program should draw upon the student’s skills in planning and evaluation. The written examination will be marked High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, or Fail. A grade of High Pass, Pass, or Low Pass is needed to pass the comprehensive exam. A student who fails the exam must retake it at the next scheduled exam date. Students may retake the exam only once.

Environmental Health Sciences: All students in the MPH Program in EHS are required to complete a 400-hour internship in an appropriate environmental health setting. Students must write a project summary paper related to the work performed during the internship; the paper must be approved by both the field mentor and the faculty adviser. The subject of the paper may be on the student’s research project, an environmental sampling or analysis activity, or a policy white paper related to the internship topic. Students should seek approval of their intended paper topic from their faculty adviser and field mentor prior to writing the paper to ensure that the topic is appropriate. In the final quarter of the internship project or the quarter following completion of the project, the student must enroll in their faculty adviser’s section of ENV HLTH 400, the product of which is the MPH Internship Report that is based on the internship experience. The report should show evidence of originality and critical thought. The faculty adviser assigns a letter grade to the report. Consult the EHS Internship Handbook for more information.

Epidemiology: The MPH Comprehensive Examination is offered once in fall and once in spring. Notices are posted asking qualified students to sign up. The Comprehensive Examination may only be repeated once. The MPH Comprehensive Examination is administered by the Department’s MPH Exam Committee. Students must successfully complete Epidemiology 200A and Epidemiology 200B to be eligible to take the Comprehensive Examination. There is no makeup exam offered. In the quarter that a student plans to take the MPH Comprehensive exam, the student must discuss any scheduling concerns with the Academic Affairs Officer by the end of the first week of the quarter. The MPH Exam Committee will make its best efforts to accommodate these concerns in planning the date and time of the exam.

Health Policy & Management: To supplement the classroom experience, students pursuing the MPH in Health Policy and Management are required to complete a 10-week, 400-hour full-time summer internship in an appropriate health care setting. During the summer internship and in the fall quarter following, students will prepare a written consulting report including a proposal, literature review, policy implications and/or management recommendations. The consulting report will focus on an operational problem or decision identified during the summer placement. This might be any organizational issue, process management initiative, policy white paper, research project, strategic plan, business plan, or any of a number of analyses. The consulting report documents student learning across the curriculum and serves as the culminating experience of the program. Health care settings may include hospitals, managed care organizations, medical groups, government agencies or departments, consulting firms, community organizations, advocacy agencies, or related health care settings. Students enroll in HLT POL 400 in the fall quarter of their second year to successfully complete the summer internship requirement and consulting report.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

From graduate admission to award of the degree, normal progress is six quarters of enrollment, including quarters enrolled in previous graduate study at a UC campus prior to admission to the School of Public Health. Maximum time allowable from enrollment to graduation, including leaves of absence, is five years (15 quarters).

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
M.P.H.	6	6	15

Doctoral Degrees

Advising

An academic adviser is assigned to each new student by the chair of the respective department. Student and adviser together agree upon a study list for each academic quarter; any subsequent alterations must be approved both by the student’s adviser. Students may change advisers after the first quarter as long as the student and the new adviser agree. This is done by filing a petition countersigned by the area head/department chair and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.

Within the first three quarters of study, students file Doctoral Form 1, Petition for Establishment of Three-Member Guidance Committee and Study in Major and Minor Fields for the Dr.P.H. The guidance committee comprises three members including the student’s adviser in the major field and the student’s adviser in the minor field. On this form students list the courses to be taken for the minor which must be approved by the student’s adviser and the department chair

Major Fields or Subdisciplines

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health offers the Dr.P.H. in the concentration of Biostatistics.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

Course requirements in the major field depend on the department/program and the field chosen. Students must take a minimum of six full courses (four must be at the 200 or 400 level) in at least two School of Public Health departments outside the major department.

The major department requires an additional area of concentration which may be either inside or outside the school. In departments allowing it, an equivalent field experience completed while a doctoral student and approved by the guidance committee may be substituted for the additional area of concentration.

Biostatistics

A written screening examination of all students entering the doctoral program is required and must be successfully completed before the end of the first year in the program, if not taken prior to entering. Courses covered by this and other examinations are determined in consultation with an adviser and the department faculty. Students must complete the following courses, unless previously taken: Biostatistics 200A-200B-200C, 202A, 202B, M215, 250A-250B; any three additional graduate-level courses in biostatistics selected with consent of the adviser; three courses in the 400 series selected with consent of the adviser. All registered doctoral students must enroll in Biostatistics 409 (doctoral statistical consulting, field training course) for two consecutive quarters, Biostatistics 245 every quarter and Biostatistics 246 in spring quarter every year of study.

In addition, required for breadth are 24 units of courses at the 200 or 400 levels selected with consent of the adviser in at least two School of Public Health departments/programs other than Biostatistics. The School also requires students to select an additional area of concentration. Biostatistics students fulfill this requirement by enrolling in Biostatistics 409 for two consecutive quarters. This requirement must be met prior to advancement to candidacy.

Electives, selected in consultation with the adviser, should be chosen from courses in mathematics, biomathematics, human genetics, AIDS, survey research methods, operations research, computer data processing, and other appropriate areas.

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is recommended but not required for the doctoral degree.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass university written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations, the University Oral Qualifying Examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the doctoral committee. In addition to university requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.

All committee nominations and reconstitutions adhere to the Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committee Constitution.

Before advancement to candidacy, students must pass written examinations in the major prepared and administered by the guidance committee or by the faculty of the department. Normally no more than one reexamination after failure is allowed. The doctoral committee is nominated after the student has made a tentative decision on a dissertation topic. The doctoral committee administers the University Oral Qualifying Examination after the written examinations have been successfully completed.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.

Final Oral Examination (Defense of the Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

Maximum allowable time for the attainment of the degree is 24 quarters of enrollment or eight years. This limitation includes quarters enrolled in previous graduate study at a UC campus prior to admission to the doctoral degree program and leaves of absence. However, the approved normative time-to-degree is 18 quarters (six years). It is expected that students will normally complete course work by the end of the third year in residence (nine quarters); complete written and oral examinations and advance to candidacy by the middle of the fourth year in residence (11 quarters); and complete the dissertation and defense by the end of the sixth year (18 quarters).

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
Dr.P.H.	11	18	24

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 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.