The Master of Public Health program prepares students for a successful career as public health professionals. Students are prepared to work side-by-side with community healthcare teams for promoting public health education, service, and research. We also offer a BS Health Promotion / Master of Public Health 4+1 program.
Full-time students working towards a graduate degree in public health, are eligible for a 30% tuition-only scholarship applied to the full tuition rate.
Program Highlights
- MPH students may choose to pursue one of three specialty tracks -- Epidemiology, Community Health Education or Generalist.
- The MPH degree is comprised of competency areas that include biostatistics, epidemiology, health services administration, health education/behavioral science, and environmental health.
- Students complete a practicum, which provides real-world applications of their training and builds experience working directly with public health professionals.
- Daemen’s learning environment provides an individualized and personal approach to learning with an exceptionally favorable student-to-instructor ratio.
- A later afternoon/evening design and a portion of the curriculum in a hybrid or online format is geared toward the working student.
- This 45 credit program can be completed in a full-time format in approximately 16-21 months or a part-time format is also possible.
- Preparation is grounded in a curriculum that promotes excellence in public health education, community health service, research, and advocacy for the profession.
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MPH Course Curriculum
Fall Semester (Year 1) – 11 credits
PH 500 – Epidemiology (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics Lab (2 credits)
PH 510 – Psychosocial and Behavioral Foundations (3 credits)
Spring Semester (Year 1) – 12 credits
PH 520 – Research Methods in Health Promotion (3 credits)
PH 595 – Cultural / Health Disparity (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH 560 – Community Health Education (3 credits)
PH 562 – Assessment & Planning (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 570 – Advanced Biostats (3 credits)
PH 572 – Chronic Disease, Lifespan (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
Summer (Year 1/2) – 3 credits
PH 600/601/602 – Practicum (3 credits)
Fall Semester (Year 2) – 10 credits
PH 530 Environmental Health (3 credits)
PH 610 – Capstone Seminar (1 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH 564 Implementation & Eval (3 credits)
PH 566 Communication/Advoc/Consult (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 568 – Advanced Epi (3 credits)
PH xxx – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
Spring Semester (Year 2) – 9 credits
PH 550 – Public Health Policy/Admin/Management (3 credits)
PH 620/621/622 (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 574 – Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH xxx – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose one course (3 credits)
Spring Semester (Year 1) – 9 credits
PH 520 – Research Methods in Health Promotion (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH 560 – Community Health Education (3 credits)
PH 562 – Assessment & Planning (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 572 – Chronic Disease, Lifespan (3 credits)
PH 574 – Infectious Disease, Epidemiology (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
Fall Semester (Year 1) – 14 credits
PH 500 – Epidemiology (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics Lab (2 credits)
PH 510 – Psychosocial and Behavioral Foundations (3 credits)
PH 530 - Environmental Health (3 credits)
Spring Semester (Year 2) – 10 credits
PH 550 – Public Health Policy/Admin/Management (3 credits)
PH 595 – Cultural / Health Disparity (3 credits)
PH 610 – Capstone Seminar (1 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 570 – Advanced Biostats (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH xxx – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose one course (3 credits)
Summer (Year 2) – 3 credits
PH 600/601/602 – Practicum (3 credits)
Fall Semester (Year 2) – 9 credits
PH 620/621/622 (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH 564 Implementation & Eval (3 credits)
PH 566 Communication/Advoc/Consult (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 568 – Advanced Epi (3 credits)
PH XXX – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
The combined BS Health Promotion / MPH Public Health at Daemen College allows qualified students the opportunity to obtain two degrees in just five years. This accelerated program design allows for the blending of undergraduate and graduate coursework, providing both foundational and advanced knowledge and experiences to bring students into rewarding careers in a vastly growing public health field. As the healthcare environment now focuses on health promotion and disease prevention in an integrated approach to education, research and care, Daemen students will be prepared to meet the demands as professionals in their field.
Full-time MPH Students in the BS Health Promotion / Master of Public Health 4+1 program are to complete the following courses in the sequence as follows:
Fall Semester (Professional Phase / Year 4 of BS Health Promotion)
PH 500 – Epidemiology (3 credits)
PH 510 – Psychosocial and Behavioral Foundations (3 credits)
PH 530 Environmental Health (3 credits)
Spring Semester (Professional Phase / Year 4 of BS Health Promotion)
Community Health Education Students
PH 560 – Community Health Education (3 credits)
PH 562 – Assessment & Planning (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 572 – Chronic Disease, Lifespan (3 credits)
PH 574 – Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
*****GRADUATE WITH BS HEALTH PROMOTION*****
Summer (Year 4/5, MPH Studies)
PH 600/601/602 – Practicum (3 credits)
Fall Semester (Year 5, MPH Studies) - 15 credits
PH 520 – Research Methods in Health Promotion (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics (3 credits)
PH 540 – Public Health Biostatistics Lab (2 credits)
PH 610 – Capstone Seminar (1 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH 564 Implementation & Eval (3 credits)
PH 566 Communication/Advoc/Consult (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 568 – Advanced Epi (3 credits)
PH xxx – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose two courses (6 credits)
Spring Semester (Year 5, MPH Studies) – 12 credits
PH 550 – Public Health Policy/Admin/Management (3 credits)
PH 595 – Cultural / Health Disparity (3 credits)
PH 620/621/622 (3 credits)
Epidemiology Students
PH 570 – Advanced Biostats (3 credits)
Community Health Education Students
PH xxx – Elective (3 credits)
Generalist Students
Choose one course (3 credits)
Additional Information
Scholarships may not be combined; students may only receive one scholarship.
Graduate Merit Scholarship
30 percent off the graduate per credit hour tuition rate awarded to accepted students of this program who have earned an undergraduate GPA of 2.7 or above.
Graduate Alumni Scholarship
Additional scholarships may be available for alumni, please contact your admissions counselor for more information.
Americorps Matching Scholarship
Awarded to accepted students who have completed an Americorps service commitment. Daemen College will match the 100 percent of the Segal Americorps Education Award OR provide a 30 percent tuition scholarship discount for Americorps alumni enrolling in our program.
4+1 Dual Degree Program Between D’Youville College School Of Pharmacy and Daemen College Master of Public Health Program
Students are offered the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from D’Youville College located in Buffalo, NY and a Master of Public Health degree (MPH) from Daemen College in a five-year program. The PharmD will be awarded through D’Youville College after four years and the Master of Public Health degree (MPH) will be awarded through Daemen College after the fifth year of study. This format saves time and money compared to the six years it would take to complete each degree separately.
Students can obtain two undergraduate degrees in four years and their Master of Public Health or Master of Social Work in one additional year. Read More
Career Options
Students completing a MPH degree will be prepared for important and rewarding career opportunities in areas that include:
- Health departments
- Managed care
- Community-based organizations
- Consulting firms
- Hospitals
- Academic institutions
- Global health organizations
- Research teams
MPH Student Travels to Uganda
Daemen College student Lumeshwar Kumar gained valuable real-world experience that blended his undergraduate and graduate studies as a participant in a two-month public health project in rural Uganda. READ MORE
Alumni Spotlight- Kayla Deth
Many times over the past two years I have thought to myself, ‘I don’t know if I’ll ever have another job in my lifetime that I love as much as I love this one.’ What started as a 3-month practicum in 2016 was followed by a two-year commitment volunteering in a very poor area in the Dominican Republic. READ MORE
For more information, contact Brian Wrotniak at Bwrotnia@Daemen.edu or call 716-839-8298.