Master of Public Health
Earn this 100% online professional practice degree to access limitless career paths that transform the health of people, populations, and the planet.
Our Mission: Healthy People. Healthy Populations. Healthy Planet.
Public health saves and improves millions of lives every day. Through science-based and evidence-backed initiatives, public health promotes and protects the health of populations and environments locally, nationally, and around the world.
Our MPH equips you with the expertise to lead these initiatives that save lives, shape health policies, and drive social change. And it opens doors to a wide variety of impactful careers where every day, you’re making a difference.
Program Details
Many of our students work full-time jobs, juggling busy schedules and families. With this in mind, our courses are offered completely online, with no campus visits required. Flexible full-time and part-time schedules, and optional year-round programming, allow you to complete the MPH at your own pace — in as little as 18 months or up to seven years.
Our engaging courses develop skills used in a wide variety of health-related professions through high-impact practices such as project-based learning, interacting with public health professionals in the field, and opportunities to collaborate on projects with faculty and community partners, including through the Mayo Clinic Health System.
While some MPH programs only offer preselected courses, at UW- Eau Claire you can choose electives that align with your personal ambitions and interests. Choose from courses oriented around climate change, health communication, leadership and more.
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Where can the master of public health program lead me after graduation?
In addition to the dynamic and rapidly growing field of public health, MPH graduates are employed in a wide range of health-related professions. The MPH opens doors to work at federal, state, local and tribal health agencies, hospitals, nonprofits, community-based agencies, private foundations, and health maintenance organizations. The MPH expands and elevates current careers, including those in other disciplines.
The rigorous MPH core at UW-Eau Claire provides the skills and knowledge necessary to address the complex problems that threaten population health and wellbeing worldwide. Competency-based courses apply public health principles and theories to real world issues and embed opportunities to work with public health professionals. Round out your MPH by choosing graduate electives that meet your professional interests and goals.
Here are a few courses in Master of Public Health at UW-Eau Claire.
PH 710
Foundations and Applications of Public Health
Examines purpose, organization, and functions of public health systems and the factors and determinants affecting population health.
PH 725
Principles of Epidemiology
Descriptive and analytical epidemiological methods used in public health practice. Emphasizes application, interpretation, and epidemiological literacy.
PH 730
Public Health Policy and Advocacy
Prepares students to identify public health problems, analyze potential policy solutions, and determine advocacy strategies to apply to encourage policy makers to implement the recommended public health policy solution.
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