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MSW/MPH Degree in Community Health Services
Overview
The combined MSW/MPH degree in a concentration of Community Health Sciences is offered jointly by the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences. Obtaining both degrees provides students with flexibility to fill a professional role in the planning, management, and delivery of human services within communities and public health organizations. Within the Department of Community Health Sciences, majors are offered in maternal and child health, health education and communication.
Program Structure
A separate application must be submitted to each of the schools and applicants must meet the requirements for admission to each school. The point of entry into the dual degree program is the School of Social Work in the first (Fall) semester. Students already enrolled in the social work program may apply to enter the dual degree program provided the application is received by the School of Public Health by the Spring semester of the first academic year. Full-time students receive their MSW in the fourth (Fall) semester, then move to the School of Public Health for full-time coursework in the fifth (Spring) semester. Students may opt to continue public health classes into the sixth (Summer) semester to take certain courses, if said courses are only offered at that time.
Credits and Course Planning
Students in the dual MSW/MPH program must complete 31 credit hours with the
(3 credit hours). Dual degree students are required by the School of Public Health to take Epidemiology 603 and Biostatistics 603 to fulfill the data analysis requirement for the School of Social Work. These courses are taken at the School of Public Health.
Last Update 04/21/2006