Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences
的 Master of Public Health (MPH) in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Temple’s College of Public Health trains students to assess and address the behavioral, cultural and social factors that influence pressing public health problems. 通过课程, professional development opportunities and fieldwork experiences, 我们的硕士学生学习计划, implement and evaluate programs designed to improve the health of all people.
Social and behavioral sciences is a public health discipline that focuses on 健康促进, 疾病的预防, 健康行为改变的障碍, 在个人和卫生系统层面. 专业s in this field use the tools and insights of the social and behavioral sciences to reduce health disparities and promote positive health outcomes, both in the general population and in vulnerable populations such as children, 患有慢性身体和精神疾病的人, 以及生活在贫困中的个人.
As a student in the social and behavioral sciences program, you will be prepared for practice-oriented careers in health counseling and education, 健康促进, 公共卫生项目的发展和评估, 和研究. Our graduates become public health leaders in community-based health agencies, 卫生保健系统, 州和地方公共卫生部门, 以及志愿健康组织. You will also be able to launch a career in research program management or continue your education in public health doctoral programs.
What sets apart our MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences?
- 现实世界的经验: Through the master’s program’s culminating fieldwork experience, students apply their classroom learning to real-world scenarios in health services or public health organizational settings that prepare them to launch their careers in social and behavioral sciences. You will benefit from the mentorship of a community agency partner and receive guidance from our program faculty.
- 著名的教授在教室内外, you will engage with faculty who are experts in cancer prevention, 慢性病预防, 健康传播, 妇幼保健, 营养与肥胖, 器官捐献, 物质依赖的预防和治疗, 健康生活方式的推广等等.
- 跨学科教育: 的 College of Public Health incorporates healthcare and health services disciplines, 以及传统的公共卫生领域. Students can take elective courses across 17 disciplines that range from social work to rehabilitation sciences and speech-language pathology. This opportunity for interdisciplinary coursework 和研究 gives you a broad perspective on 健康促进 and 疾病的预防, 并为你在复杂的环境中脱颖而出做好准备, 不同的公共卫生领域.
- 研究的机会: Advanced students can engage in faculty research as volunteers, 学生工作者和研究助理. 研究的机会 exist both within the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and across the College of Public Health.
程序的格式
Students can complete the MPH on-site or through our 完全在线课程. Full-time students can complete the master’s program in two years (including one summer), 或者在三年内兼职. 课程通常在下午5点以后开始.m. On-site MPH students complete courses both on Main Campus and online and work with an advisor each semester to maximize flexibility to meet their individual needs.
Students take core courses that explore the fundamentals of public health, as well as courses that focus on essential topics in social and behavioral sciences. You will also complete two fieldwork courses and take electives in order to build topical expertise.
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相关毕业证书
MPH students can use electives to complete a certificate. Certificate availability varies according to one’s program and course schedules. Students should discuss earning a certificate with an advisor early in their graduate program.
双学位课程
的 public health perspective is relevant to many professional fields in which population-based theory 和研究 can assist in improving health outcomes. An MPH dual degree opens new career options and enhances graduates’ mobility in their chosen fields.
的 College of Public Health offers two dual degree programs.
- MSW-MPH 与学院社会工作学院合作
- MPH-MS in Health 信息rmatics with the college’s Department of Health Services Administration and Policy
