Public Health (MPH)

专业介绍

USC Keck 医学院的公共卫生硕士（MPH），要求 24 学分，常规学制 2 年，提供校内面授与在线两种形式。项目传授公共卫生领域的基础知识，培养学生在健康生活方式推广、疾病与伤害预防，以及传染病检测、预防与应对等方面的实践能力。学生须完成基础核心课程、实践环节与毕业研讨课程，并可从生物统计/流行病学、社区健康等方向中选择专攻。

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree provides professional training in the field of public health, which is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. The MPH program addresses public health foundational knowledge and builds student competencies in public health practice (e.g., healthy lifestyle promotion; disease and injury prevention; and detection, prevention, and responses to infectious diseases, domestically and globally). The MPH program is offered in a traditional (on-campus) and online format. The MPH degree requires a minimum of 42 semester units of required and elective graduate courses.  Students fulfill core required courses, including four foundational courses, a practical experience (practicum)* and a capstone course**. In addition, on-campus students select from one of five concentrations: Biostatistics/Epidemiology, Community