The MPH in Community and Behavioral Health prepares students for a variety of roles related to community development, health program implementation, and health education. Students learn how to design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based interventions that are directed toward public health problems in communities. A bachelor’s degree in the social and behavioral sciences is good preparation for this program, but students come from a variety of educational backgrounds.

Graduates of the MPH in Community and Behavioral Health will be able to:

• Articulate the historical and contemporary interrelations among determinants of health
• Determine best practices for community-engaged research and practice
• Utilize the strengths/assets of a community to address health inequities
• Use ethical, empowering, culturally informed, and participatory processes to implement health promotion action
• Develop appropriate, realistic, and measurable goals and objectives for health promotion action
• Analyze differences in perspectives and values among stakeholders/decision-makers that affect health equity
• Adapt evidence-based theory-guided approaches and interventions to rural contexts.

Examples of careers include:

• Health Educator
• Program Manager, State Public Health Department
• Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Coordinator
• Director, County Public Health Department
• Policy Advisor

A typical student completes the MPH in two years. The following is a sample plan of study based on a full-time student starting in the Fall. Please work with your faculty advisor and the Graduate Student Success Administrator to choose a plan that works best for you.