DVM/MPH Curriculum
The DVM/MPH program consists of a combination of classroom and public health course work. In the first two years, students take public health core courses on Tuesday afternoons in place of the weekly, pre-clinical field or research selectives pursued by other veterinary students. Special four-week blocks of time are reserved for elective courses in the spring of the third and fourth years. With the program director's permission, MPH courses offered outside the combined-degree track may be substituted for up to four elective course credits.
In addition, students participate in an eight-week summer field experience during the summer between their first and second years, and an in-depth practicum in public health, Applied Learning Experience, in the fourth year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- CMPH 151 Integration of Public Health 0 credits
- CMPH 124 Public Health and Health Services 3 credits
- CMPH 130 Introduction to Epidemiology 3 credits
- CMPH 140 Public Health Theory to Practice 2 credits
Spring Semester
- CMPH 151 Integration of Public Health 0 credits
- CMPH 103 Introduction to Global Health 3 credits
- CMPH 132 Biostatistics 4 credits
Second Year
Summer
- CMPH 208 Public Health Field Experience 4 credits
Fall Semester
- CMPH 251 Integration of Public Health 0 credits
- CMPH 203 Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health 4 credits
- CMPH 204 Law and Public Health 2 credits
Spring Semester
- CMPH 251 Integration of Public Health 0 credits
- CMPH 218 Social and Behavioral Science 3 credits
- CMPH 236 Health Care Organization: Budgeting and Management 3 credits
Third Year
- CMPH 351 Integration of Public Health (Fall and Spring Semesters) 3 credits
- CMPH Electives 3 Public Health Electives 2 credits each
Fourth Year
- CMPH 453 Applied Learning Experience: Seminar 4 credits
- CMPH Electives 2 Public Health Electives 2 credits each