Master of Public Health

Field: Black Health

Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Dalla Lana School's additional admission requirements stated below.

• Appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university with a minimum mid-B average in the final year.

• At least one course in undergraduate statistics with a minimum B grade.

• Relevant work or volunteer experience.

Program Requirements

• Completion of 10.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

  • 0.5 FCE core course: CHL5004H Introduction to Public Health Sciences.

  • 0.5 FCE in research methods: CHL5220H Introduction to Quantitative Research or CHL5401H Epidemiologic Methods I.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5103H Health Promotion 1 or CHL5105H Social Determinants of Health.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5107H Introduction to Qualitative Research.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5300H Public Health Policy.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5820H African/Black Health I: Sociohistorical Overview of Black Health.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5821H African/Black Health II: Chronic Diseases; Sexual and Reproductive Health: Across the Lifespan.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5822H: Decolonizing Theory and Methods in African/Black Health Research.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHL5823H: African/Black Practicum Preparation.

  • 0.5 FCE: CHLXXXXH Black Resistance and Health: Interventions and Social Change (pending approval).

  • 0.5 FCE: CHLXXXXH Transnational Black Health Policy and Practice (pending approval).

  • Minimum 1.0 FCE: practicum placement.

  • Elective courses.

  • Students may elect to take up to 0.5 FCE on a Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR) basis. See the CR/NCR-eligible courses in the course list section.

• Full-time students normally require longer to complete the program, including time spent in the practicum placement.

Program Length

5 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S/F/W);
12 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time