MPH Program; 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.

Completion Requirements

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

  • Core course: CHL5004H Introduction to Public Health Sciences.

  • Research methods: CHL5220H Introduction to Quantitative Research or CHL5401H Epidemiologic Methods I.

  • CHL5103H Health Promotion 1 or CHL5105H Social Determinants of Health.

  • CHL5107H Introduction to Qualitative Research.

  • CHL5300H Public Health Policy.

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

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

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

  • CHL5823H: African/Black Practicum Preparation.

  • CHL5824H Transnational Black Health Policy and Practice.

  • CHL5825H Black Resistance and Health: Interventions and Social Change.

  • Minimum 1.0 FCE: CHL6010Y Required MPH Practicum.

  • Elective courses.

  • Students may elect to take up to 0.5 FCE on a Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR) basis.

Mode of Delivery: In person
Program Length: 5 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: FWS-FW); 12 sessions part-time
Time Limit: 3 years full-time; 6 years part-time