MPH Program Requirements

45 units of coursework:

• 30 units of required courses  
• 15 units of elective courses. Students may fulfill their elective credits by taking graduate embedded certificates (GEC), individual courses as electives, or a combination of the two. GECs may be available in other U of A graduate faculties. 
• Please plan on one course averaging 10-12 hours of work per week, including class time, regardless of units — the units represent the weeks of instruction, not the workload.
  • • rule of thumb for graduate school: three hours of work outside the classroom for every one hour of instruction.
    • example (approximation):

  A sample courseload breakdown for the MPH program.

  Course	Units	Weeks	Instructional Hours	Outside classroom work hours	Total hours	Hours per week
  SPH 536	2	8	24	7	96	12
  SPH 562	3	13	39	117	156	12