Degree Requirements - Combined MD/MPH

Admission Qualifications

Supplementary Material: none specified beyond the requirements outlined in the Admission section of The Graduate School Bulletin located online at http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/.
Undergraduate/Graduate Degree: none specified
Coursework Background: none specified
Relevant Research or Experience: none specified
Other: dual, parallel admission to Feinberg School of Medicine and the Graduate School required; applications for the Medical School must be submitted through American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) 12—15 months before proposed admission date; MCAT accepted in lieu of GRE; the Combined MD/MPH program must be started in the fall quarter of the first year of medical school.

MD/MPH Degree Coursework Requirements:

Core and Required Courses (click here for course descriptions & syllabi):	Units
PUB HLTH 301 Behavior, Society and Health	1
PUB HLTH 302 Introduction to Biostatistics	1
PUB HLTH 303 Environmental Health Science	1
One of the following courses: PUB HLTH 304 Introduction to Epidemiology - OR - MDM II Medical Decision Making *	1
PUB HLTH 310 Topics in Public Health I	0
PUB HLTH 311 Topics in Public Health II	0
PUB HLTH 312 Topics in Public Health III	1
PUB HLTH 313 Topics in Public Health IV	0
PUB HLTH 314 Topics in Public Health V	0
PUB HLTH 315 Topics in Public Health VI	1
PUB HLTH 410 Field Experience in Public Health	2¹
Methodology Requirement - one of the following courses: PUB HLTH 437 Applied Epidemiologic Data Analysis PUB HLTH 438 Survey Design and Methodology PUB HLTH 439 Qualitative Research Methods PUB HLTH 434 Data Analysis Techniques for Health Services Research PUB HLTH 435 Health Services Research Design and Analysis Strategies: Technology Assessment ANTHRO 362 Quantitative Methods of Analysis	1#
PUB HLTH 560 Culminating Experience in Public Health	2²
HIMT 440 Introduction to Health Industry Management OR substitute with INTL 442 International Health Care Systems (permission required from the Curriculum Committee)	1
Sub-total required:	12

Elective Courses (click here for course descriptions & syllabi): Choose seven units from those listed below	Units
CLIN SCI 301 Topics in Molecular Medicine	1
CLIN SCI 303 Drug Development Process	1
MDM-3 Medical Decision Making III (for MD/MPH students only)	1*
PUB HLTH 390 International Public Health I	1
PUB HLTH 392 International Perspectives on Violence: Public Health and Law	1
PUB HLTH 393 Introduction to Health and Human Rights	1
PUB HLTH 412 Control and Prevention of Infectious Disease in the Community	1
PUB HLTH 413 Public Health Nutrition	1
PUB HLTH 414 Injury and Public Health	1
PUB HLTH 415 Health Promotion	1
PUB HLTH 421 Intermediate Biostatistics	1**
PUB HLTH 422 Intermediate Epidemiology	1**
PUB HLTH 431 Decision Analysis and Models of Medical Decision Making	1
PUB HLTH 432 Technology Assessment in Health Care	1
PUB HLTH 433 Health Economics and Healthcare Financing	1
PUB HLTH 434 Data Analysis Techniques for Health Service Research	1
PUB HLTH 435 Design and Analysis Strategies in Health Services Research	1
PUB HLTH 436 Public Health Law	1
PUB HLTH 437 Applied Epidemiologic Data Analysis	1
PUB HLTH 438 Survey Design and Methodology	1
PUB HLTH 439 Qualitative Research Methods	1
PUB HLTH 441 Ethical Issues in Clinical Research	0.5
PUB HLTH 442 Artificial Epidemics and Changes in Human Culture	1
PUB HLTH 444 Advanced Decision Analysis	1
PUB HLTH 445 Writing and Peer Reviewing for Publication	0.5
PUB HLTH 446 Clinical Trials	1
PUB HLTH 499 Independent Study (permission required from the Curriculum Committee - limit of 1)	1, 2 or 3
PUB HLTH 523 Chronic Disease Epidemiology	1
PUB HLTH 524 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology	1
PUB HLTH 525 Molecular Epidemiology	1
PUB HLTH 526 Cancer Epidemiology	1
PUB HLTH 527 Cancer Screening: Principles and Practice	.5
PUB HLTH 528 Behavioral Science in Cancer Prevention and Control	.5
PUB HLTH 529 Chemoprevention of Cancer	.5
HIMT 441 Health Policy	1
HIMT 445 Advanced Health Policy	1
HIMT 451 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery	1
HIMT 453 Managerial Challenges in the Pharm, Biotech, and Med Devices Industries	1
HIMT 455 Special Topics in Health Industry Management	1
TOTAL REQUIRED UNITS:	19##

¹ Students will receive 2 units for the Field Experience coursework but will only be charged for 1 unit.
² Students will receive 2 units for the Culminating Experience coursework but will NOT be charged tuition.
* Satisfies program requirements but not an approved Graduate School course
# Student may take more than one methodology course. Additional methodology courses are then counted as electives.
** MPH students who take one or two quarters of Intermediate Biostatistics and Intermediate Epidemiology (PUB HLTH 421/422) are expected to fulfill the methodology requirement also.
## Students must successfully complete a minimum of nine (9) approved Graduate School courses in order to earn the degree.

Possible Sequence Color Coded Table for Joint MD/MPH degree seeking students:

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This table shows the quarters when all Public Health classes are offered. This gives current and potential joint MD-MPH degree seeking students the possible sequence of courses that can be planned for a 2, 3 or 4 year schedule suited to students' personal interests and sequence choice.

MPH Program Curriculum Policies:

Students in the MPH Program may elect to 1) take elective courses at Northwestern University outside of the MPH Program, or 2) choose an independent study in lieu of an approved elective course listed above. Below are the relevant instructions and forms if you are interested in these options.

Policy for Enrollment in "Non-MPH Elective Courses" offered at Northwestern University (Click here for instructions and request form)
Policy on Enrollment in Independent Study (Click here for instructions) (Click here for request form)

Other Policies:

Transfer of Credit Policy