Quick facts
Program location: Online
Credit hours: 42
Est. time to complete: 2 years
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MPH in Leadership & Public Health Practice
As
a student in this online program, you’ll gain the skills needed to take the
next step in your career and ground your work in the foundations of public
health. We offer all of the required courses
online—in both asynchronous and synchronous formats. We don't run on a cohort
model so you can adjust your coursework on a semester-by-semester basis to accommodate your work or personal schedule.
Quick facts, careers, and skills
When you leave this program, you’ll be ready to move up in public-health-driven organizations, taking on new challenges and expanding the scope of your work.
Sample careers
Program director
Hospital administrator
Project manager
& more
Skills you'll gain
Resource management
Public health administration
Leadership
& more
Curriculum
This
42-credit hour program includes practice-based learning experiences. With courses in all five core areas of public health,
ranging from biostatistics to health policy, you’ll learn the fundamentals of
the discipline. You’ll also gain the management, budgeting, evaluation, and public
health administration experience you need to become an effective leader and
manager, and you'll tailor your coursework to your passions with nine
elective credits.
Total credits: 42
Competencies
| Identifier | Competencies | Course Where Competency is Addressed/Assessed |
| MPH-LPHP 1 | Use a health equity lens to develop an implementation plan for public health laws, regulations, or policies. | HSMP 6640 |
| MPH-LPHP 2 | Create a personal development plan, including an achievable mission, set of core values and vision, and use these to guide personal and professional action. | CBHS 6640 |
| MPH-LPHP 3 | Apply a systems thinking framework to evaluate issues internal and external to an organization that may impact the delivery of essential public health services and suggest potential solutions. | CBHS 6640 |
| MPH-LPHP 4 | Apply appropriate leadership frameworks and styles to organizational team-building and decision-making. | CBHS 6640 |
| MPH-LPHP 5 | Develop a comprehensive evaluation plan to assess the implementation and effectiveness of a public health program or policy. | CBHS 6612 |
| MPH-LPHP 6 | Apply principles of strategic planning, management and budgeting to organizational or community settings. | HSMP 6634 |
Colorado School of Public Health
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
3rd Floor
Mail Stop B119
Aurora, CO 80045
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