• The instructional goal of the Master of Public Health program is to develop students to be exemplary professionals who are able to integrate and apply the knowledge basic to public health and perform its core functions through the effective delivery of the ten essential services.
  • The mission of the Missouri State University Master of Public Health (MPH) program is to prevent disease, promote health, and protect the well-being of the public through education, research and service.
  • Raise health quality in student’s communities or around the globe. Oversee health policies, programs, and well-being.
  • The accredited Master of Public Health (MPH) degree prepares students to work in disease prevention, food safety, and more.
  • Learning outcomes:
    • Program graduates will be able to identify and apply appropriate statistical methods to analyze and describe a public health problem.
    • Program graduates will be able to use epidemiologic methods to analyze patterns of disease and injury and discuss applications to control problems.
    • Program graduates will be able to understand the relationship between environmental factors and community health; discuss remediation for environmental health problems.
    • Program graduates will be able to demonstrate the ability to apply principles of leadership, policy development, budgeting and program management in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs for individuals and populations.
    • Program graduates will be able to address behavioral, social and cultural factors that impact individual and population health and health disparities over the life course.