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Health Sciences (BS) / Master of Public Health (MPH)

Interested students may apply to this combined BS in Health Sciences and the Master of Public Health degree program during their Junior year at DePaul. The student must be a Health Sciences major in the Public Health Studies concentration with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5. Students must present a plan for their remaining quarters at DePaul to confirm that they can complete all degree requirements.  This program is limited to students pursuing the MPH Community Health Practice concentration.

Five courses may be applied toward both the BS in Health Sciences and the MPH

  • MPH 501 INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH
  • MPH 502 INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • MPH 511 HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR THEORY
  • MPH 515 PUBLIC HEALTH ETHICS AND POLICY
  • MPH 541 BIOSTATISTICS

Admission Requirements

Students earning a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University must apply during their Junior year (>= 88 credit hours) and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50.

The application deadline is April 1 of the year prior to undergraduate degree conferral. 

Students applying to this program are required to submit the following:

  • A completed Graduate Combined Degree Online Application that includes responses to the following questions:
      • Your previous applied public health experience (250 words)
      • Your reasons for seeking an MPH degree in community health practice (250 words)
      • Your reasons for seeking an MPH degree from DePaul University (150 words)
      • Where you see yourself professionally in five years and a description of the type of work you will be doing (250 words)
      • What is unique about you that the admission committee should know (150 words)
  • Current résumé or curriculum vitae
  • Applicants may be asked to provide additional materials or to interview should the admissions committee require it.