Academic Programs

Master of Public Health: Concentration in Health Promotion and Behavior


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Preferred Background
A background in the social, behavioral and/or health sciences and public health experience is preferred for applicants to the HPB concentration.

MPH Core Course Requirements (15 hours)

  • HPRB 7070 Social and Behavioral Foundations
  • EPID 7010 Epidemiology
  • BIOS 7010 Biostatistics
  • EHSC 7060 Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science
  • HADM 7600 Introduction to Health Policy and Management

HPB Concentration Core Requirements (15 hours)
  • HPRB 7270 Resource Development & Program Implementation
  • HPRB 7370 Social Marketing of Health: Theory and Process
  • HPRB 7470 Program Evaluation in Health Promotion and Health Education
  • HPRB 7500 Community Health
  • HPRB 7920 Health Behavior

Electives (9 hours)
Students may choose from Public Health electives taught in the Department of Health Promotion and across the UGA campus. Examples of electives are listed below:
  • PBHL 8100 Current Topics in Public Health
  • HPRB 7160 Special Topics in Health Promotion (Study Abroad)
  • HPRB 7700 Analysis and Prevention of Injury and Violence
  • HPRB 7400 Worksite Health Promotion
  • HPRB 7500 Community Health Pormotion
  • HPRB 7210 The Effects of Drug Use and Abuse
  • HPRB 7200 Women in Health and Illness
  • HPRB 7060 Educational Strategies in Human Sexuality
  • HPRB 6450 Occupational Safety
  • HPRB 6000 Special Topics in Health Education and Health Promotion
  • HPRB 6610 Health Communication
  • ECHD 7060 Cross Cultural Counseling
  • GRNT 6000 Seminar in Aging
  • GRNT 6010 Biogerontology
  • GRNT 6650 Aging and Society

Internship (6 hours)


MPH Degree Requirements:

Biostatistics
Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Health Policy & Management
Health Promotion & Behavior

Contact Information

Ashley Wells
MPH Coordinator
N123 Paul D. Coverdell Center
Athens, GA  30602
706.583.0059
mph@uga.edu