UIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH)
PROGRAM PROPOSAL Check one: Initial Revision
UIN#:
NAME: Last:
First:
Advisor:
Year & Term Matriculated to Degree Program:
Complete or circle appropriate items below:
1. Division: BSTT CHSC EOHS EPID HPA
2. Program: PEP Comp.
3. Concentration:
4. Student Status: PART-TIME FULL-TIME
I. SPH CORE COURSES (18-20 Semester Hours)
Course# / Title / Term/Year / SHIPHS 401 / Determinants of Population Health / 4
IPHS 402 / Analytic and Research Methods / 6
IPHS 403 / Public Health Systems / 4
IPHS 404 / Online Only Cohort –Analytic & Research Methods Part I / 3
IPHS 405 / Online Only Cohort –Analytic & Research Methods Part II / 3
IPHS 650 / Field Experience in Public Health / 3
IPHS 698 / Capstone Experience / 1
Total SH:
* If applicable, approved waiver forms must be submitted with initial proposal. Waiver forms are available on the SPH Forms webpage. Waiver of required courses does not reduce the total hour’s requirement. A student may need to take additional electives. Although no credit is awarded for waived courses, these courses should be listed in the appropriate section with the word “waived” in the semester hours column. Please refer to the Student Handbook for degree program requirements and transfer and waiver procedures.
For the School of Public Health, the student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (for all Public Health and jointly credited courses) as required by the College’s Executive Committee. Failure to maintain the accepted standard of academic excellence in the School of Public Health will lead to dismissal from the MPH program.
Student’s Name:
II. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY (54-55 SH)
Occupational Safety CoreCourse / Title / Term/Year / SH
EOHS 405 / Environmental Calculations / 2 SH
EOHS 421 / Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene / 2 SH
EOHS 427 / Evaluation and Control of the Psychosocial Work Environment / 2 SH
EOHS 428 / Industrial Hygiene Laboratory I / 2 SH
IE/EOHS 441 / Ergonomics and Human Factors / 4 SH
IE 461/EOHS 460 / Safety Engineering / 4 SH
EOHS 529 / Applied Industrial Hygiene and Safety / 2 SH
EOHS 551 / Occupational Diseases / 3 SH
EOHS 563 / Occupational Safety &Health Management Systems / 3 SH
EOHS/EPID 571 / Injury Epidemiology & Prevention / 3 SH
Selectives (3-4 SH)
Course / Title / Term/Year / SH
Select one of the following courses:
EOHS 425 / Evaluation and Control of Physical Agents / 4 SH
IE 446 / Quality Control & Reliability / 4 SH
TSM 421 / Agricultural Safety & Injury Prevention / 3 SH
Student’s Name:
III. FIELD EXPERIENCE (PRACTICUM) - IPHS 650
Will a field experience be required of this student? No Yes. If yes, expected term/year to be taken
Students pursuing the MPH in Quantitative Methods must undertake a field experience or practicum of 3 to 5 semester hours (64 contact hours equal 1 SH). The field experience must be practical, applied and public health in orientation, and should preferably be with an organized public or private agency. This is often the base of the student’s capstone experience, although this is not a requirement. The field experience may be a paid internship.
Justification of practicum waiver must be submitted with this proposal if field experience is normally required by the division
Student’s Name:
IV. CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE - IPHS 698 (1 hour) Student will fulfill this requirement by the following (check all that apply):
essay/written report
oral presentation
poster session
other (explain)
Capstone Experience topic:
V. TRAINING IN HUMAN RESEARCH SUBJECTS PROTECTION (effective for new enrolling students, Fall 2004)
Type of Training / Title of Training / Date Taken1. Initial Training in Human Subject Protections (either the class session or online training may be taken to satisfy the requirements).
*If initial training was taken elsewhere, the student needs to contact OPRS for approval and exemption from UIC’s requirement. / Investigator 101 - What Researchers Need to Know
Before Research Can Start
CITI "Core" Course Online
*Other
2. HIPAA in Research / HIPAA Research 101
VI. CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION
Please list any conditions of admission which the student was to have completed but which were not part of the formal program. If the conditions included taking additional courses, please list courses. Student must submit an official transcript (if credit was earned at another institution) as proof of completion. Minimum satisfactory grades must be earned.
Student’s Name:
VII. TRANSFER OF CREDIT - An approved Petition for Transfer of Credit must be submitted with the initial proposal. The transfer eligibility for courses taken at another institution is determined by the Committee on Academic Programs. These courses cannot have been applied to another degree. List transfer courses below.
UIC Credit Non-Degree (maximum of 12 semester hours):
Course # SH Course # SH Course # SH
Course # SH Course # SH Course # SH
Name of Institution:
Course # SH Course # SH Course # SH
Course # SH Course # SH Course # SH
Student’s Name:
VIII. SUMMARY - Credit hour total required for graduation:
PROPOSED SH
SPH CORE COURSES (I)
DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (II)
ELECTIVES (III)
CONCENTRATIONS (IV)
TRANSFER OF CREDIT (VIII)
For programs of 47 semester hours or less, no more than 25% of the hours
required for the degree may be transferred. For programs of 48 semester hours
or more, no more than 50% of the hours required for the degree may be transferred.
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS PROPOSED
FOR GRADUATION (proposed total may
exceed minimum requirements)
IX. SIGNATURES
In signing this proposal, the student and the division acknowledge that the course of study outlined will comprise the graduation requirements for this student. A revised program proposal must be submitted to the Office of Student Affairs whenever major changes in the program of study are made (for example, a change in specialization, concentration or division).
Student______Date______
Advisor______Date______
Division Coordinator ______Date______
Division Director______Date______
Students using human subjects in any research must have approval from the campus Institutional Review Board before they begin data collection. See SPH Student Handbook for details.
Revised 2/17