HEALTH

Master in Public Health

Curriculum 2020

Program Educational Objective:

To produce graduates who are competent to work as community health workers, school health educators, health counselors, community development interventionists, public health researchers, program managers and health directors; to work in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, hospitals, local government units, non-government organizations, corporate industries, health organizations, and academic institutions in the Philippines and other parts of the world.

 

Overall Summary:

BASIC COURSE
  3
CGSA 511 Academic Writing
3  
 
    
BIBLE COURSE
  3
CGSB 513 SDA Theology of Man
3  
 
    
CORE COURSES
  15
MPHP 511 Environmental Health with Disaster Risk Management
 3  
MPLM 511 Foundation of Lifestyle Medicine and its Clinical Process (for major in Lifestyle Medicine)
 3  
MPHE 512 Health Promotion and Education Programs with Dynamics of Behavior Change
 3  
MPHE 513 Public Health Nutrition
3  
MPHP 613 Epidemiology and Risk Reduction of Diseases with Biostatistics
 3  
MPHP 631 Anatomy and Physiology of Physical Fitness
3  
 
    
MAJOR COURSES
   9
Health Ministry
  9
MPHM 521 The Health Message and Medical Missionary Work
3  
MPHP 522 Mental Health and the Addictive Process
3  
MPHM 631 Family Health and Crisis Counseling
3  
 
    
Health Promotion and Education
  9 
MPHP 521 Workplace Health Promotion
3  
MPHP 522 Mental Health and the Addictive Process
3  
MPHP 631 Primary Health Care Management
3  
 
    
Lifestyle Medicine
  9 
MPLM 521 Emotional Wellness and Addictions
3  
MPLM 522 Lifestyle Medicine for Chronic Diseases
3  
MPLM 631 Clinical Nutrition and Exercise Prescription
3  
 
    
Microbiology and Parasitology
  9
MPMP 521 Laboratory Safety, Health Hazard and Waste Management
3  
MPMP 522 Public Health Microbiology and Parasitology
3  
MPMP 631 Microbial Pathogens in Food and Water
3  
 
    
Nutrition
  9
MPHN 521 Advanced Nutrition
3  
MPHN 522 Advanced Life Cycle Nutrition
3  
MPHN 631 Nutritional Anthropology
3  
 
    
THESIS/COGNATES
  6 
Master in Public Health (MPH) – Academic Track (Thesis Track)
 
This program requires students to present their research at a national or international conference, pass a comprehensive examination, and complete a thesis in chapter format. Graduation also requires the publication of the research in refereed journals during their time in graduate school.
    
CGST 611 Thesis I – Research and Statistics
3  
CGST 622 Thesis 2 – Writing and Publication
3  
 
    
Master in Public Health (MPH) – Professional Track (Non-Thesis Track)
 
This program requires students to present their research at a national or international conference, pass a comprehensive examination, and complete a community project (Public Health Field Study/Lifestyle Medicine Research). Instead of a thesis, students are required to produce a research paper in IMRaD format (Introduction, Methodology, Results, and Discussion).
    
MPHE 611 Program Planning and Evaluation with Integrated Community Development and Research
 3  
MPHE 622 Public Health Field Study
3  
MPLM 622 Practicum (for major in Lifestyle Medicine)
3  
 
    
Total number of units
   36 

 

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