Combined Master’s Degrees

Fall Year 1 – Public Health
14 Credit Hrs
Two MPH Core Classes (8 credit hours)
PHPM 605: Intro to Health & Policy Mgmt
One Elective

Spring Year 1 – Public Health
13 Credit Hrs
MPH Core Class (1 credit hour)
PHPM 614: Strat Planning & Marketing
PHPM 623: Health Care Financial Mgmt I
PHPM 640: Health Policy & Politics
PHPM 625: Mgmt Strategies & Princ of Public Health Orgs or PHPM 637: Political Foundations of Public Health

Summer Year 1 – Public Health
3 Credit Hrs
PHPM 684: Practicum

Fall Year 2 – Public Health
12 Credit Hrs
PHPM 633: Health Law & Ethics
PHPM 661: Intro to Health Economics
One Elective
INTA 606: Int’l Politics in Theory & Practice (core)

Spring Year 2 – Bush:
12 Credit Hrs
SOPH 680: Capstone
INTA 608: Fundamentals of Global Economy (core)
Two Electives (INTA concentrations)

Summer Year 2 – Bush:
0 Credit Hrs
INTA Internship or Language Immersion (required)

Fall Year 3 – Bush:
12 Credit Hrs
BUSH 631: Quantitative Methods I
Three Electives (INTA concentrations)

Spring Year 3 – Bush:
12 Credit Hrs
NSD Track: INTA 605: Am Foreign Policy since WW II or IDEP Track: BUSH 635: Quant Methods II, Policy Analysis
INTA 670: Capstone (unless waived by SOPH 680)
Two Electives (INTA or approved)

Students’ primary enrollment will be in the School of Public Health for the first four semesters of their program (fall 1, spring 1, summer 1, fall 2). During that time students will complete 42 credits, including all but one of the required courses for the degree. Three of those credits will be a Bush School course (INTA 606). INTA 606 is a required course for the Master of International Affairs degree and only offered in the fall semester.

Fall Year 1 – Public Health:
11 Credit Hrs
Two MPH Core Classes (8 credit hours)
HPCH 603: Social & Behav Determinants of Health

Spring Year 1 – Public Health
13 Credit Hrs
MPH Core Class (1 credit hour)
HPCH 605: Applied Research Methods
HPCH 610: Community Org & Assessment
HPCH 611: Program Planning
One Elective

Summer Year 1 – Public Health:
6 Credit Hrs
One Elective
HPCH 684: Practicum

With their advisor’s consent, students may take the HPCH 684 practicum course in the summer of their second year and either do an international affairs internship or language immersion in the summer of their first year, flipping summer 1 and summer 2 in the above chart.

Fall Year 2 – Public Health:
12 Credit Hrs
HPCH 613: Program Evaluation
HPCH 637: Principles of Health Program Mgmt
INTA 606: Int’l Politics in Theory & Practice (core)
SPH or INTA Elective

Spring Year 2 – Bush:
13 Credit Hrs
SOPH 680: Capstone
INTA 608: Fundamentals of Global Economy (core)
Two Electives (INTA concentrations)

Summer Year 2 – Bush:
0 Credit Hrs

INTA Internship or Language Immersion (required)
Students’ primary enrollment will be in the Bush School for the final four semesters of their program (spring 2, summer 2, fall 3, spring 3). During that time students will complete 36 credits along with a required internship or language immersion (not for credit) in the second summer semester. Three of those credits will be the SPH capstone course (SOPH 680). SOPH 680 is a required course for the master of public health degree with a major in health promotion and community health sciences. Students will enter the Bush School with one required course for the master of international affairs degree (INTA 606) completed. In the three semesters of enrollment in BUSH the student will complete the remaining required courses for the degree (INTA 608, BUSH 631, BUSH 635 or INTA 605, INTA 670). The student may request a waiver of INTA 670, the capstone course requirement, if the student’s SOPH 680 capstone course has international content. The student will also complete the two three-course concentrations required for the degree.

Fall Year 3 – Bush:
12 Credit Hrs
BUSH 631: Quantitative Methods I
Three Electives (INTA concentrations)

Spring Year 3 – Bush:
12 Credit Hrs
NSD Track: INTA 605: Am Foreign Policy since WW II or IDEP Track: BUSH 635: Quant Methods II, Policy Analysis
INTA 670: Capstone (unless waived by SOPH 680)
Two Electives (INTA or approved)

Students begin the combined program in the Department of Economics where they will enroll in ECON graduate courses for their first year (fall 1, spring 1, and summer 1), completing 24 credit hours and an optional internship.

In the second year, if admitted to the MIA, students enroll in the Bush School to complete 24 credit hours of MIA courses consisting of two core courses, three electives toward an International Development & Economic Policy (IDEP) track concentration, three electives toward a second concentration in any area, an internship or language immersion (0 credit), and a foreign language proficiency exam in a second language.

Students complete the remaining requirements for the MS ECON degree in the fall semester of their third year (ECON capstone and 3 ECON electives) and the remaining requirements for the MIA degree in the spring semester of their third year (four MIA electives and MIA capstone if ECON capstone is not int’l affairs related).