The dual master’s degree in public health and international administration (MPH/MAIA) unites the innovative MAIA program with the world-class faculty at the University of Miami’s School of Medicine and gives students the specialist education they need to succeed in a career in the governmental, non-governmental or the business sectors. The dual degree program integrates social, economic, political, cultural, environmental, and ecological studies.

The field of international public health administration is an exciting and challenging one, dealing with the headline topics of the globalized world: emerging and re-emerging diseases, trade and food safety, bioterrorism, civil conflict, human-generated and natural disasters. Graduates will typically head for employment in The World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, national public health organizations, the World Bank, the International Labor Organization, multinational and transnational corporations, and nongovernmental organizations that focus on public health issues.

 

Admission

 

Applicants must be admitted into the MPH and MAIA programs on a separate basis, based on the admissions requirements and procedures of each individual program. Acceptance by one program does not in any way indicate or guarantee acceptance by the other degree program. Both the MAIA and the MPH degree programs require the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) as part of the admissions package.

For students whose native language is not English, successful completion the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination is required.

 

MPH/MAIA Dual Degree - Curriculum

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 60

MPH Core Courses Credits (30 credits) - Course descriptions

EPH 501 Medical Biostatistics I 3
EPH 512 Global Health 3
EPH 520 Health Education and Behavior 3
EPH 521 Fundamentals of Epidemiology 3
EPH 541 Environmental Health 3
EPH 561 Public Health Nutrition 3
EPH 571 Maternal and Child Health 3
EPH 631 Public Health Administration 3
EPH 641 Research Methods 3
EPH 650 Health Economics & Policy Evaluation. 3

MAIA Core Courses Credits (18 credits)

INS*** Information Technology Boot Camp 0
INS 501 International Organizations 3
INS 512 International Administration 3
INS 513 Information and Communication in Intl. Administration 3
INS 514 World Affairs 3
INS 516 Strategic Thinking, Negotiation, and Bargaining 3
INS 621 Economics of the International System 3

ELECTIVES (9 credits)

EPH*** EPH Elective 3
INS*** INS Elective 3
EPH*** or INS*** EPH or INS Elective 3

CULMINATING (CAPSTONE) EXPERIENCE (6 credits)

INS 517 Practicum in International Administration 3
EPH 680 Supervised Public Health Field Experience 3