Important Catalog Information
Due to the planned consolidation during the summer of 2020, of the University of South Florida, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, into a single university with a fully aligned and integrated curriculum and a single set of academic policies and procedures, any undergraduate or graduate student who matriculates at one of the three USF institutions on or after May 18, 2020, will adhere to the curricula, policies, and procedures described in the 2020-21 USF undergraduate or graduate catalog, respectively.
Concentration: Public Health Education (Code: PHN)
Delivery: Traditional
Health educators, using health promotion principles, assist individuals and communities in the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles. The Public Health Education concentration prepares health educators to collect and analyze data to identify diverse community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating health promotion programs; communicate health and health promotion needs; and plan, implement and evaluate health promotion programs using ethical standards and theoretical frameworks and models. The curriculum helps students acquire relevant theoretical and practical knowledge in diverse fields of endeavor, such as the social and behavioral sciences, communication dynamics, educational theory and design, and community organization. Students who complete a degree in public health education are eligible to sit for the national Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) examination.
Program of Study
You should complete your program of study electronically using Archivum at usf.appiancloud.com/. (See Archivum Instructions.)
Program of Study PDF by Catalog Year | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | 2014/15 | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | 2011/12 |
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Note: You may choose a program of study that corresponds to the academic year of your admission or any year thereafter. Please see the guidelines below.
Current Competencies (beginning fall 2017)
Graduate Advising
If you have advising questions regarding this concentration please email coph-grad@usf.edu.
The full list of graduate advisors is available on the MPH Graduate Advising page.
Please send feedback on the MPH Guidebook.