Term Calendar

Courses in the Graduate Public Health Program are offered within a trimester system. The following three 10-week terms cycles provide opportunities to take our graduate courses:

Fall Term (August 20 or nearest Monday to October 26 or nearest Friday)

Early Spring Term (January 19 or nearest Monday to March 27 or nearest Friday)

Late Spring Term (April 14 or nearest Monday to June 6 or nearest Friday)

All classroom-administered courses are three (3) credit hours; each requiring 6 person/hours of classroom contact in each of 8 weeks.  This is based on the fact that one (1) credit is equivalent to sixteen (16) hours of classroom contact.  In each 8-week course, therefore, 3 credits are earned in two 3-hour sessions per week. Because of the relatively brief duration of these courses, students are only permitted to add or withdraw from them during the first week of classes. The only exception to these schedule dates is the Practicum in Public Health requirement for MPH degrees. The segment requires two-hundred and forty (240) hours of applied public health practice that is established between the Practicum Coordinator, student and practicum site.

In most instances, an MD/MPH or a DVM/MPH student can complete the program in slightly more than a calendar year, while a free-standing MPH student can complete the program within a calendar year. However, all students have up-to five (5) years to complete all the program requirements.