DVM/MPH Dual Degree Program

In the public health arena, veterinarians hold positions such as directors of public health and environmental health, and are employed by many agricultural and wildlife agencies and organizations. A dual DVM/MPH degree will open up many career opportunities for today’s veterinarian.

The dual DVM/MPH degree requires 38 credits of Public Health courses in addition to completing the four-year veterinary medical program. This would require an additional six months of study in Grenada plus two summer sessions, including a practicum that may be arranged in various settings.

Students seeking admission to the DVM/MPH program will first be reviewed for acceptance into the veterinary medicine program. Upon acceptance, the Office of Admission will forward the application to the Department of Public Health for review and consideration.

To incorporate the MPH program into the combined degree requirements, the scheduling of DVM terms around the MPH schedule will differ for August-entering students and January-entering students. Students on loans will complete the capstone seminar and final elective during the third term of the DVM program. Appropriate schedules will be distributed to students upon acceptance into the dual degree program.

DVM Option 1
On Loan

DVM Option 2
Not On Loan

DVM Term 1

DVM Term 1

MPH Summer Term:
Concepts and Practice of Public Health (3 cr);
Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr); Principles of Biostatistics (3 cr);
Public Health Research Methods
(3 cr);
Environmental Health (3 cr)

MPH Summer Term:
Concepts and Practice of Public Health (3 cr);
Principles of Epidemiology (3 cr); Principles of Biostatistics (3 cr);
Public Health Research Methods
(3 cr);
Environmental Health (3 cr)

DVM Term 2

DVM Term 2

Term 3 (6-9 DVM Credits)

 

MPH Spring Term:
Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3 cr);
Health Policy and Management
(3 cr);
Elective (3 cr)

MPH Spring Term:
Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3 cr);
Health Policy and Management (3 cr);
Elective (3 cr);
Elective (3 cr);
Capstone Seminar (3 cr)

MPH Practicum

MPH Practicum

Term 3 (10-13 DVM Credits)

Term 3

MPH Fall Term:
Capstone Seminar (3 cr);
Elective (3 cr)

 

Term 4

Term 4

Term 5

Term 5

Term 6

Term 6

*Subject to change according to term

Included to provide example

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